Module 1 - part 2: Health promoting relationships Flashcards
health promotion is defined as
the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health
health promotion activities
-empower clients, families & communities with the knowledge and skills needed to engage in healthy behaviors
-health promotion encompasses a wide range of activities provided in a variety of community based settings.
EXAMPLES
Disease prevention
-focuses on the actions that reduce or eliminate the onset, progression , recurrence or complications of disease
Goal of disease prevention
to help individuals avoid the occurrence of disease disorder or injury
risk factors
represent personal or environmental characteristics which increase the probability of having a health problem
EXAMPLE
protective factors
decrease the possibility of health problems occurrence or progression EXAMPLE
Primary prevention
P=Prevent, strategies that emphasize taking proactive actions that can prevent targeted conditions
secondary prevention
S=screening, strategies to focus on early disease detection through regular screenings
tertiary prevention
t=treatment, strategies to focus on minimizing the damaging effects of a disease or injury once it occurs
primary, secondary, tertiary acronym
p= Prevent
s=Screening
t=Treatment
EXAMPLES
Social determinants of health
-social, economic & political factors at community & larger societal levels have a significant effect on health and well-being
HEALTH EQUITY
efforts to ensure that all people have full and equal access to opportunities that enable them to live their lives
HEALTH INEQUITIES
differences in health that are avoidable, unfair and unjust. Health inequities are affected by social, economic and environmental conditions
HEALTH DISPARITIES
casual PREVENTABLE differences in adverse health outcomes and lost opportunies to achieve optimal health and well being
EQUITY vs EQUALITY
equity is giving people what they need to be successful, equality is treating people the same
Penders Health promotion model
-persons health capacity to absorb and use the health promotion information depends to a large degree on what people belive
Prochaskas transtheroretical model
- model used to explore persons motivational readiness to intentionally change health habits
- model identifies stage of readiness ranging from lack of awareness a problem to taking and maintaining constructive actions to correct unhealthy behaviors
- does not represent a linear program (circle)
Banduras social learning theory
-bandura believed that self-efficacy is a powerful mediator of behavior & behavioral change
-if people know they have the capacity to complete a health promoting behavior they are more likely to try it
-bandura identifies three sets of motivating factors:
Physical motivators (ex. memory of previous discomfort)
Social incentives (eg. praise & encouragement)
Cognitive motivators (eg. internal thought processes)
self efficacy and ______ are reciprocal processes
motivation,
increased self-efficacy strengthens motivation, which in turn increases the clients capacity to complete the learning task
what is Motivational interviewing
skillful clinical style for eliciting from pts their own good motivations for making behavior changes in the interest of their health. involves more guiding than directing, listening as least as much as telling. overall spirit of MI described as collaborative, evocative, and honouring of patient autonomy
Nurses role in health promotion using motivational interviewing (hornsten, lindahl, perrson & edvardsson 2004,Strategies in health-promoting dialogues-primary healthcare nurses’ perspectives)
- guiding pt vs pressuring them
- adjusting to pt vs directing the conversation
- inspiring confidence vs instilling fear
- introducing emotionally charged subjects or avoiding them
- motivating and supporting pts vs demanding responsibility
the process of enabling individuals to take control over their health
health promotion
Behavioral activities that have been show to delay the emergence of chronic disease or lessen its impact
protective factors
