Health Models Flashcards
Clinical model
health is the absence of signs and symptoms of a disease
What is the main objective of the clinical model?
To treat the patient
Health promotion model
The desire to improve the level of well-being and achieve the full potential of one’s human health motivates the behavior in the health promotion model
Role performance model
health is the ability to fulfill societal roles
Adapting model
health is a complex adaptive system; it is a flexible adaptation to the environment as a whole
Health Belief Model
Helps to understand patient’s perceptions, beliefs and behavior and plan of care that will aid patient on maintaining health and preventing illness
What is the aim of treatment of the adapting model?
To restore the ability of the person to adapt, that is to cope
Agent, host and environment model
used in predicting the occurrence of illnesses, rather than promoting health
Basic Human Needs Model
his model explains the basic needs of patients and families, their behaviors, and their readiness to take part in health activities
Dunn’s High Level Wellness Grid
described a health grid in which a health axis and an environmental axis intersect
Holistic Health Model
Holistic health views a person as a biopsychosocial and spiritual being
Quadrant 1 of the Dunn’s High Level Wellness Grid
High level wellness in a favorable environment
Quadrant 2 of the Dunn’s High Level Wellness Grid
Protected poor health in a favorable environment
Quadrant 3 of the Dunn’s High Level Wellness Grid
Poor health in an unfavorable environment
Quadrant 4 of the Dunn’s High Level Wellness Grid
Emergent high level wellness in an unfavorable environment
