Throughout the Life Span –
9th Edition
Chapter 1 Summary:
Health Defined, Promotion &
Prevention Objectives
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1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does not believe in preventive health
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a. Clinical model am
b. Role performance model am am
c. Adaptive model am
d. Eudaimonistic model am
ANS: A am
The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and symptoms of disease as indicative of h
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odel wait until they are very sick to seek care.
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2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by her primary care provider, as well as receives acu
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f health does this person likely favor?
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a. Clinical model am
b. Role performance model am am
c. Adaptive model am
d. Eudaimonistic model am
ANS: D am
The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among physical, social, p
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aspects of life and the environment in goal attainment and creating meaning in life. Practitioners w
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model may not be enough for someone who believes in the eudaimonistic model. Those who beli
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model often look for alternative providers of care.
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3. Halbert Dunn (1961) introduced the concept of high level wellness, a health-
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illness continuum which factored in the individual’s environment when determining a level of hea
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ing statements is correct concerning his model?
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a. Care recipients who are terminal or dying could not be classified as ha
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ving high-level wellness. am am
b. The focus is on environment and the ability to achieve health on a personal
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and societal level.
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c. It provides a view of health which is in opposition to the eudaimonistic mod
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el of health. am am
d. It is most closely aligned with a clinical model of health.
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ANS: B am
Dunn’s construct of high level wellness assesses a person’s wellness not only from the perspectiv
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malso factors in his environment—favorable or unfavorable—
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to arrive at a more comprehensive determination of relative wellness. With this concept in mind, a
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be said to have achieved high-
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level wellness via emotionally preparing for death and/or supporting others toward this end. His c
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oth personal and societal levels. This model is similar to the eudaimonistic model of health which
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psychological, and spiritual aspects as well as influences from the environment in defining health
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s A, C, and D would all be incorrect.
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4. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is
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thin a developmental context is known as
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