Health Promotion

What is Health?

A passive state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. Person is not ill at all times.

What is Morbidity?

How frequently a disease occurs.

What is Mortality?

The number of deaths caused by a disease.

What is Wellness?

An active state of being healthy by living a lifestyle that promotes good physical, mental, and emotional health. Regardless of one’s level of health.

What are nurse’s four primary objective related to Health?

• Promote health

• Prevent illness

• Restore health

• Facilitate coping with illness, disability, or death

What is Holistic care?

Care that addresses the many addresses the many dimensions of the individual.

What is Disease defined as?

A pathologic change in the structure or function of the body or mind.

What is illness defined as?

A response of the person to a disease.

What are some influences on a response to a disease?

• self-perceptions

• other perceptions

• the effects of changes in the body structure and function

• effects of role changes and relationships

• cultural and spiritual values and beliefs

What are common causes of a disease?

• Inherited genetic defects

• Developmental defects

• Biological agents or toxins

• Physical agents

• Tissue responses to injury or irritation

• Physiologic and emotional reactions to stress

• Excessive or insufficient production of body secretions

Which type of illness is:

• Rapid onset

• Short duration

• May require minimal or extensive treatment

• May be life-threatening

• If medical attention is needed, the person usually returns to normal functioning

Acute illness

Which type of illness is:

• Gradual onset

• Causes permanent change

• It causes, or is caused by irreversible alterations in normal anatomy and physiology

• Requires special client education for rehabilitation

• Requires a long period of care or support

Chronic illness

What are some symptoms people feel when sick?

• Pain

• Fever

• Rash

• Bleeding

• Cough

What is Health Equity?

The attainment of the highest level of health for all people.

What is Health Disparity?

A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage.

What are the human dimensions in regard to health and illness?

• Physical

• Emotional

• Intellectual

• Environmental

• Sociocultural

• Spiritual

What are examples of Genetic Inheritance in regard to Physical Dimension?

• Down’s syndrome

• Hemophilia

• Cystic fibrosis

• Color blindness

What are examples of Emotional Dimension?

• Long-term stress

• Anxiety

• Depression

What are examples of Environmental Dimension?

• Housing

• Sanitation

• Climate

• Pollution of air, food, and water

Sociocultural Dimension

Health practices and beliefs are strongly influenced by:

• Economic level

• Lifestyle

• Family

• Culture

Sociocultural Dimension

Family and culture also strongly influence:

• Patterns of living

• Values about health and illness

• Patterns of eating

• Lifestyle habits

• Emotional stability

What are examples of Spiritual Dimension?

• Roman Catholic requirement of baptism for both births and stillborn babies

• Orthodox and Conservative Jewish follow Kosher dietary laws that prohibit the intake of pork and shellfish

• Jehovah’s Witnesses are in opposition to blood transfusion

What are modifiable risk factors for illness or injury?

• physiologic factors

• health habits

• lifestyle

• environment

What are non-modifiable risk factors for illness or injury?

• age

• genetic factors

What is Health promotion defined as?

The behavior of a person who is motivated by a personal desire to increase well being and health potential.

What is Illness/Disease prevention defined as?

The behavior motivated by a desire to avoid or detect disease or to maintain functioning within constraints of an illness or disability.

Which level of Health Promotion & Illness Prevention is:

• Directed toward promoting and preventing the development of disease or injury.

• May focus on individuals and groups.

Primary

Which level of Health Promotion & Illness Prevention is:

• Focuses on screening for early detection of disease with prompt diagnosis and treatment.

Secondary

Which level of Health Promotion & Illness Prevention is:

• Begins after an illness is diagnosed and treated.

• Rehabilitate and reduce long-term disability and maintain the highest level of functioning.

Tertiary

Which model of Health Promotion & Illness Prevention:

• Behaviors and perceptions or beliefs relating to their health.

Health Belief Model

Which model of Health Promotion & Illness Prevention:

• How people interact with their environment using characteristics, experience, behavior, and beliefs for motivating health promoting behavior.

Health Promotion Model

Which model of Health Promotion & Illness Prevention:

• A way to conceptualize a person’s level of health. Health is a constantly changing state with high level of wellness and death at opposite ends of a graduated continuum.

Health-Illness Continuum

Which model of Health Promotion & Illness Prevention:

• Interaction between external agent, susceptible host and the environment as a cause of disease in a person.

Agent-Host-Environment Model

What are Complementary Health Approaches (CHA)?

Interventions that can be used with conventional medical interventions and thus complement them.