HIS LEC Flashcards
Any Combination of learning experiences designed to facilitate voluntary adaptations of behavior conducive to health.
Health Education (Greene et al, 1980)
A state of well being
Wellness
-self responsibility
-an ultimate goal
-a dynamic, growing process
-daily decision making in the areas of nutrition
-stress management
-physical fitness
-preventive health care
-emotional health
-whole being of the individual
Basic Aspects of wellness
6 Dimensions of Health
Physical
Social
Spiritual
Environmental
Emotional
Intellectual
-The ability to carry out daily task, achieve fitness
-maintain adequate nutrition and proper body fat
-avoid abusing drugs and alcohol or using tobacco products
-generally practice positive lifestyle habits
Physical
-Ability to interact successfully with people and within the environment of which each person is a part
-to develop and maintain intimacy with significant other
-and develop respect and tolerance for those with different opinions and beliefs
Social
Ability to manage stress and to express emotions appropriately
Emotional
Ability to learn and use information effectively for personal, family, and career development
Intellectual
Belief in some force (nature, science, religion, or a higher power)
Spiritual
Ability to achieve a balance between work and leisure
Occupational
Ability to promote health measures that improves the standard of living and quality of life in the community (food, water, and air)
Environment
Person’s perceived level of wellness-illness
Health and Illness Continuum
Models of Health and Illness
- Agent-Host-Environment Model
- Health-Illness Continuum
- High-Level Wellness Model
- Health belief model
- Health promotion Model
Is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease
Health-Illness (WHO, 1974)
Any environmental factor for illness to occur
-Lack of essential nutrients
-Chemical Substance
Agent
Persons who may or may not be at risk of acquiring a disease
Living organisms capable of being infected or affected by an agent
Host
All factors external to the host that make illness more or less likely
-Climate
-Living Condition
-Cultural Factors
Environment
Functioning to one’s maximum potential while maintaining balance and a purposeful direction in the environment
High- Level Wellness Model
Halbert Dunn(1961)
Is a more active state oriented toward maximizing the potential of the individual, regardless of his state of health. A passive state wherein the person is not ill.
Wellness, Halbert Dunn (1961)
Perceived Threat & Outcome expectations = self efficacy
The health belief Model (Rosenstock, 1974)
Illustrates how people interact with
environment as they pursue- health.
Incorporates -individual, experiences, behavior specific knowlegdge, beliefs
The health promotion Model (Pender, 2002)
Major areas of risk factors
Age
Genetic Factors
Physiologic Factors
Health Habits
Lifestyle
Environment
-school aged children are at high risk of communicable disease
-After menopause women are more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases
Age
Family members history to cancer, DM, predisposes a person to developing the disease
Genetic Factors
-Obesity increases possibilty of heart disease
Physiologic Factors
-smoking increases The probability of lung cancer
Health Habit’s
Multiple sexual relationship increase the risk for STI
Lifestyle
Working and living environments may contribute to disease
Environment
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family (food, clothing, housing, medical care)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 25, Section 1
The state shall adopt an integrated and comprehensive approach to health. Development which shall endeavor to make essential goods and other social services available at affordable costs
Philippine Constitution of 1987
Believes that the governments have a responsibility for the health of their people which can be fulfilled only by the provision of adequate health and social measures.
World Health Organization (1995)
3 Basic Positive Concepts (WHO, 1995)
A.) Reflective concern for the individual as a total person
B.) Placing health in the context of the environment
C.) Equating health with productive and creative living