Ch. 2 Health and wellness Flashcards
State of being that people define in relation to their values, personality and lifestyle(book). State of complete physical, mental, and social well being, not just absence of disease
Health
Three focus areas of the Health Promotion Model
- Individual characteristics and experiences
- Behavior-specific cognition’s and affect
- Behavioral outcomes
Behavior motivated by the desire to increase well-being and actualize human potential.
Health Promotion Model
Internal variables influencing health beliefs and health practices
- -Developmental stage
- Intellectual Background
- Emotional Factors
- Spiritual Factors
External variables influencing health beliefs and health practices
- Family Practices
- Socioeconomic Factors
- Cultural Background
-Three levels of Prevention
- Primary prevention
- Secondary Prevention
- Tertiary Prevention
True prevention, preceding disease applied to patients in exceptional health
Primary prevention
Prevention focusing on people who have health problems or who are at risk of worsening health
Secondary prevention
Prevention that attempts to minimize effects of long term dissease, disability or defect.
Tertiary Prevention
Severe, short term illness ie: flu
Acute illness
Illness lasting longer than 6 months fluctuating between max and min health
Chronic illness
- Genetic and physiology
- Age
- Physical environment
- Life style
Risk Factors:
Variables that increase the vulnerability of an individual/group to an illness of accident
Addresses the relationship between a persons’ beliefs and behaviors
Health Belief model: Help predict how patients will behave in relation to their health and how successful they will be.
A persons ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and illness.
Health Beliefs: Based on facts or misinformation…etc
Comprehensive view of a person as a biophysical and spiritual being
Holistic Health
