2 HEALTH PROMOTION Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. In the past, most individuals and societies viewed good health, or wellness, as the opposite or absence of disease. This simple attitude ignores states of health between disease and good health. Health is a multidimensional concept and must be viewed from a broader perspective in assessment of the client's state of health is an important aspect of nursing. Models of health offer a perspective to understand …show more content…
A person's state of health, wellness, or illness depends on individual values, personality, and lifestyle. The health belief model considers the relationship between a person's health beliefs and health behaviours. The health promotion model highlights factors that increase individual well-being and self-actualization. Holistic health models of nursing promote optimal health by incorporating active participation of clients in improving their health state. Health promotion activities help maintain or enhance health.. Wellness education. Teaches clients how to care for themselves. illness prevention activities protect against health threats and thus maintain an optimal level of health. Nurses emphasize health promotion, wellness enhancing strategies, and illness prevention activities as important forms of health care because they assist clients in maintaining and improving health. The goal of a total health program is to improve a client's level of well-being in all dimensions, not just physical health. Total health programs are based on the belief that many factors can affect a person's level of health. The following categories are identified as important determinants of health status (Edelman and Mandle,2002) : tobacco use, nutrition, alcohol use, habit of taking drug use, driving, exercise, sexuality and contraceptive or barrier use, family relationships, risk factor modification, coping and adaptation. Health can be influenced by individual practices, such as poor eating habits and little or no exercise. It can also be affected by physical stressors, such as a poor living environment, exposure to air pollutants, and an unsafe environment. Hereditary and psychological stressors, such as emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, and spiritual factors, can also inherence one’ Level of health. For example, support groups exist to help people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
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The health promotion is a key factor process of permitting people to increase control over their health status in order to improve it. It not only covers the actions directly aimed at increasing the skills and capabilities of individuals, but is also aimed at changing the social, environmental and economic issues that impact on healthy habits.
To start off, I am going to explain the Health Promotion definition. Health is one’s ability to function well physically, mentally, and socially in order to function within the environment in which they are living in (World Health Organization, 2016). Encouraging one’s control over their own health in relation to social and environmental interventions defines health promotion which leads to the optimization of health (World Health Organization, 2016). It is essential for older adults to partake in changing their lifestyle in terms of their behavior and applying the knowledge they receive from health care providers in order to promote health (World Health Organization, 2016). Older adults mostly have a hard time taking care of themselves and need the assistance to guide them for their well-being. Therefore, nurses have a vital role in providing information and teaching individuals how to gain healthy ideas to promote healthy behaviors. Health promotion is a crucial element in supporting an older adult living with a health challenge such as Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
Given the magnitude of health costs, both financial and in terms of human suffering, it is essential that preventive interventions be developed and/or enhanced. Nurses, physicians, and other helping professionals are in a good position, by virtue of their training, to add to such preventive efforts. Health is defined as a condition of physical, mental, and social well being and the absence of disease or other abnormal condition. It is not a static condition; constant change and adaptation to stress result in homeostasis (Mosby's Medical and Nursing Dictionary, 1994 p. 742). The fact that we can improve our health and extend our lives by changing our behaviors (i.e., eating well, exercising, not smoking, and reducing stress) supports the incorporation of health education, and prevention programs into a broad variety of settings.
Health promotion is a multifaceted movement with a core value on respect, empowerment, equity, inclusion and social justice (MacDougall 2002). Aims to achieve holistic health, while it is influenced by medical and social determinants. These determinants which aids to deter...
Often in practice, we as nurses deal with a variety of diseases and treatments and often have to react to the illness that the patient presents with upon our interaction. While this is an essential piece of our practice, we also have a duty to our patients to be proactive in preventing specific health-related consequences based on their risk factors and to promote their health and well being. Health promotion as it relates to nursing is about us empowering our patients to increase their control over their lives and well beings and includes: focusing on their health not just illness, empowering our patients, recognizing that health involves many dimensions and is also effected by factors outside of their control (Whitehead et al. 2008)..
I believe people are connected beings with fundamental pride and values. To appropriately care for a person, the patient must be considered as a whole package. In order to do this, the person’s physical, social, psychological, cultural, spiritual, and aspects of their life must be considered when creating a plan of care. Environment can be defined as “the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surrounding and the social and cultural forces that shape the life of a person or a population,” (n.d.). A person’s environment is such a large part of their life and such an influencing factor on their day-to-day decisions. Their environment includes their socio-economic status (can they afford their prescriptions? Is the test that’s being run really necessary or an undue burden on them financially?), demographics (what is their understanding of health? What are their religious beliefs? what are their race/are they more susceptible to certain conditions?), access of to health care (do they drive/have transportation? Do they have health insurance?), and social support (are they alone? Do they have too much support with too many opinions?). As a nurse, one must always know a person is in continuous contact with their environment and the stress that come along with it. An appropriate and relaxing environment can impact a patient’s adherence to their medications and treatments and reduce their recovery time. The third concept on which I based my philosophy is health, which is the absence of illness. As a nurse and/or practitioner, it is important to focus on the patient’s main health complaint as well as any associated symptoms, needs, and overall wellness of the patient. Nursing is the promotion, deterrence of sickness and harm, protection, optimization of wellbeing and abilities; and advocacy in the care of individuals, populations, communities,
To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. Health is, therefore, seen as a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities. Therefore, health promotion is not just the responsibility of the health sector, but goes beyond healthy life-styles to wellbeing. Health promotion goes beyond health care. It puts health on the agenda of policy makers in all sectors and at all levels. It directs policy makers to be aware of the health consequences of their decisions and accept their responsibilities for
Health promotion theories created by the study of behavioral and social sciences such as psychology and sociology, borrowing elements from activities such as marketing, management and consumer 's behavior. (Davies & Macdowall, 2006) Different approaches in conjunction with the needs of each combination led planners create and design altered models with varied origins and methodologies. Basically, among the different types of healthcare planning models, there are two main categories which can be identified; the practitioner-driven models, and the consumers-based model. “Internationally, the best known of these planning models is the PRECEDE/PROCEED model developed by Green and Kreuter (1999).” (Davies & Macdowall, 2006, p. 25)
In society today, there is an extensive range of definitions of health and wellbeing which can be seen as both positive and negative. A Holistic view can also be identified and defined. These definitions of health have changed over time and will carry on changing within the future. According to where a family lives or their social class everyone will have different meanings and views of health and wellbeing. This may be due to what one person perceives as being healthy as another person may not. Channel 4 learning (no date) describes that a positive view of health can be seen as when a person is more likely to achieve and sustain physical fitness from exercising and are mentally stable. Therefor a negative view can be described when a person is free from illness, disease, mental distress or anything which may be a symptom of not having good health. The holistic view of health sees the person as a whole instead of just directing at one area and therefore combines physical, social, intellectual and emotional factors together. Consequently, if a person has emotional difficulties such as how they interact with other people or how they may feel but are physically fit and free from illness does not mean that they are healthy overall as one factor has difficulties. It is also vital to consider the two main theoretical concepts known as the medical and social model of health. Polity books (no date) describes that the medical model views health in terms of disease, diagnosis and then treatment and very much views a body to be separate from psychological processes. Causes of ill-health within the body are seen to require expert interference from a doctor to provide treatment to prevent or kill of an illness within the body. The Social model...
Health promotion consists of all actions that encourage maximum spiritual, mental and physical functions despite of whether an individual is ill or well. Most of these plans are aimed at bringing positive lifestyle changes (Van Leuven, & Prion, 2007). A major core competency for all NPs is health promotion. Through regular screening, immunizations and counselling, NPs can guide their patients towards the goal of health promotion and disease prevention. As a future NP, my goal is to provide patient-centered, holistic care focusing on health promotion and sickness prevention. I also believe that an understanding of practice models like Pender’s Health Promotion Model will enable me to empower patients to obtain self-efficacy and behavior specific changes.
Gordon’s functional health pattern was proposed and developed by Marjory Gordon. It is the method used by nurse to provide a comprehensive assessment on the client. Gordon’s functional health pattern is divided into 11 categories. These categories are a systematic and standardized approach to data collection. Each of the categories enables the nurse to determine the different factors of health and human function. These categories are health perception and health management, nutrition and metabolism, urine and waste elimination, activity and exercise, cognition and perception, sleep and rest, self-perception and self-concept, roles and relationships, sexuality and reproduction, coping and stress tolerance, and values and belief (Functional Health Patterns, 2005).
1. Develop Personal Skills Define Health promotion supports personal and social development through providing information, education for health, and enhancing life skills. By so doing, it increases the options available to
Health is described as physical and mental well-being and freedom from disease, pain or defect. However, such descriptions only superficially define the actual meaning of health. There may be many occasions when individuals are not necessarily ill or in pain but may be overweight, stressed or emotionally unstable. Health is a quality of life involving dynamic interaction and interdependence among the individual’s physical state, their mental and emotional reactions, and the social context in which the individual exists. There are many factors that influence your health, but three major components contribute to general well-being: Self-awareness, a balanced diet and, regular physical activity.
Health promotion practice is about inclusion. The way we work needs to encourage community participation and place people at the heart of our health actions.