MODELS OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS Flashcards
- Health is the stage of being free of signs and symptoms of disease
- Illness is the presence of signs and symptoms of disease
Clinical Model
Defined in terms of the individual’s ability to fulfill societal roles, that is, to perform his or her work
Role-Performance Model
- Health is a creative process and involves flexible adaptation to the environment
- Diseases is a failure in adaptation
Adaptive Model
- Health is a condition of actualization or realization of a person’s potential
- Illness is a condition that prevents self actualization
Eudaimonistic Model
- Also called ecologic model
- Used primarily in predicting illness rather than in promoting wellness
Agent-Host-Environment Model
any environmental factor or stressor (biologic, chemical, mechanical, physical, or psychosocial)
Agent
physical or psychological situations or conditions putting people at risk for illness
Host
all factors external to the host that may or may not predispose the person to the development of the disease
Environment
Grids or graduated scales used to measure a person’s perceived level of wellness
Health-Illness Continuum
A health-axis and and environment axis intersect
Dunn’s High Level Wellness Grid
3 Steps of Wellness
Awareness, Education, Growth
4 domains of the Inner Self
Physical, Spiritual, Emotional, Intellectual
Determines whether an individual is likely to participate in disease
prevention and health promotion activities
Health Belief Model
He proposed a health belief model intended to predict which individual would or would not use preventive measures
Rosenstcok
Components of Yin
- Negative
- Dark
- Cold
- Female
- Outside body surface
- Front of body
- Receptive
