Introduction to Health Promotion - KIN 278 Lecture Notes

These flashcards cover key terminology and concepts in health promotion based on the course KIN 278 lecture notes.

Health Promotion

The process of enabling people to increase control over their health by changing determinants and removing barriers, thereby improving their health.

Social Determinants of Health

Conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources.

Empowerment

A process through which people, organizations, and/or communities gain greater control over decisions and actions affecting their health.

Health Literacy

The capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.

Quality of Life

The degree to which a person enjoys the important possibilities of his or her life, encompassing physical and mental health.

Salutogenesis

An approach to health that emphasizes factors supporting health and well-being rather than focusing solely on factors causing disease. (What do we need to do to be healthy. Not, what do I do so I don’t get sick)

Ottawa Charter

A key document from 1986 outlining strategies for health promotion, emphasizing enabling communities and individuals to improve their health.

Health Belief Model

A psychological model that attempts to explain and predict health behaviors by focusing on the attitudes and beliefs of individuals.

Population Health

An approach aiming to improve the health of the entire population and reduce health inequities among different population groups.

Behavioural Change Theories

Theories that explain how individuals change their behaviors, which is crucial in health promotion efforts.

3 Stress Factors

• Pathogenic (health-diminishing);

• Neutral;

• Salutogenic (health-promoting)

Health Education

Teaching/providing information about health and healthy living, and hoping they involuntarily make healthier decisions

List 5 SDH

• Employment opportunities & working conditions

• Unemployment, Employment security

• Income, wealth distribution, poverty

• Education, literacy

• Housing, Neighbourhoods

• Food security

• Early life, Healthy child development

• Indigenous status

• Gender

• Water & sanitation

• Access to health-care

• Social support

• Social cohesion, Community participation, Social inclusion

• Transportation

• Public safety

• Exposure to crime, violence, social disorder

• Social norms: discrimination, racism, distrust of government

• Environmental conditions

List 3 of the highest risks of low health literacy?

• Older Adults

• Recent Immigrants

• Racial/Ethnic minorities

• Low Education

• Low income

• Language

• Compromised Health Status

Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL)

An individual’s or group’s perceived physical & mental health over time (How do you perceive your own health? How do you feel?)

Self-Rated Health

A subjective measure where individuals assess their own overall health, usually on a scale from excellent to poor

Ways to Measure HRQoL

• Self-Rated Health

• # of recent physically unhealthy days

• # of recent mentally unhealthy days

• Activity limitation days

• Life Satisfaction