Health Promotion Class 1

"a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity"

"the extent to which an individual or group is able, on the one hand, to realize aspirations and satisfy needs; and, on the other hand, to change or cope with the environment.

Health is therefore seen as a resource for everyday living, not the objective for living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities"

a positive state of health of an individual, family, or community; continuously changing state from high-level to low-level

physical, mental, spiritual, social, occupational, environmental, intellectual, financial, etc.

Objective state; the failure of a person's adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances

Disease

Subjective data; mismatch between a person's needs and the resources available to meet those needs

Illness

Process of enabling people to improve and increase control over their well-being and health

What are the Levels of Disease Prevention?

The timeframe before a risk factor develops

Treating reducing risk factors that may occur to prevent disease and wellness

Proving screening, treating illness early; treating illness at earliest stage possible to limit dysfunction

Needed when defect permanent/irreversible - having a disease that is not curable but preventing it from getting worse

Managing illness from progressing

The many factors that influence your health; broad range of personal, social, economic, environmental factors that determine both individual and population health

Greatest determinant of health - decreased income causes increased negative health outcomes, the greater the income gap, the greater the difference in health

Affects health, health behaviors, and health care utilization; increased social support equals increased positive health incomes

Significantly affect physical, mental, and social health; unemployment equals poorer health outcomes - working conditions can support health or pose hazards

Housing, food security, community planning/design

Geography, environment quality, climate change

Built and Natural Environments

What we cannot change; heredity and age

Effective coping skills equals decreased likelihood to engage in risky behaviors; physical inactivity, poor nutrition, tobacco use - requires more than just health education to influence behaviors

All determinants influence child development; early childhood interventions are important

Quality and accessible care

"the array of society-determined roles, personality traits, attitudes, behaviors, values, relative power, and influence that society ascribes to the two sexes on a differential basis"

Influences interactions with health care system; language differences, racial disparities, indigenous peoples

Healthy social environments equals free from discrimination, prejudice, social exclusion, and violence