Unit 1 - Health Chapters??

Individual Health

The way an individual interprets their environment, affecting their thoughts, feelings, and actions.

Holism

Understanding how one area of concern relates to the whole person to achieve overall harmony.

Dynamic Equilibrium/Homeostasis

The body's ability to maintain internal balance through adaptation to environmental changes.

Physiologic Homeostasis

The stability and constancy of the body's internal environment.

Homeostasis Mechanisms

Characteristics include self-regulating, compensatory, regulated by negative feedback, and may require multiple feedback mechanisms.

Self-regulation

Homeostatic mechanisms that automatically respond in healthy individuals.

Compensatory

Mechanisms that counteract abnormal conditions to maintain balance.

System

A set of interacting identifiable parts or components.

Boundary

A line that differentiates one system from another or from its environment.

Closed System

A system that does not exchange energy, matter, or information with its environment.

Open System

A system that exchanges energy, matter, and information with its environment.

Input

Information, material, or energy that enters a system for processing.

Throughput

The transformation of input into a useful form within a system.

Output

Energy, matter, or information produced by a system after processing.

Feedback

The mechanism that returns some output of a system back as input for self-regulation.

Negative Feedback

Mechanism that inhibits change and counteracts deviations from normal.

Positive Feedback

Mechanism that stimulates change.

Psychologic Homeostasis

Emotional or psychological balance and mental well-being.

Developmental Stage Theories

Categorization of behaviors or tasks based on age ranges, reflecting group characteristics.

Healthy People 2020/2030

Initiatives emphasizing health promotion and disease prevention linked to community health.

Health Promotion

Activities aimed at improving health and preventing disease.

Primary Prevention

Focuses on health promotion and protection against specific health problems.

Secondary Prevention

Early identification and intervention to alleviate health problems.

Tertiary Prevention

Restoration and rehabilitation to return individuals to optimal functioning.

WHO Definition of Health

Complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.

Individual Perception of Health

Health is highly individualized and influences behavior related to health and illness.

Population Health

Wellness and disease experiences of groups of people based on geographic or common characteristics.

Clinical Model of Health

Defined by the absence of signs and symptoms of disease or injury.

Role Performance Model

Health defined by the ability to fulfill societal roles.

Adaptive Model

Health as a creative process; disease as failure to adapt.

Eudaimonistic Model

Health as the realization of an individual's potential.

Agent Host Environment Model

Predicts illness based on interactions of agent, host, and environment.

Health-Illness Scales

Measure an individual's perceived level of wellness on a continuum.

Biophysical Dimension

Genetic makeup, sex, age, and physiological function.

Psychological Dimension

Emotional well-being and self-perception.

Environmental Dimension

Impact of physical surroundings on health.

Developmental Dimension

Changes in health status across the lifespan.

Socio-Cultural/Spiritual Dimension

Influence of lifestyle, culture, and spirituality on health.

MICA

Co-occurrence of mental illness and chemical addiction.

Components of Wellness

Physical, emotional, social, environmental, occupational, intellectual, and spiritual aspects of well-being.

Inflammatory Response

Local and nonspecific defensive response to injury or infection.

Characteristics of Inflammation

Pain, swelling, redness, heat, and impaired function.