Week 4
Chapter 14 Health Promotion and Wellness
Basic Concepts of Health and Health Promotion
Definitions of health and wellness
Levels of prevention
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Health-promoting behaviors
Selected Definitions of Health Promotion and Wellness
Professional health promotion:
Organized actions or efforts that enhance, support, or promote the wellbeing or health of individuals, families, groups, communities, or societies
Personal health promotion:
Attain and maintain highest state of wellness, overall fitness, and self-actualization
Selected Definitions of Health Promotion and Wellness (cont.)
High-level wellness:
An integrated method of functioning that is oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable
Wellness is a state of being.
Health promotion is how one gets there.
Community Health Promotion and Wellness
Communities can be defined within geographic boundaries or as population groups with special needs or interests.
Usually have systems in place, such as planning commissions or committees to identify what is high-level wellness for that group.
Factors Influencing Health Promotion and Wellness
Changes in societal expectations
Shifting sands of the healthcare delivery system
U.S. government initiatives
Public–private partnerships
Growing consumerism and emphasis on self-care
Holistic Wellness: Self-Inventory of Personal Wellness Using the Medicine Model
Medicine wheel: sacred symbol to almost all Native American tribes
Spokes are defined as follows:
Physical wellness
Vocational wellness
Psychological wellness
Social wellness
Emotional wellness
Environmental wellness
Spiritual wellness
The 4+ Model of Wellness
Two layers, much like transparent plastic overlays
Four domains of inner self:
Intellectual
Physical
Emotional
Spiritual (or spirit)