CH 6 Health and Wellness

Question 1

What are the healthy people 2020 goals?

Answer 1

• Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
• Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
• Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
• Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stage

Question 2

What is health?

Answer 2

A state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing - not simply the absence of disease.

Question 3

True or False? The definition of health includes someone’s own values, personality, and lifestyle.

Answer 3

True! You must consider culture, individual views, age groups, gender

Question 4

What relationship does the Health Belief Model address?

Answer 4

the relationship between a person’s beliefs and behaviors

Question 5

What is the goal of the Health Promotion Model?

Answer 5

increasing a patient’s level of well-being

Question 6

What is the goal of the Basic Human Needs Model?

Answer 6

to meet the patient’s basic needs

Question 7

What is the goal of the Holistic Health Model?

Answer 7

to create conditions that promote optimal health

Question 8

What are the five levels of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

Answer 8

Self-actualization
Self-esteem
Love and Belonging
Safety and Security
Physiological

Question 9

What are some internal influences on health beliefs?

Answer 9

developmental stage
intellectual background
perception of functioning 
emotional factors 
spiritual factors

Question 10

What are some external influences on health beliefs?

Answer 10

family practices
socioeconomic factors
cultural background

Question 11

What is primary prevention?

Answer 11

True prevention that lowers the chances that a disease will develop - ie health promotion, immunizations, hearing protection, screenings

Question 12

What is secondary prevention?

Answer 12

Focuses on those who have a disease or are at risk to develop a disease

Question 13

What is tertiary prevention?

Answer 13

Occurs when a defect or disability is permanent or irreversible - helps patients achieve the highest level of functioning that they can

Question 14

What are risk factors?

Answer 14

Variables that increase the vulnerability of an individual or a group to an illness or accident

Question 15

What are some types of risk factors?

Answer 15

Genetic and physiological factors
Age
Environment
Lifestyle

Question 16

What are the 5 steps to risk factor modification or changing health behaviors?

Answer 16

• Precontemplation: Not intending to make changes within the next 6 months
• Contemplation: Considering a change within the next 6 months
• Preparation: Making small changes in preparation for a change in the next month
• Action: Actively engaged in strategies to change behavior; lasts up to 6 months
• Maintenance stage: Sustained change over time; begins 6 months after action has started and continues indefinitely

Question 17

What is illness?

Answer 17

A state in which a person’s physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminished or impaired

Question 18

What is the acute illness?

Answer 18

Short duration and severe

Question 19

What is a chronic illness?

Answer 19

Longer than 6 months, irreversible, affects functioning of 1 or more systems

Question 20

What is illness behavior?

Answer 20

how people monitor their bodies and define and interpret their symptoms

Question 21

What are the impacts of illness on patient and family?

Answer 21

• Behavioral and emotional changes
• Impact on body image
• Impact on self-concept
• Impact on family roles
• Impact on family dynamics

Question 22

What are strategies to patient teaching?

Answer 22

• provide active listening
• ask about perceived barriers
• assist the patient in establishing goals
• reinforce the process of change

PS. Tailor your patient teaching to culture, level of understanding, etc!