Unit 2 Study Guide Understand about health‚ illness‚ and wellness: (CHP 17 p. 295 & PP Health Promotion and Disease Prevention) Health - is the state of complete physical‚ mental (emotional)‚ and social (including spiritual) well-being‚ not merely the absence of disease. Health is holistic in nature; it’s the full expression of a person’s physical‚ emotional‚ social and spiritual potential. It’s a dynamic state in which the person continuously adapts to changes in the internal and external environments
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rights to go to school‚ have a job‚ and live a normal life. Down syndrome is when one is born with an extra chromosome. He or she has 3 copies of the 21 chromosome and 47 total chromosomes instead of 46. This extra chromosome can cause many physical health issues. People with Down syndrome can lead a normal life and there has been a major improvement of their support and acceptance. There are many other mental illnesses that are overlooked and as a church and a society we need to support them and value
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Although vaccination has proved to be an effective measure in preventing disease‚ controversies remain over whether the risks of side effects of vaccinations outweigh the risk of contracting the disease. Vaccination is the process when pathogenic cells are injected into the cells of a healthy person so that the body develops immunity through antibodies to that virus or bacterium. The U.S Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children get 16 vaccines including Diphtheria‚ hepatitis
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In 1946 the World Health Organisation (WHO) defined health as “a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. This definition integrates the main concepts of health and identifies that health can be viewed differently by individuals and groups (Bowden‚ 2006). Health and well-being are the result of a combination of physical‚ social‚ intellectual and emotional factors (Dunkley‚ 2000a). The concept of health promotion has emerged with
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The Effects of Health Promotion on Nursing With the health care field changing so rapidly‚ especially with The Affordable Care Act coming into play‚ it is crucial for nurses to teach health promotion to the patient population. Nurses have the responsibility to care for their patients and this includes educating them about their healthcare. There are three different levels of health promotion: primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary health promotion. Although the three levels have different focus aspects
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Unit 1 models of health There are two different models of health of which will be looking at the bio medical model and social model of health‚ there are numerous models and explanations that highlight biological as well as social and psychological processes (Naidoo and Wills‚ 2008; Aggleton‚ 1990). The biomedical model is what dominates today’s medical profession‚ “People are healthy so long as they show no signs of bodily abnormality” (Aggleton‚ 1990). This is a typical biomedical statement
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Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Testing What is the Human Papillomavirus? Commonly known as HPV‚ it is an infection that spreads through sexual contact. There are over one hundred different types of HPV; several types cause genital warts‚ while other high risk strands can lead to cancer of the cervix‚ anus‚ vagina‚ and penis. Because HPV is often asymptomatic‚ many people are unaware of their infection status‚ and thus‚ their potential for transmitting the virus to a sexual partner. The significance
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Men ’s health and well being is one of the contemporary issues amongst health care providers. There is an increasing number of people involving general practitioners‚ nurses‚ community health workers‚ psychologists‚ social workers‚ men ’s focus groups and members of the general community who are questioning and attending to issues related to the health and well being of men. There is a growing concern of a well known fact that health outcomes of men are generally poorer than that of women‚ which
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Health Assessment and Health Promotion Plan James Padilla FDU Abstract Constipation is a common condition that affects people of all ages. It may be described as a variation in an individual ’s normal bowel habit with discomfort and diminished quality of life. Medical assessment is required as the underlying cause may be due to a serious medical condition. Managing patients with constipation presents many challenges to the health care professional‚ not only overcoming
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Health promotion and disease prevention has always been in the forefront in the health care system. Focus has been always on the physical factors that contribute to the birth and progress of a disease. Very few researches and studies are carried out on the psychological factors that influence the adoption of health improving behaviors. Many psychological theories and models have been proposed to explain patient’s health behavior. The two studies that I have read and I use in my daily clinical practice
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