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The canadian community health nursing practice model - Answers outer to inner
systems
populations
communities
groups
families
individuals
client
CHN behavioural considerations - Answers a determinant of health
an important consideration of prevention
the focus of health communication
behavioural theories
Intrapersonal level- ecological perspective - Answers individual characteristics that influence
behaviour, including knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, biology and socio economics
Interpersonal level- ecological perspective - Answers processes and primary groups including
family, friends and peers that provide social identity, support and role definitions
Institutional factors- ecological perspective - Answers rules
regulations
policies
informal structures
may constrain or support recommended health behaviour
Community factors - Answers social networks
norms
standards
formal or informal among individuals, groups or organizations
, Public policy - Answers local
provincial
federal policies and laws that regular or support healthy actions and practice for disease
prevention and early detection, control and management
Limitations of biomedical approach - Answers traditional biomedical models of illness focus
attention on discovering the pathology rather than understanding the illness= improvement in
medical care
they do not explain the functional somatic syndromes and illness without discernible disease
disease is only one factor contribute to illness and illness behaviour- other models of ilness
What is a theory - Answers set of interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that
presents a systemic view of events or situations by specifying relations among variables in
order to explain and predict the events of situations
A theory has 3 main elements - Answers 1. the major factors that influence the phenomena of
interest
2. the relationship between these factors
3. the conditions under which these relationships do or do not occur
What is a model? - Answers generalized, hypothetical description used to analyze or explain
something
intentional simplification of phenomenon of interst
help explain situations, general, hypothetical or based on a analogy
draw on a number of theories to help understand a specific problem in a particular setting or
contect