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The health belief model from the patient’s point of view. Health and Illness ■ 73 Perceived Susceptibility. How susceptible to a certain condition do people consider themselves to be? For example, a woman whose family does not have a history of breast cancer is unlikely to consider herself susceptible to that disease. A woman whose […]

The Health Belief Model The Health Belief Model (Figures 4–5A and 4–5B) is useful for transitioning from a discussion of health to that of illness. It illustrates the patient’s per- ceptions of health and illness and can be modified to reflect the viewpoint of health care providers. When implemented from the provider’s viewpoint, the material

Health disparities are defined in Healthy People 2020 as a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, eco- nomic, and/or environmental disadvantage. They adversely affect groups of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles to health based on their racial or ethnic group; religion; socioeconomic status; gender; age; mental health; cognitive,

long healthy lives? Healthy People 2020 is now exploring these questions by 1. developing objectives that address the relationship between health status and biology, individual behavior, health services, social factors, and policies and 2. emphasizing an ecological approach to disease prevention and health promotion. The authors of Healthy People now view the determinants of health

Healthy People 2020 In 1979, the Surgeon General’s Report, Healthy People: The Surgeon General’s Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention was published. This semi- nal report was followed by Healthy People 1990: Promoting Health/Preventing Disease: Objectives for the Nation—a series of concrete objectives for addressing national public health issues. A decade later, this document

Health Maintenance and Protection Health can be seen from many other viewpoints, and many areas of dis- agreement arise with respect to how health can be defined. The preparation of health care providers tends to organize their education from a perspective 68 ■ Chapter 4 of illness. Rarely (or superficially) does it include an in-depth

Junior Students (Age 18–19) ■ A system involving all subsystems of one’s body that constantly works on keeping one in good physical and mental condition Senior Students (Age 20–21) ■ Ability to function in activities of daily living to optimal capacity without requiring medical attention ■ Mental and physical wellness ■ The state of physical,

Health and Illness ■ 63 workouts available at most gymnasiums and the notion of being fit. Figure 4–3 represents a resource from within the Asian-American communities—the game of Go. The game requires concentration and skill and is highly competitive. Figure 4–4 represents resources for primary care and over-the-counter remedies that may be used both for

Health and Illness All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth. —Chief Seattle Suqwamish and Duwamish ■ Objectives 1. Understand health and illness and the social determinants that affect them. 2. Reexamine and redefine the concepts of health and illness. 3. Understand the multiple relationships between health and illness.

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