Week 1-4 Flashcards
Name the 6 dimensions of health
Physical Mental Emotional Spiritual Socio-cultural Environmental
Define: Health
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
The Australian Nursing Federation defines health as:
A state of complete physical, emotional, social and cultural wellbeing of the person across the period of their life, enabling them to achieve their full potential as a human being.
This also applies to the physical, social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of their whole community. It is not merely the absence of disease, injury or disability
Name the 5 Foundations of health
- Ecological- everything is connected to everything else
- Dynamic and socially determined- health is situated in the multilayered, real-world, social contexts of community life
- Reciprocal- health is created in the exchanges between people and their environments
- Health literacy- adequate knowledge to inform health decisions
- Empowerment- knowledge and opportunity to have control over one’s life and health decisions
What are the 4 National Competency Standards for Midwifery
Legal and professional practice
Midwifery knowledge and practice
Midwifery as primary healthcare
Reflection and ethical practice
What are the 9 National Health Priority Areas
- Cardiovascular Health
- Cancer Control
- Injury Prevention And Control
- Mental Health
- Diabetes mellitus
- Asthma
- Arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions Obesity
- Dementia
What are the 3 main models of health
- Biomedical model of health
- Biopsychosocial model of health
- Social model of health
Describe: Biomedical model of health
- The dominant model
- Reductionist approach
- Focus on individual’s health
- Disease causation is biologically specific
Describe: Biopsychosocial model of health
- Considers psychological, social factors and biological factors
- Focus on individual’s health
- Relationships are central
- Considers the person’s health in the context of life circumstances
- Treatment is multidimensional
Describe: Social Model of health
- Considers social, economic, political and environmental determinants
- Underpinned by the concept of social justice
- Holistic model
- Individual, community and population focus
What are the Principles underpinning the Social model of health
- Addresses the broader determinants of health
- Involves inter-sectoral collaboration
- Acts to reduce social inequities
- Empowers individuals
- Health is a human right
Define: Health Determinants
The range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors that determine the health status of individuals or populations
Name the 5 types of Social Determinants
- Age, sex and hereditary factors
- Lifestyle factors
- Social and community networks
- Living and working conditions
- General socio-economic, cultural and environmental conditions
What are the 2 categories of Social Determinants
Structural determinants
Intermediary determinants
Define: Social determinants
are the causes of the causes of ill health
The Alma Ata Declaration was developed in
1978
What did the Alma Ata Declaration do
- Identified PHC as the key to attainment of health for all
- Declared the search for health to be inseparable from the struggle for a more just society
What was the goal of the Alma Ata declaration
Health for all by the year 2000
The WHO is…
an agency of united nations