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| Individual definition of health |
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| able to function satisfactorily within socially defined roles; based on what they can and can't do |
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| Health Professional definition of health |
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| absence of disease, illness, or symptoms |
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| Society's definition of health |
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| ability to function/participate within the community |
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| Most correct definition of health |
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| one that views the individual as part of a complex, interrelated biological and social system. |
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| World Health Organization (WHO)- definition of health |
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| State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease. (more holistic-equates health with productive and creative living) |
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| a dynamic state suggesting movement toward a higher level of function or toward the achievement of full potential |
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| presence of disease: a human response to an internal or external stress; such responses can be biologic, physiologic, psychologic, or social, or some combination |
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| American Nursing Association (ANA)- definition of health |
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| Dynamic state of being in which the developmental and behavioral potential of an individual is realized to its fullest |
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| structural or functional abnormalities that have come about as a result of the failure of the organism's adaptive mechanisms for dealing with stress or other insults |
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| the study of abnormal body structure and function and the resultant responses |
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| a dynamic steady state that represents the net effect of all reactions within the body |
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| individual in a steady state of tolerance to self-antigens |
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| How do stressors affect homeostasis? |
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| glucose and cortisol increase |
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# deaths/
unit of population |
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| having a specific illness or condition |
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the rate of new cases of an illness, disease, or condition in a specific
population in a specific time period; # new cases/population at risk |
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| the number of all new and old cases of an illness, disease, or condition in a specific population in a specific time period; # all cases/population at risk |
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the strength of a pathogen; how likely an organism will produce disease; often estimated by case fatality rate (CFR) - reflects the number of deaths caused by a
specific disease |
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| The number of years one can expect to live based on statistical probability; average lifespan; changes over time; determinants: gender, race |
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| maximum survival potential expressed as years, 100-115 yrs.; has remained constant; does not change over time; determinants: unknown intrinsic mechanism, limited by aging process |
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cause of a disease, or the assignment of causes or reasons for
phenomena |
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| the development of disease over time |
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| prediction of a probable outcome of a disease; host and agent are factors |
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prior to development of actual disease; begins with interaction between host, agent and environment resulting in functional or structural disruption;
treatment Emphases – health promotion activities; protection against specific
agents (immunizations) |
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begins with reaction of host to stimulus
early lesions/disease becomes evident;
possible responses: adaptation, maladaptation, compensation; Treatment Emphases– early dx and tx to prevent further damage/worsening of illness; rehab if disability develops |
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| recovery of prior function, or adaptation/compensation for functional or structural losses; Treatment Emphases – continued rehab |
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| Factors that affect pathogenesis |
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| a. Time: early vs. late diseases stages; b. Quantity: how much of agent and how virulent; c. Location: focal or systemic (for example abscess vs. septicemia); d. Morphologic changes: structural changes within tissue |
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| detectable findings r/t standard of health/disease (vs. subclinical) |
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objective; directly visualized or measured by observer (fever, rash,
mass) |
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| subjective; reported by person to observer (nausea, pain, dyspnea) |
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| before 1st appearance of signsand symptoms; after exposure to infectious disease |
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| 1st appearance of symptoms, usually non-specific |
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| signs and symptoms most severe |
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| sign & symptoms persist 6 mos. or more |
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| new and separate process secondary to changes brought on by original agent; ie. skin breakdown secondary to immobility following SCI |
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| Primary (level of prevention) |
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| alter susceptibility, decrease exposure; ie. diet, fitness, immunization |
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| Secondary (level of prevention) |
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| early detection and treatment; ie. mammogram |
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| Tertiary (level of prevention) |
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rehabilitation, supportive care, decrease disability, restore effective
functioning |
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