Lecture Notes: Health Promotion, Health Beliefs, and Nursing Models (Vocabulary flashcards)

A set of vocabulary flashcards covering key concepts from the notes: Healthy People initiatives, LHIS, WHO health definitions, personal health concepts, culture and health, health beliefs, the Health Promotion Model and its components, Maslow's hierarchy, holistic health and interventions, and passive/active health promotion.

Healthy People

A data-driven, 10-year national objective program for promoting health and well-being and preventing disease; emphasizes interprofessional collaboration; first published in 1979.

Healthy People 2030

The current Healthy People publication that promotes a society in which all people live long, healthy lives and identifies leading health indicators (LHIS) with data to explain disparities.

Leading Health Indicators (LHIS)

High-priority health issues identified by Healthy People to track progress; examples include household food insecurity/hunger, homicides, suicides, and obesity in children and adolescents.

World Health Organization health definition

Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Personal concept of health

Health is a state defined by an individual's values, personality, and lifestyle, representing the actualization of potential through goal-directed behavior and self-care.

Culture and health

Culture influences how we define health, beliefs about illness, where we seek care, and preferred treatments, shaping health promotion activities.

Health beliefs

A person’s beliefs about health that can be true or false; influence health behaviors and are shaped by experiences and culture.

Health Promotion Model (HPM)

A nursing framework (Pender) defining health as a positive, dynamic state and describing how individuals interact with their environment to pursue health; focuses on characteristics, cognitions/affect, and behavioral outcomes.

Individual characteristics (HPM)

Personal factors (biological, psychological, sociocultural) that influence future health actions.

Behavior-specific cognitions (HPM)

Knowledge, beliefs, and affect that influence motivation to change or adopt healthy behaviors.

Perceived benefits of action

A belief within HPM that taking action will yield positive health outcomes.

Perceived barriers to action

A belief within HPM about obstacles that hinder taking healthful actions.

Perceived self-efficacy

Confidence in one’s ability to take and sustain a health-related behavior.

Activity-related affect

Feelings or emotional responses associated with performing health-related activities.

Interpersonal influences

Influences from family, peers, and providers; norms, support, and models that affect health behavior.

Situational influences

Contextual factors (options, demands, aesthetics) that affect health decisions and actions.

Commitment to a plan of action

A dedication to following through with a chosen health-promoting plan, leading to healthier behavior.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs

A theory organizing needs from physiological up to self-actualization; basic needs must be met before higher-level needs, though priorities can be emergent and individual.

Self-actualization

The highest level in Maslow’s hierarchy; realizing one’s potential and continual self-discovery.

Holistic health

A preventive-care approach that considers the whole person—body, mind, spirit—and their environmental and social context.

Holistic interventions

Therapies such as meditation, music therapy, reminiscence, relaxation, therapeutic touch, and guided imagery used alone or with conventional medicine.

Passive health promotion

Health benefits achieved through actions by others or environmental factors (e.g., water fluoridation, vitamin fortification).

Active health promotion

Health benefits that require personal involvement in activities (e.g., weight loss programs, smoking cessation).