Health ANS✔✔ state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Homeostasis ANS✔✔ Maintenance of physiological, functional, & social norms leading to adaptation &
homeostasisFeeling in control over one's life and living conditions
Human potential ANS✔✔ Actualization of human potential through goal-directed behaviour, competent self-care &
satisfying relationships with othersHaving a sense of purpose
Harmony ANS✔✔ Adjustment to maintain structural integrity & harmony with relevant environmentsFeeling connected
to the community
Community definition ANS✔✔ People & relationships Share = agencies, institutions, physical environment Defined by =
geography common interest or focus shared status or special interest groupCan be a client
population ANS✔✔ eg. School of health sciences
aggregate ANS✔✔ Groups that form a population. eg. BCIT student in BSN program
Population health ANS✔✔ Measured by determinants of health (DoH) & health status indicators Improves the health of
populations & decreased inequitiesScope consists of the following 5 elements -think of these as clients ( individuals,
families, groups, communities, population)
9 key elements of a population health approach ANS✔✔ 1. focuses on the health of populations
2. addresses the determinants of health and their interactions
3. makes decisions based on evidence
4. increases upstream investments
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5. applies multiple interventions and strategies
6. collaborates actress sectors and levels
7. employs mechanisms for public involvement
8. establishes partnership with clients and stakeholders
9. demonstrates accountability for health outcomes
Population health: Four sub-concepts ANS✔✔ Health promotion, Illness and injury prevention, Chronic disease
management, Epidemiology
Nurses' role in population health ANS✔✔ Nurses collaborate with other health care professionals to address health
inequities while keeping the determinants of health in sight. Methods used by nurses [many more ... sample]: Social
justice -acknowledging injustice & differences, Systemic inequity -working towards reducing this factor, Citizen
engagement -strengthening cohesion by leveraging stakeholders within the health care system
Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) ANS✔✔ comprehensive approach: Disease prevention, Community
developmentServices and programs, Working in interprofessional teams, Intersectoral collaboration for healthy public
policy
Primary Care ANS✔✔ the first contact between a person and the health care system [health care providers] usually
resulting in a diagnosis of a specific health problem. It usually refers to the curative treatment of disease, rehabilitation,
and preventive measures such as vaccines, behavioral changes, etc. It may not be intersectoral nor may it be
comprehensive Primary care is a core component of primary health care
primary health care ANS✔✔ a strategy for delivery of comprehensive, integrated health care system which addresses
issues of equity and social justice.
Illness ANS✔✔ is the subjective experience of the loss of health. It is the individual's personal experience and perception
of & reaction to a disease. This person is incapable of functioning at their desired "usual" level of performance
disease ANS✔✔ an objective state of ill health and the pathological process of which can be detected by medical
science. It refers to abnormal changes in the structure or functioning of the human body that fit with the medical model.
Diseases usually follow an identifiable progression known as the course of a disease. The natural history of disease
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