NURS 1710 Health and Wellness Lecture Notes

Chapter 6: Health and Wellness

- HEALTHY PEOPLE
 Provides evidence-based, 10-year national objectives for promoting health and
 preventing disease
 Healthy People 2030
 Promotes a society in which all people live long, healthy lives
 Identifies leading health indicators which are high-priority health issues in the United
States
- DEFINITION OF HEALTH
 A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity (WHO, 1947, 2018)
 A state of being that people define in relation to their own values, personality, and
Lifestyle
- MODELS OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
 Models help explain complex concepts or ideas, such as health and illness
 Health beliefs
o A person’s ideas, convictions, and attitudes about health and illness
o Can be based on reality or false expectations, facts or misinformation, good or bad
experiences
o Can influence health positively or negatively
- HEALTH BELIEF MODEL




- HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL

, - Models of Health and Illness
 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
o Used to understand the interrelationships of human needs
 Holistic Health Model
o Considers emotional, spiritual, social, cultural and physical aspects of wellness




- Variables Influencing Health and Health Beliefs and Practices