EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 29, 2024 12:59 PM Pn 1004 Health Promotion Outcomes 1. health promotion - answer✔✔-Assists patients to remain healthy -Detect disease earlier -promote healthy lifestyles -Detection of warning signs -exampl es are: prenatal classes, aerobic classes, and smoking cessation classes concepts of health promotion - answer✔✔Functioning - levels reflected in terms of performance/social expectations; loss indicator of need for intervention Health - state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning within the development context Disease - failure of adaptive mechanisms Illness - subjective experience of individual and physical manifestations of disease 2. Epidemiology - answer✔✔is the study of the distributi on and determinants of health -related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems. 3 levels of prevention - answer✔✔• Primary - Health promotion and specific protection • Secondary - Early diagnosis - Prompt treatment - Disability limitation • Tertiary - Restoration and rehabilitation components of canadas health system - answer✔✔There are five main principles in the Canada Health Act: EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 29, 2024 12:59 PM Public Administration: All administration of provin cial health insurance must be carried out by a public authority on a non -profit basis. They also must be accountable to the province or territory, and their records and accounts are subject to audits. Comprehensiveness: All necessary health services, inclu ding hospitals, physicians and surgical dentists, must be insured. Universality: All insured residents are entitled to the same level of health care. Portability: A resident that moves to a different province or territory is still entitled to coverage from their home province during a minimum waiting period. This also applies to residents which leave the country. Accessibility: All insured persons have reasonable access to health care facilities. In addition, all physicians, hospitals, etc, must be provided reasonable compensation for the services they provide. Income and Social Status - answer✔✔higher income and social status are linked to better health . The greater the gap between the richest and poorest people, the greater the differences in health. Social Support Networks - answer✔✔Support from families, friends and communities is associated with better health Education and Literacy - answer✔✔• Lack o f education and literacy leads to unemployment • Unskilled workers • High stress Employment and Working Conditions - answer✔✔Unemployment, underemployment, stressful or unsafe work are associated with poorer health. People who have more control over the ir work circumstances and fewer stress related demands of the job are healthier and often live longer than those in more stressful or riskier work and activities. physical environments - answer✔✔Housing (unsafe living conditions) • Affordability • Food se curity (not knowing where your next meal is coming from) biological genetics - answer✔✔Older adults are prone to being in poorer health due to cognitive effects of aging and the physical effects
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