Intro To Health Promotion 1

Question 0

What is health promotion?

Answer 0

• bringing people towards a state of optimal health

- a process of enabling people to increase control over & to improve their health

Question 1

Define health

Answer 1

A state of complete balance of physical, mental, social, & spiritual well being ; not just the absence of disease

Question 2

What is wellness?

Answer 2

• a state if well being
• a growing process that involves daily decision making in areas of nutrition, stress management, physical fitness, preventative health care, & emotional health

Question 3

Define well being ?

Answer 3

The quality of life; the degree of satisfaction an individual has regarding their quality of life

Question 4

What are the 10 indicators of well being?

Answer 4

Work, housing, family life, social participation, leisure, financial security, health, environment, leaning

Question 5

Define disease prevention ?

Answer 5

• a process to reducing a disease & the severity of it or the chances of it
• Looks at the actions that modify the environment, behaviours, or bodily defences in eliminating/slowing/changing the disease process

Question 6

List and describe the levels of prevention… What is the first level of prevention?

Answer 6

1) primary prevention: focus on health promo & protection against specific health problems/diseases b4 they occur; applied to generally healthy people
Ex: teaching accident & poisoning prevention, immunization, nutrition, exercise, stress management, lifestyle & nutrition to prevent cancer/heart disease

Question 7

What is the 2nd level of prevention?

Answer 7

Secondary prevention: screening tools (focus on early identification of people at risk/early detection of health problems)
-this alleviates (lessons) future health problems and future disabilities
Ex: screening for developmental delays & hypertension, Tb tests, clinical breast or testicular examinations, annual physicals & dental examinations, immunizations

Question 8

What is the third prevention?

Answer 8

Tertiary prevention : focuses on restoration & ____oration to an optimal level of f*ning; begins after an illness (when defect/disability is stabilized or determined to be irreversible)
Ex: teaching foot care to diabetics, texting range of motion ever idea to patients suffering cerebrovascular accidents

Question 9

What is adherence?

Answer 9

The extent to which an individual’s behaviour (ex taking medi as told, following diet plan, make lifestyle changes) coincides with medical or health advice.

Question 10

What is an illness ?

Answer 10

The human experience of symptoms and suffering

Question 11

Define acute illness ?

Answer 11

• short duration
• symptoms come abruptly & subside quickly
• ex: appendicitis (serious) or cold (subside with OTC medications )

Question 12

Define chronic illness ?

Answer 12

• lasts for extended period (6months+)
• slow onset
• often symptoms disappear and reappear
• ex: diabetes mellies and arthritis

Question 13

What is a disease ?

Answer 13

An abnormal condition of all/ part of an organism

Question 14

What is an etiology?

Answer 14

The effect of a disease

Question 15

Define autonomy?

Answer 15

The state of being independent & self directed without outside control
Ex: people with illnesses may feel they have lost their autonomy

Question 16

What is the biomedical model & when did it occur ?

Answer 16

1900s
Therapeutic care focussing on physical & it’s treatment
-“health is the a sense of disease”
-social & environmental aspects NOT included

Question 17

What is the behavioural approach & when did it occur ?

Answer 17

1974
Focusing on behaviours, blamed people 4 their poor health
-“Lalonde report”-“a new perspective on health of cdns”

Question 18

What is the socio-environmental approach & when did it begin?

Answer 18

1977
Recognized the social conditions that influence health (need for peace, shelter, Educa, food, income, stable ecosystem, sustainable resources, social justice, & equality)

Question 19

What is the EPP report & when did it occur ?

Answer 19

1986

Identifies 3 major health challenges (reducing Inequities, increasing prevention, enhancing coping mechanisms)

Question 20

What is the population health approach and when did it begin?

What are the key determinants identified ?

Answer 20

1994
Emphasis on the use of epidemiological data to determine the etiology of health and disease

1) stress, bodies, & illness
2) Income & income distribution
3) education
4) unemployment and job security
5) unemployment & working conditions
6) food insecurity
7) early childhood development
8) housing
9) social exclusion
10) social safety bet
11) health services
12) aboriginal status

Question 21

What 3 more key determinants were added to the population health approach in year of ___?

Answer 21

1996

13) gender
14) race
15) disability

Question 22

Identify the Ievels if maslows hierarchy of needs ?

Answer 22

1) physiological needs
2) safety & security
3) love & belonging
4) self-esteem
5) self-actualization