Health Teaching & Health Promotion (Wk. 9) Flashcards
What is a state of physical, mental, and social wellbeing, not just the absence of disease or infirmity?
health
What is a lifestyle that enhances our level of health?
wellness
What refers to pathologic changes in the structure or function of the body or mind?
disease
What is the response of the person to a disease?
illness
What are the four stages to illness behaviors?
- experiencing symptoms
- assuming the sick role
- assuming a dependent role
- achieving recovery and rehabilitation
According to the illness-wellness continuum, illness vs wellness ranges from 0-10. What does it mean to be at a 0, 5, and 10?
0 - disease (pre-mature death)
5 - neutral, health is not a priority (comfort zone, false wellness)
10 - optimal health, continuous development (high-level wellness)
What is the recognition of a danger to health that could be reduced or alleviated through specific actions or changes in lifestyle behaviors?
disease prevention
What are examples of a communicable disease?
disease you can transfer to somebody else
- HIV
- STI
- TB
- Covid
- Hep B
What are examples of a noncommunicable disease?
disease that you don’t transfer to somebody else
- Heart Disease
- Cancer
- Diabetes
Chronic disease
What makes up health care screenings, check-ups, immunizations, counseling, and preventative medications?
preventative care
Preventative care can be split up into three classes. What are those three classes?
- primary
- secondary
- tertiary
Preventative care can be split up into three classes.
What preventative class is described as an intervention implemented before there is evidence of a disease or injury?
primary prevention
risk reduction
Preventative care can be split up into three classes.
What preventative class is described as an intervention implemented after a disease has begun, but before it is symptomatic?
secondary prevention
early detection
Preventative care can be split up into three classes.
What preventative class is described as an intervention implemented after a disease or injury is established?
tertiary prevention
preventing things from getting worse
Preventative care can be split up into three classes.
A high fiber diet to prevent colon cancer would be an example of what preventative class?
primary prevention
Preventative care can be split up into three classes.
Mammograms to detect breast cancer would be an example of what preventative class?
secondary prevention
Preventative care can be split up into three classes.
Low cholesterol diet after an MI would be an example of what preventative class?
tertiary prevention
What is the process of empowering people to increase control over, and to improve health?
health promotion
What organization sets data-driven national objectives to improve health and well-being over the next decade?
Healthy People 2030
What is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others?
personal health literacy
What are the different types of education for health literacy?
- formal education (nutrition class)
- nonformal education (hospital class)
- informal education (Google)
What consists of activities a person performs to maintain or promote one’s life, health, well-being, and also to prevent and cure one’s disease?
self-care
What nursing theory focuses on the importance of increasing the patient’s independence through fulfilling the patient’s basic needs?
Virginia Henderson’s Nursing Need Theory
What are the stages in the Change Model?
- precontemplation
- contemplation
- determination: commitment
- action
- maintence/relapse/recycling
What model focuses on helping people achieve higher levels of well-being and encourages health professionals to provide positive resources ot help patients achieve behavior specific changes through four assumptions?
nola pender’s health promotion model
What are the four assumptions in Nola Pender’s Health Promotion Model?
- individuals strive to control their own behavior
- individuals work to improve themselves & their environment
- environment created by health professionals influences individual’s behaviors
- self-initiated change of individual & environmental characteristics is essential to changing behavior
