health ed first notes

8/10/2019 Health Ed First Notes

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Health a state of complete physical, mental

and social well-being. Not merely theabsence of illness. (WHO)

We have to take steps to preventillness/disease.

Taking steps involve:-

Discovering Body

Using All our mind

Protecting resources soulfamily

community

environment


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Using the wholistic approach health is

presented as having many components.

These are:

Spiritual

Psychological

Social

Intellectual

Environmental

Physical


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Wellness is a broader term whichincludes health and happiness.

Wellness

purposeful, enjoyable living. Itis a deliberate life style choice which ischaracterized by personal responsibilityand optimal enhancement of physical,

mental and spiritual health.


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Belief in God and His ability to provide forlife.

Continuous faith in God.

Prayer is very important.
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Refers to both emotional and mentalstates, i.e. feelings and thoughts

It involves:-

Our awareness Our acceptance of feelings

Ability to express emotions

Ability to function independently Coping with stress
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This refers to the ability to interacteffectively with other people and thesocial environment.

To develop satisfying interpersonalrelationships and to fulfill social roles.
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Your ability to think and learn from lifeexperiences, your openness to new ideas

and your capacity to question and

evaluate information.

Everyday you and I use our mind (brain) to:-

gather, process and act on information

access our values

make decisions set goals

cope with stress
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Nutrition feed our bodies nutritiously

Exercise

regularly Water

Sunshine

Temperance Air

Relaxation (Rest)

Trust in God

To be physically healthy we have to avoidharmful substances and behaviour, watchfor signs and symptoms and protect selffrom accidents.
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This is the field concerned with thedevelopment of behavioural science,knowledge and techniques relevant tothe understanding of physical health

and illness and the application of thisknowledge and these techniques toprevention, diagnosis, treatment andrehabilitation.

Psychosis, neurosis and substance abuseare included only when they contributeto physical disorders.


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Several characteristics of this definition are

particularly important. (1) The definition recognized the need for

collaboration between physical, biomedicalscientists and behavioural scientists.

(2) The definition stresses the application ofbehavioural knowledge to the problems inphysical health, which is traditionally notstressed in psychology

(3) The definition excludes the more traditionaltopics of clinical-abnormal psychology,psychosis, neurosis and substance abuse


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In summary Behavioural medicine is acollaboration of behavioural andmedical scientists to improve health.
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Health Psychology is a diverse field. It is the

application of psychological methods and

principles to the study of health.

For example, health psychology depends

upon research methodologies derived fromstatistics, experimental psychology and

psychometrics.

Health psychology since it often involves

changing health behaviours, there is a

significant overlap with social, clinical and

community psychology.


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This refers to the effect of socialrelationships upon health outcome,defined either by the number of social

contacts or by the satisfaction with socialrelationships.


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Prevention (Effectual Hindrance)

before the fact (illness)

There are three (3) levels of prevention:-

(1) Primary preventionThis is the prevention of the problembefore it develops. Used for completelywell people. E.g. controlling weight to

prevent high blood pressure.


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(2) Secondary Prevention

In this type of prevention we begin with apopulation at risk and develop efforts toprevent the condition from becomingworse or developing into a more serious

problem. E.g. using medication to lowerblood pressure.

(3) Tertiary Prevention

For people with developed disease. E.g.heart disease as a result of high bloodpressure. It involves rehabilitation to preventthe condition from getting worse.


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The End!
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