Models Of Health Promotion Model

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2 HEALTH PROMOTION Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. To reach a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, an individual or group must be able to identify and to realize aspirations, to satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. In the past, most individuals and societies viewed good health, or wellness, as the opposite or absence of disease. This simple attitude ignores states of health between disease and good health. Health is a multidimensional concept and must be viewed from a broader perspective in assessment of the client's state of health is an important aspect of nursing. Models of health offer a perspective to understand …show more content…

A person's state of health, wellness, or illness depends on individual values, personality, and lifestyle. The health belief model considers the relationship between a person's health beliefs and health behaviours. The health promotion model highlights factors that increase individual well-being and self-actualization. Holistic health models of nursing promote optimal health by incorporating active participation of clients in improving their health state. Health promotion activities help maintain or enhance health.. Wellness education. Teaches clients how to care for themselves. illness prevention activities protect against health threats and thus maintain an optimal level of health. Nurses emphasize health promotion, wellness enhancing strategies, and illness prevention activities as important forms of health care because they assist clients in maintaining and improving health. The goal of a total health program is to improve a client's level of well-being in all dimensions, not just physical health. Total health programs are based on the belief that many factors can affect a person's level of health. The following categories are identified as important determinants of health status (Edelman and Mandle,2002) : tobacco use, nutrition, alcohol use, habit of taking drug use, driving, exercise, sexuality and contraceptive or barrier use, family relationships, risk factor modification, coping and adaptation. Health can be influenced by individual practices, such as poor eating habits and little or no exercise. It can also be affected by physical stressors, such as a poor living environment, exposure to air pollutants, and an unsafe environment. Hereditary and psychological stressors, such as emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, and spiritual factors, can also inherence one’ Level of health. For example, support groups exist to help people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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