Health promotion and Disease Prevention chap 1-2

What is the difference between negative health and positive health?

Negative health focuses solely on avoiding illness, whereas positive health encompasses overall well-being, including emotional and social aspects.

what does WHO stand for in health promotion?

World Health Organization, its an agency the United Nations responsible for international public health.

10 dimensional of wellness and provide an example

Emotional (Journal), Career (networking event), Social (coffee date), Spiritual (silent Medication), Physical (light walk), Financial (budgeting), Intellectual (educational podcast), Creative (pottery), Environmental (reusable straws), Digital (DND)

disease

an objective state of ill health

Illness

a subjective experience of loss of health

Ill health

an umbrella term to describe when disease or illness coincide with one another

How is health viewed in the Western Medical Model of health? What criticism does it get?

The western Medical model of health defines health solely as not being ill or having a disease. It risk factors to your health by prescribing treatment more than prevention. CRITICISM to this model include things such as medicine is just a blanket over the underlying issues. Medicine can do more harm than good and take away one’s individual rights.

Social Model of Health

Emphasis on the importance of social factors and how they can or have affected someone’s health and well-being.

How does culture influence health?

Culture can impact influence of health in positive and negative ways. In some positive ways some cultures may prioritize health over work. While in some negative ways a cultures belief on health may be the opposite and believe work is more important than your health.

What are the problems of each concept of health?

Because most of the concepts compare good health being a strength some might conclude an unhealthy person to be unfit or have no strength. When this could be completely false. Health is not a fixed state.

What is a determination of health?

A factor or characteristic that brings about change in health in either a bad or good way. “causes of causes” what brings about disease.

What does it mean when a determinant of health is classified as modifiable or Not modifiable?

Modifiable is interchangeable but can be difficult to change such as social status. Not Modifiable is fixed such as someone’s age category. They can’t just decide they want to change their age.

What does it mean when a determinant of health is classified as Proximal or distal?

Proximal has a DIRECT impact on the health of an individual. Factors close to a person Distal has a INDIRECT affect on ones health. Can be distance in time or place.

what are the Key social determinants of Health? Explain their relationship with health status.

Social Status, Social Support, Food, Housing, education, work, stress, transportation, place, access to health services.

Explain how we address the social Determinants of health.

First we focus on upstream factors, then focus on population health and population subgroups, which leads to focus on EQUITY, now we take that and focus on a life course perspective, finally focus on relationships between communities.

Identify and list key health indicators.

Key health indicators are measurable metrics—like blood pressure individually or life expectancy globally—used to evaluate and track wellness. These markers allow doctors and health organizations to identify medical risks and monitor long-term health trends.