PRELIM Flashcards
Condition of being sound in body, mind or
spirit; freedom from physical disease or
pain.
HEALTH
It refers to the ability of a person to func-
tion effectively,physically, socially, psyc-
hologically and spiritually.
HEALTH
The _____ good health is a state of
complete physical, social and mental well-
being and not merely the absence of dis-
ease or infirmity.
HEALTH
WHO (1946)
A resource for everyday life, not the object
of living and is appositive concept emphasizing social and personal resource as well
as physical capabilities.
HEALTH
A tool or mechanism for health-related
learning resulting in increase in
knowledge, skill development and change
in behavior
HEALTH EDUCATION
Dimension of Health
BROADER
INDIVIDUAL
In the outer circle which are environmental
and societal dimensions
BROADER
the inner circle of individual are:
Physical health
Mental health
Emotional health
Social health
Spiritual health
Sexual health
Societal health
Environmental health
the state of one’s body
like its fitness and not being ill.
Physical Health
positive sense of purpose
and underlying brief in one’s own worth
(self-esteem) like feeling good and feeling
able to cope.
Mental health
ability to express one’s feelings appropriately and to develop and
sustain relationship. Ex:is the feeling of
being loved.
Emotional Health
involves the support system that is available from family members
and friends.
Social Health
recognition of a supreme being or force and the ability to put
into practice one’s moral principles or beliefs.
Spiritual Health
acceptance of the ability
to achieve a satisfactory expression of one’s sexuality.
Sexual Health
the link between and the
health and the way a society is structured.
This includes the basic infrastructure necessary for health and the degree of integration or division within the society.
Societal Health
the physical environment where people live, it involves
housing, transport, sanitation,pollution
and pure water facilities.
Environmental health
Any endeavor directed at enhancing the
quality of health and wellbeing of individuals, families, groups,community, through strategies involving supportive environments, coordination of resources and
respect for personal choice and values.
Health Promotion
who introduce what?’(Macdonald & Bunton,
1992) and was not popular until the 1980’s
when the World Health organization
(WHO) began a campaign for global public health.
Health promotion
1974 by Canadian Health
Minister LaLonde
Factors in the Ecosystem which Affect the
Optimum Level
of Functioning (OLOF)
Political Factors
Behavioral Factors
Hereditary
Health Care Delivery System
Environmental Influences
Factors in the Ecosystem which Affect the
Optimum Level
of Functioning (OLOF)
Power and authority to regulate the environment or social climate.
Political Factors
A person’s level of functioning and is affected by certain habits,their lifestyle, health care and child rearing practices which are determined by one’s culture and ethnic
heritage.
Behavioral Factors
Understanding of genetically influenced
diseases and genetic risks.
Hereditary
Focus of healthcare is in the promotive,
preventive,curative and rehabilitative aspects of care.
Health Care Delivery System
Primary health is a partnership approach to
the effective provision of essential health
services that are community based, accessible, acceptable sustainable and affordable.
Health Care Deliver System
Menace of pollution, communicable disease due to poor sanitation, poor garbage
collection, smoking, utilization of pesticides, lack or absence of proper and adequate waste and sewerage disposal system
and management,noise, radiation, air and
water pollution are just some of the factors
or situations which exert negative effects
on the environment
Socio-economic influences
Environmental influences
families in lower income group are the ones mostly served.
socio-economic influences
The teaching function will always be an
integral part of the duties of a professional
nurse. This dates back to the time when Nursing was given recognition as a discipline in the 1800’s and health education
became a unique and independent function
of the nurse. This was regarded as the
period of educated nursing
who has earned the
title of “Mother of Modern Nursing, was
the epitome of the true nurse educator as
she advocated the important function of
teaching to promote health and recovery
through a clean,pleasant, and inhabitable environment.
Florence Nightingale