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Health

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Not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, but a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. (per the World Health Organization-WHO)

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Health Promotion

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process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health.

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Wellness

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purposeful, enjoyable living or, more specifically, a deliberate lifestyle choice characterized by personal responsibility and optimal enhancement of physical, mental, and spiritual health.

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6 Dimensions of Wellness

SOS PIE

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  • Social
  • Occupational
  • Spiritual
  • Physical
  • Intellectual
  • Emotional
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Social (6 dimensions of wellness)

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Actively taking part in improving our world, seeking ways to enhance personal relationships, celebrating friendships, and building our community

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Occupational (6 dimensions of wellness)

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Finding enrichment through our work or vocation to enhance our well-being.

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Spiritual (6 dimensions of wellness)

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Identifying our basic purpose in life; learning how to experience love, joy, peace and fulfillment, and helping ourselves and others achieve our potential.

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Intellectual (6 dimensions of wellness)

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Ability to think and learn from life experience, openness to new ideas, and capacity to question and evaluate information.

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Emotional (6 dimensions of wellness)

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  • The degree to which one feels positive and enthusiastic about oneself and life.
  • involves awareness and acceptance of a wide range of feelings in oneself and other.
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Physical (6 dimensions of wellness)

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participation in regular physical activity leading to a heightened awareness of the connection between body, mind and spirit

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Illness

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subjective experience of loss of health; unhealthy condition; poor health;sickness

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Disease

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objective state of ill health; any abnormal condition in a plant that interferes with its vital physiological processes caused by pathogenicmicroorganisms, parasites, unfavorable environmental, genetic, or nutritional factors, etc.

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Epidemiology

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Study of how often diseases occur in different groups of people and why.

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Morbidity

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Disease rate in one period of time or in one place

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Mortality

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Number of deaths in one period of time or in one place

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Population Health

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  • A way of thinking about the social and economic forces that shape health
  • Builds upon public health and health promotion
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Disease Prevention

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action to avoid disease

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3 levels of prevention

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  • primary prevention
  • secondary prevention
  • tertiary prevention
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Primary Prevention (3 levels of prevention)

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Protection from disease before signs and symptoms.

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Secondary Prevention (3 levels of prevention)

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Activities that promote early detection of disease once pathogens have occurred.

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Tertiary Prevention (3 levels of prevention)

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Activities are initiated in the convalescence stage of disease and are directed toward minimizing residual disability and helping people to live productively with limitations. Ex. cardiac rehab program after heart attack

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Health Protection

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  • Protecting health

- Preventing illness or injuries

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Empowerment

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An outcome and a process by which people, individually and collectively in organizations and communities, exercise their ability to effect change to enhance control, quality, of life and social justice

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Mental Health

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state of emotional and psychological well-being in which an individual is able to use his or her cognitive and emotional capabilities, function in society, and meet the ordinary demands of everyday life

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Emotional Health
Generally associated to feelings and moods.
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Emotional Intelligence
emotionally healthy people tend to have higher levels of emotional intelligence. 5 components: - self-awareness - altruism - personal motivation - empathy - ability to love and be loved term used to evaluate the capacity of people to understand themselves and relate well with others.
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Social Health
ability to interact with the people around us as well as our capability to function as a contributing member of society while supporting and helping others to do the same.
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Spiritual Health
ability to identify our basic purpose in life and to experience the fulfillment of achieving our full potential
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Self esteem
confidence and satisfaction in oneself
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Altruism
unselfish regard for people
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assertiveness
behaving in a non hostile, confident manner to make your needs and desires clear to others
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autonomy
ability to draw on internal resources; independence from familial and societal influences. Independence
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Optimistic
Tendency to seek out, remember, and expect pleasurable experiences
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Post traumatic stress disorder
The repeated reliving of a trauma through nightmares or recollection
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Self actualization
State of wellness and fulfillment that can be achieved once certain human needs are satisfied; living to one's full potential
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Values
criteria by which one makes choices about one's thoughts, actions, goals, and ideals.
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Mental Illness
Alterations in thinking, mood, or behaviour associated with significant distress, dysfunction, and impaired functioning
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Anxiety
Can lear to intensified asthmatic reactions, skin conditions, and digestive disorders
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Depression
has increasingly been recognized as a serious risk factor for physical illness
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Definition of Social Determinants
Aspects that are very important to health and wellness status
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Social Determinants (14)
- Income and income distribution - Education - Unemployment - Employment and Working Conditions - Early Childhood Development - Food Insecurity - Housing - Social Exclusion - Social Safety Net - Health Services - Aboriginal Status - Gender - Race - Disability
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Social Justice
fair distribution of social determinants of health among members of the population - equal access to everybody
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Nursing's Role to Social Justice?
"providing safe, compassionate competent ethical healthcare," "promoting health and well-being" (most important) "preserving dignity" ~ Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses
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3 models of health
1. biomedical model 2. behavioural model 3. socio-environmental model
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Biomedical Model
views health as absence of disease or disorder
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Behavioural Model
views health as the product of making healthy lifestyle choices
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Socio-Environmental Model
views health as the product of social, economic and environmental determinants that provide incentives and barriers to the health of individuals and communities
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Leading Health Problems according to Biomedical Health Model
- cardiovascular disease - cancer - HIV/AIDS - stroke - diabetes - obesity
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Leading Health Problems according to Behavioural Model
- smoking - poor eating habits - physical inactivity - substance abuse - poor stress coping skills - lack of life skills
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Leading Health Problems according to Socio-Environmental Model
- poverty - unemployment - powerlessness - isolation - environmental pollution - stressors - hazardous working conditions
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Biomedical Approach to Reducing Heart Disease
- treatment - drugs - low salt/low cholesterol dietary regimen
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Behavioural Approach to Reducing Heart Disease
- health education - health communication - self-help/mutual aid - advocacy for health public policies supporting lifestyle choices
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Socio-Environmental Approach to Reducing Heart Disease
- policy change - advocacy - community mobilization - self-help/mutual aid
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Gordon's 11 Functional Health Patterns | ASSESSMENT TOOL
1. Health Perception/Health Management 2. Nutritional-Metabolic 3. Elimination 4. Activity - Exercise 5. Cognitive - Perceptual 6. Sleep - Rest 7. Self-Perception/Self-Concept 8. Role-Relationship 9. Sexuality-Reproductive 10. Coping/Stress Tolerance 11. Value/Belief
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MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS | 5 categories
- --BOTTOM OF PYRAMID--- 1. PHYSIOLOGICAL 2. SAFETY 3. LOVE/BELONGING 4. ESTEEM 5. SELF-ACTUALIZATION - --TOP OF PYRAMID---
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MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS | PHYSIOLOGICAL
- breathing - food - water - sex - sleep - homeostasis - excretion
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MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS | SAFETY
security of: - body - employment - resources - morality - family - health - property
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MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS | LOVE/BELONGING
- friendship - family - sexual intimacy
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MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS | ESTEEM
- self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of others - respect by others
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MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS | SELF-ACTUALIZATION
- morality - creativity - spontaneity - problem-solving - lack of prejudice - acceptance of facts
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14 SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH | Shh! Bed Chic! Sage
``` S - Social support H - Health Care H - Housing B - Biological E - Education D - Disability C - Culture H - Housing I - Income C - Child Development S - Seclusion A - Aboriginal G - Gender E - Employment ```

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