Health Promotion (class 1) Flashcards
Involves the ability to promote health measures that improve the standard of living and quality of life in the community and includes influences such as food, water, and air.
The environmental component of wellness
What are the 7 components of wellness?
- Environmental
- Social
- Emotional
- Physical
- Spiritual
- Intellectual
- Occupational
Which component of wellness is the ability to achieve a balance between work and leisure time. The individuals beliefs about education, employment, and home influence personal satisfaction and relationships with others?
The occupational component of wellness
Which component of wellness includes the ability to learn and use information effectively for personal, family, and career development, and involves striving for continued growth and learning to deal effectively with new changes
The intellectual component of wellness
Which component of wellness is the belief in some force (nature, science, religion, or a higher power) that serves to unite human beings and provide meaning and purpose to life. It includes an individual’s own morals, values, and ethics
The spiritual component of wellness
Which component of wellness is the ability to carry out daily tasks, achieve fitness, maintain adequate nutrition and proper body fat levels, avoid abusing drugs and alcohol or using tobacco products, and generally practice positive lifestyle habits
The physical component of wellness
Which component of wellness is the ability to manage stress and to express emotions appropriately. Also involving the ability to recognize, except, and express feelings and to except one’s limitations
The emotional component of wellness
Which component of wellness is the ability to interact successfully with other individuals and within one’s environment, to develop and maintain intimacy with significant others, and to develop respect and tolerance for those with different opinions and beliefs
The social component of wellness
True prevention of the manifestation of illness through health promotion and disease prevention. This level of prevention includes health information about nutrition, exercise, stress management and protection from injury and illness
Primary prevention
The world health organization’s (WHO’s) definition of health promotion focuses on the concept of
Improving control over health
______________ prevention is true prevention of the manifestations of illness through health promotion and disease prevention. This level of prevention includes health information about nutrition, exercise, stress management, and protection from injuries and illness.
Primary
How often does the centers for disease control and prevention recommend you get the influenza immunization?
Annually
How often should you have a vision screening and eye examination?
Every 3 to 5 years up to age 40 unless an individual has specific risk factors for vision loss or eye disease
How often does the centers for disease control and prevention recommend tetanus and diphtheria immunizations?
Every 10 years, and sometimes on an individual basis after possible exposure to tetanus
The state of being independent and self directed without outside control
Autonomy
A coping mechanism involving ways that individuals describe, monitor, and interpret their symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the healthcare system
Illness behavior
The current Healthy People 2020 four goals:
- Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
- Achieve healthy quality, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
- Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
- Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
To support these goals, healthy people 2020 is organized into _____ topic areas with nearly ______ objectives to improve health.
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Access to health services, clinical preventative services, environmental quality, injury and violence, maternal infant and child health, mental health, nutrition physical activity and obesity, oral health, reproductive and sexual health, social determinants, substance abuse, tobacco use
Are the 12 topics of what?
The leading health indicators in healthy people 2020
The most basic type of health promotion program that uses a variety of media to offer information to the public about the risk of particular lifestyle choices and personal behavior.
Information Dissemination
Example: billboards, posters, brochures, newspaper features, books, and health fairs all offer opportunities for disseminating health promotion information
Health promotion program used to teach individuals about the risk factors inherent in their lives. Education from these programs are meant to motivate them to reduce specific risks and develop positive health habits.
Health risk appraisal and wellness assessment programs
Health promotion program that requires the participation of the individual, and is geared toward enhancing the quality of life and extending the life span.
Lifestyle and behavior change programs
Examples: stress management, nutrition awareness, weight control, smoking cessation, and exercise
Health promotion program that was developed in response to the continuing increase of contaminants of human origin in our environment.
Environmental control programs
The amount of contaminants already present in our air, food, and water will affect the health of our descendants for several generations. The most concerns of community groups are toxic and nuclear waste, nuclear power plants, air and water pollution, and herbicide and pesticide use.
Routine physical examinations for young adults should be every __________ years for females; and every _____ years for males
1 to 3 years for females, every 5 years for males
