Health Promotion, Wellness, & Disease Prevention ATI Study Notes

These flashcards cover key terms and definitions related to health promotion, wellness, and disease prevention based on lecture notes.

Health Promotion

Activities that help individuals increase control over their health and focus on healthy behaviors.

Wellness

A dynamic state of physical, mental, and social well-being, involving active choices to achieve optimal health.

Disease Prevention

Actions taken to prevent illness or detect it early, divided into primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Primary Prevention

Preventing disease before it occurs, including immunizations, healthy diets, and exercise.

Secondary Prevention

Early detection and treatment of disease, achieved through screenings such as blood pressure checks and mammograms.

Tertiary Prevention

Reducing complications and improving quality of life through rehabilitation and disease management programs.

Modifiable Risk Factors

Risk factors that can be changed, including diet, physical activity, and smoking.

Non-modifiable Risk Factors

Risk factors that cannot be changed, such as age, gender, and genetics.

Healthy People 2030

National health promotion goals focusing on disease prevention, health equity, and improved quality of life.

Nurse’s Role in Patient Education

Educate patients on healthy lifestyle choices and promote adherence to preventive care.

Barriers to Health Promotion

Factors that hinder health promotion, such as lack of access to care and low health literacy.

Community Health & Prevention

Initiatives like immunization clinics and health education campaigns aimed at improving community health.

Health Promotion\n\n

Activities that help individuals increase control over their health and focus on healthy behaviors.\n\n

Wellness\n\n

A dynamic state of physical, mental, and social well-being, involving active choices to achieve optimal health.\n\n

Disease Prevention\n\n

Actions taken to prevent illness or detect it early, divided into primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.\n\n

Primary Prevention\n\n

Preventing disease before it occurs, including immunizations, healthy diets, and exercise.\n\n

Secondary Prevention\n\n

Early detection and treatment of disease, achieved through screenings such as blood pressure checks and mammograms.\n\n

Tertiary Prevention\n\n

Reducing complications and improving quality of life through rehabilitation and disease management programs.\n\n

Modifiable Risk Factors\n\n

Risk factors that can be changed, including diet, physical activity, and smoking.\n\n

Non-modifiable Risk Factors\n\n

Risk factors that cannot be changed, such as age, gender, and genetics.\n\n

Healthy People 2030\n\n

National health promotion goals focusing on disease prevention, health equity, and improved quality of life.\n\n

Nurse’s Role in Patient Education\n\n

Educate patients on healthy lifestyle choices and promote adherence to preventive care.\n\n

Barriers to Health Promotion\n\n

Factors that hinder health promotion, such as lack of access to care and low health literacy.\n\n

Community Health & Prevention\n\n

Initiatives like immunization clinics and health education campaigns aimed at improving community health.\n\n

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)\n\n

The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age that shape health outcomes.\n\n

Health Literacy\n\n

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

Stages of Change Model\n\n

A framework describing the process of behavior change through stages: Precontemplation, Contemplation, Preparation, Action, and Maintenance.\n\n

Self-Efficacy\n\n

An individual's belief in their own capability to perform behaviors necessary to reach specific health goals.\n\n

Pender’s Health Promotion Model\n\n

A nursing theory that identifies background factors and behavior-specific cognitions that predict health-promoting behaviors.\n\n