HEALTH PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE IN NURSING

WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL HEALTHY?

Health is:
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being

HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020

HEALTHY PEOPLE 2020 GOALS:

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

LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS

• Access to health services
• Clinical preventative services
• Environmental quality
• Injury and violence
• Maternal, infant and child health

LEADING HEALTH INDICATORS CONT.

• Mental health
• Nutrition, physical activity and obesity
• Oral health
• Reproductive and social health
• Social determinants, substance abuse, tobacco

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CASE STUDY

WHAT IS ILLNESS?

Acute
Illness

Chronic Illness

ILLNESS BEHAVIOR
-Internal variables
-External Variables

Illness and Family

HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL

THE HEALTH ILLNESS CONTINUM

Factors that influence the continuum

CASE STUDY

VARIABLES INFLUENCING HEALTH AND HEALTH BELIEF PRACTICES

• Internal variable
• External variables

CASE STUDY

HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION/HEALTH PROTECTION

• Immunization programs
• Routine exercise, good exercise
• Physical awareness, stress management, self responsibility

LEVELS OF PREVENTATIVE CARE

• Primary prevention
• Secondary prevention
• Tertiary prevention

Risk factors

STAGES OF HEALTH BEHAVIOR CHANGE

• Precontemplation
• Contemplation
• Preparation
• Action
• Maintenance

CASE STUDY

LIFESTYLE CHANGES

CASE STUDY

HEALTH PROMOTION OVER THE LIFESPAN

COMMUNITY NURSING

COMMUNITY BASED HEALTHCARE

• Reaches everyone in a community
• Occurs outside of typical instutions
• Serves acute and chronic conditions

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

• Practice in the community
• Focus is on health care of individuals, families, groups
• Requirements
• Goal is to preserve, protect, promote, or maintain health

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

• Provides direct care services to subpopulations
• Competencies are necessary

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