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Self-Efficacy - ANSWER- -Ones perception of our ability to have power over our lives
and behaviors
Positive Self-efficacy is believing that ones personal behaviors can be changed and has
control over ones life.
Negative Self-efficacy is the feeling that one is powerless, with little control over
circumstances
Modifying Nutrition Lifestyles - ANSWER- Modifying behaviors means changing
lifestyles.
-health care professionals need to be concerned with their own diet as well as their
clients.
Clients- individual cared for by health professional to maintain health
Patient- those who are Ill or recuperating from illness
Disease prevention/ Levels of prevention - ANSWER- Primary prevention- consists of
activities to avert the initial development of disease or poor health.
-Precedes disease/dysfunction
-Health promotion
Examples of Primary Prevention; Eating a variety of foods, Adopting a low-fat, high fiber
eating style, Immunizations
Secondary Prevention-
-Involves early detection to halt or reduce effects of disease or illness
-early detection can minimize negative effects, treatment in early stages
Example/application; Secondary prevention strategies are useful in reducing effects of
chronic diet-related diseases, Reducing sodium intake with hypertension.
Tertiary prevention-
-after disease,disorder develops
-the main purpose is to minimize the complications and assist in restoration of health.
Example/application; Continued medical care, Education on disorder for patient and
family,diet therapy, nutrition counseling.
Healthy People 2020 Overarching goals - ANSWER- -Attain high-quality, longer lives
free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
-Achieve healthy equity, eliminate disparities, and improve health of all groups
-Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
, -promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across al stages of
life
Define Health - ANSWER- Textbook definition-Health is a quality of life involving social,
emotional, mental, spiritual, and biological fitness on the part of the individual, which
results from adaptations to the environment.
-Notes definition; A State of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning within a
developmental context.
Define Wellness - ANSWER- -Wellness is a lifestyle/pattern of behaviors that enhance
the level of health.
-Individuals engaged in wellness lifestyles feel a sense of competency and achievement
in their ability to modify their behaviors to increase or maintain positive levels of health.
Emotional Health - ANSWER- The capacity to easily express or suppress emotions
appropriately
Health promotion - ANSWER- -consists of strategies used to raise the level of health for
individuals, families, groups, and communities.
-educate patients and community
3 parts
Knowledge- learning new info about the benefits or risks of health-related behaviors
Techniques- applying new knowledge to everyday life; developing ways to modify
current life style
Community Supports- availability of environmental or regulatory measures to support
new health promoting behaviors within a social context.
Health Literacy - ANSWER- -the ability to acquire,comprehend, communicate, and
apply basic health information and services, such as nutrition,and apply them to ones
own health decisions.
Social Health - ANSWER- The ability to interact with people in an acceptable manner
and sustain relationships with family, friends, and colleagues
Lipids and Fats - ANSWER- -Lipids contain more than twice as much energy as carbs
or protein. 9kcal per gram.
Source- Linoleic acid, linolenic acid
-functioning components of all cell structures, role in hormone production, provide
padding to protect your body.
Essential fatty acids and fat soluble vitamins (A,D,E and L) are found in food lipids.
-Triglycerides (saturated, monounsaturated, or polyunsaturated)
-Phospholipids (most common is lecthin)
-Sterols (cholesterol)
Our bodies also manufacture lecthin and cholesterol
Saturated fats have been associated with increased risk for certain cancers
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