Week 4 Flashcards
Health
Human condition with physical, social, and psychological dimensions characterized with positive and negatives
Positive health
Associated with a capacity to enjoy life and withstand challenges (not just absence of disease)
Negative health
Illness
Health promotion
Process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health
Wellness
Active lifelong dynamic process of becoming aware of and making choices towards a healthy and fulfilling life
Physical fitness
Measure of cardiorespiratory and neuromusculoskeletal function and psychological drive that allows optimal and efficient performance (strength, speed)
Population health
Taking responsibility for managing the overall health of a defined population and being accountable for the health outcome of that population (leveraging data to understand factors that influence health)
Social determinants of health
Non medical factors that influence health outcomes (conditions people were born, work in)
What are some examples of social health determinants?
Race/sex/culture/religion
Education
Income
Work conditions
Zip code
What are some examples of health behaviors?
Physical activity
Nutrition
Sleep
Stress management
What’s the role of a PT in health promotion?
Education
Direct intervention
Research
Advocacy
Collaborative consultation
Injury prevention
Primary injury prevention
Initial (prevent injury or disease)
Secondary injury prevention
Screening (already have a disease and maintaining it)
Tertiary injury prevention
Rehab (had an injury and now working to better it)
Public health
Global
