Health Promotion Lecture Notes

These flashcards cover key concepts, definitions, and attributes related to Health Promotion based on the lecture notes.

What is the definition of Health Promotion according to WHO?

• Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health.

What does health encompass in the context of health promotion?

• Health encompasses health, wellness, disease, and illness.

Define Health:-

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

What are the four related terms to health promotion?

• Health, Wellness, Disease, Illness.

What are the four attributes of health promotion?

• Optimization of health, Maintain high-level wellness, Prevent illness, Early detection and management of disease.

Name one source of evidence used in health promotion.

• New knowledge generated through research efforts.

What is enculturation in health promotion?

• Cultural competence and sensitivity to different cultures in designing, implementing, and evaluating health promotion activities.

What do Individual-Focused Health Promotion Models emphasize?

• Cognition, Decision making, Motivation, Behavior, Environment.

What are two facts about vulnerable populations and health disparities?

• Vulnerable populations are more likely to develop health-related problems and experience worse outcomes.

What is the importance of an assessment in health promotion?

• An assessment provides the basis for establishing a health promotion plan.

What does Healthy People 2030 aim to achieve regarding health promotion?

• It sets five national goals for health promotion.