NURS1012 Study Guide - Final Guide: Physical Therapy, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Patient Education
Document Summary
Social and structural determinants of health: social, the social gradient, stress, early life, social exclusion, work, unemployment, social support, addiction, food, transport, structural, political, economical, cultural. Five actions areas of the ottawa charter: build healthy public policy, create supportive environments, strengthen community action, develop personal skills, reorientate health services. Some health promotion approaches: socio-environmental approach broad determinants of health, behavioral change, education, patient-centred, harm-minimization. Is a belief that one is capable of achieving certain goals: locus of control, external: belief that someone or something else controls a situation. Internal: belief in power over one"s actions: motivation. Approached in health promotion: education, aim is to give information and ensure knowledge and understanding of the health issues and the enable well-informed decisions to be made. Objectives of health promotion and the older person: role of the nurse. Increase quality and years of healthy life: maintain function, eliminate health disparities and independency.
