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Health and Wellness. USDHHS Healthy People Goals 2010. To increase quality and years of healthy life Promote healthy behaviors Promote healthy and safe communities To eliminate health disparities Improve systems for personal and public health Prevent and reduce diseases and disorders.
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USDHHS Healthy People Goals2010 • To increase quality and years of healthy life • Promote healthy behaviors • Promote healthy and safe communities • To eliminate health disparities • Improve systems for personal and public health • Prevent and reduce diseases and disorders
Health is: ”a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1947)
Models of Health and Illness • Health-illness continuum • Health belief model • Health promotion model • Basic human needs model • Holistic health model
INTERNAL: Developmental stage Intellectual background Concept of functioning Emotional factors Spiritual factors EXTERNAL: Family practices Socioeconomic influence Cultural background Accessibility to care Variables Influencing Beliefs & Practices:
Levels of Preventive Care • Primary Prevention • Precedes disease; aimed at health promotion • Secondary Prevention • Directed at early diagnosis and intervention • Tertiary Prevention • Goal is minimizing effects of disease or disability
Health Promotion Methods: • Exercise regularly • Put it in perspective • Get in touch with yourself • Relaxation • Time Management • Communication • Prayer & Meditation
Leading causes of death: • 1st: Heart disease • 2nd: Cancer • 3rd: Stroke • 4th: Respiratory disease • 5th: Accidents • 6th: Diabetes
USA Health Risks: • Obesity
USA Health Risks: • Diabetes
USA Health Risks: • Cancer: Breast; Prostate; Lung; Colon; etc.
USA Health Risks: • Asthma/COPD
USA Health Risks: • Heart disease Hypertension Stroke