NURS 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Physical Therapy, Global Health, Human Genome Project
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Chapter 7 health promotion, disease prevention, and illness: a. How health and illness are viewed by patients the impact of that view on healthcare delivery. Us department of health and human services project. Provides disease prevention and health promotion goals. Health disparity: a gap that exists between what"s supposed to happen vs. what actually happens. Ex: inequality, not the same for those with less money/no access. Healthy community: disease prevention, as well as promoting a high quality of life. Continuum of care: goal is to decrease fragmented care and cost. Getting back into the real world or long term care facility. Continuity of care: care over time on individual patients informational, management, relational. Affordable care act: focuses on access to health care. Primary prevention: prevention before a disease is identified flu vaccine, daily exercise, eating healthy. Secondary prevention: identifying it early to decrease impact.
