WELLNESS Flashcards
Is the inability of an individuals adaptive response to maintain physical and emotional balance that subsequently results in an impairment of a functional abilities
Illness
A process by which a person adjust to achieve homeostasis
Adaptation
Is the condition in which an individual function at optimal levels
Wellness
Health is GLOBAL TERM because it refers to the 5 aspects of a person’s LIFE:
•Physical status
•Emotional well-being
•Social relationship
•Intellectual functioning
•Physical condition
Health is influenced by the interaction among the individual family and community
Health-illness continuum
Health is viewed as an attempt toward achieving own’s fullest potential; this concept connotes ability to perform ADL or to function independently
High-Level Wellness
Factors which impinge on the individual to leads toward the illness spectrum
Precursor of Illness
It is an indicator of one to come
Precursor of Illness
It is a Precursor of Illness Family history of DM, HPN, Cancer
Heredity
It is a Precursor of Illness Cigarette smoking, alcohol abuse, high animal fat intake
Behavioral
It is a Precursor of Illness, overcrowding, or sanitation, for supply of potable water
Environmental
What are the 3 Precursor of Illness
•Heredity
•Behavioral
•Environmental
Individual perceptions and modifying factor may influence health belief and preventive health behavior
Health Belief Model
In Health Belief Model, what are the 3 individuals perception
•Perceived susceptibility
•Perceived seriousness
•Perceived threat
In Health Belief Model, what are the 4 Modifying Factors:
•Demographic variables
•Socialphysiologic variable
•Structural variables
•Cues to action
In modifying factors, where is age sex and race includes?
Demographic variables
In modifying factors, where does social pressure or influence from peers includes?
Sociopsychologic variables
In modifying factors, where does knowledge about the disease, and prior contact with it includes?
Structural variables
In modifying factors, where does INTERNAL: fatigue, uncomfortable symptoms. EXTERNAL: mass media, advice from others includes?
Cues to action
In Health Belief Model, Likelihood of action depends on 2 factors:
•Perceived benefit of preventive action
•Perceived barriers to action
Health depends on the interaction of host, agent and environment
Ecological model
Balance among three elements results in health
Ecological model
Illness occurs when there is an imbalance in one of the three elements
Ecological model
Care providers must consider all factors that influence human health whether they act alone or in combination
Ecological model
What are the 3 elements that results to health
•Agent
•Host
•Environment
In Health Promotion Model, People engage in health— promoting behavior when they:
•Value health
•Perceive health as being within their control
•Can identify benefits in self-care behaviors
•Have a positive perception of their health status
In Health Promotion Model, health promoting behavior is influenced by:
•An individuals inherited and acquired characteristics
•Significant others, who model the behavior, expect the behavior to occur and facilitate the behavior
•Families, peers and healthcare providers
