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| Health-maintenance activities |
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Definition
| the behaviors that a person in stable health uses to maintain or improve that state over time |
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| involve assuming responsibility for oneself, making informed choices, felling a sense of self-worth, and managing healthcare regimens and stress. Health maintenance, then, is the continuity and harmony of those beliefs and behaviors. |
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| Components of Normal health maintenance |
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Definition
1. perception of health
2. motivation to change direction, if necessary
3. adherence to management goals
4. available social and economic resources. |
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| 2 basic components of health maintenance |
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Definition
| health promotion activities and disease prevention activities |
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| 2 basic components of health maintenance |
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| health promotion activities and disease prevention activities |
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| Health-promotion activities |
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Definition
| approach behaviors that seek to expand the potential for health and are often associated with lifestyle choices |
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| Disease-prevention activities |
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| avoidance behaviors that seeks to prevent specific diseases or conditions |
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Term
| Health-promoting activities of families and communities: 3 components |
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| 1. behavior-specific cognitions and affect, individual characteristics, and behavioral outcome |
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Term
| Behavior-specific cognitions (Health promotion) |
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Definition
| include the variables of perceived benefits and barriers to action, perceived self-efficacy (belief that one can perform a skill or behavior), activity-related affect (feelings about the activity), interpersonal influences (family, friends, norms, supports), and situational influences (options, environment). |
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| Individual characteristics (Health promotion) |
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| prior related behaviors and personal factors (biologic, sociocultural, and psychological). |
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| Behavioral outcomes (Health promotion) |
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Definition
| include competing demands, a commitment to a plan of action, and a health-promoting behavior |
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Term
| Disease Prevention: 3 levels |
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Definition
| Primary, secondary, tertiary |
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Term
| Primary level of Disease Prevention |
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Definition
| includes activities and lifestyle factors directed toward high-level wellness, such as adequate nutrition, adequate immunization status, regular exercise, and stress management. Maintaining health is the primary mode for preventing illness. |
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| Secondary level of Disease Prevention |
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| includes all health screening clinics, such as well-child assessments and checks for blood pressure abnormalities, or for cervical or uterine, breast, testicular, or prostate cancers, or other preventable conditions. The goal is to identify abnormalities within a population. |
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| Tertiary level of Disease Prevention |
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| is directed toward minimizing individual disability from disease or dysfunction. Its goal is to assist the person to obtain optimal health or to learn to live with limitations. |
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