health promotion

Question 1

Why do we need to know about health promotion?

Answer 1

Our goal is to improve someone’s sense of well-being = health promotion

Question 2

What is your definition of health?

Answer 2

State of well being, fit

Question 3

Can health and illness co-exist?

Answer 3

Yes, you can be physically healthy and mentally unhealthy.

Question 4

What is holistic care?

Answer 4

Managing all 3 concept with the client (mental, social, physical)

Question 5

What is physical health?

Answer 5

focus on the body and the different body system. looks at nutrition, vascular strenght

Question 6

What is mental health

Answer 6

Psychology, how we express things, how we take in and process info.

Question 7

what is social health?

Answer 7

Who we surround ourselves with. people who enhance us, feel energized

If they keep saying “ugh so tired” it wont help your social health

Question 8

Name all 5 major determinants of social determinants

Answer 8

Socioeconomic environment

• income and social status = one of the biggest determinants, if someone has a low income, they have fewer chances to go check up and see doctor so most likely to die in early years.
• Social support network = affect health behaviour and health care utilisation… links= strong social support and social isolation
• Education and literacy = people who had higher education, tend to smoke less, be more fit, have a healthy environment
  -employment and working conditions
• social environment

Question 9

Name the rest of determinants of health affecting canadian population

Answer 9

physical environment
healthy child development
personal health practices and coping skills
biology and genetic endowment = knowing medical health problems
health services
gender
culture = food

Question 10

Name the 3 strategies for health promotion and disease prevention

Answer 10

1) Primary prevention
2) secondary prevention
3) tertiary prevention

Question 11

Describe the primary prevention

Answer 11

Doing an activity that prevents known health problems, protect existing state of health and promote psychosocial wellness

ex: talking to 3rd graders about how bad is smoking, immunization

Question 12

Describe secondary prevention

Answer 12

Include activities that promote early detection of disease BEFORE SYMPTOMS ARRIVE

ex : BP screening

Question 13

Describe tertiary prevention

Answer 13

include activities that prevent complications when a condition is present

ex : teaching foot care in a newly diagnosed diabetes patient

Question 14

What is the nurse’s role when it comes to health promotion?

Answer 14

1)Build healthy public policy
2)Create supportive environments
3)Strengthen community action
4)Develop personal skills
5)Reorient health service

Question 15

Name the factors that influence individual health promotion strategies

Answer 15

Individual characteristics and experiences = UNCHANGEABLE
Behaviour specific cognitions and affect = CHANGEABLE
Behaviour outcome = CHANGEABLE

Question 16

Describe individual characteristics and experiences

Answer 16

1) What they achieved in the past, example : what happened when you tried quitting smoking last time? (Prior related behaviour)
2) Personal factors : a) biological : age, illness, family
b) psychological : self-esteem, self motivation = cant change in the same moment.
c)sociocultural : race, ethnicity, culture

Question 17

Describe behaviour-specific cognitions and affect

Answer 17

1) perceived benefit of action, ex: what will i get out of making this change? ( have them articulate it)
2) Perceived barriers to action = what is stopping you from making this change? (social most of the time)
3) Perceived self-efficacy, ex: am i capable of doing the activity? ( ask to put number on scale)
4) Activity-related affect, ex : how will doing the healthy activity make me feel?
5) Interpersonal influences, ex : how do the people around me influence my ability to perform this, food home -> fight w wife
6) situational influences, ex : how does my environment influence my ability to perform this?

Question 18

Describe behavioural outcome

Answer 18

What is the level of commitment to a plan of action for behaviour change? -> do they know strategies needed to carry this behaviour change -> health promotion behaviour