HLTH273 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Health Belief Model, Transtheoretical Model, Participaction

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH273
• Professor: n/a

Document Summary

A person with physical disabilities or limitations may nevertheless be healthy. Doesn"t consider social causes of disease that are not controlled by someone: holistic. Strives for a state of health that encompasses the entire person, rather than just lack of disease or disability: wellness. Considers health as a process that continues to evolve and to progress toward a future state of improved health. Encompasses an individual"s or a group"s ability to cope with health-related challenges. One of the government"s first nationally promoted health-related projects. Used to encourage canadians to get active and improve health. Measures one"s state of health between optimum health and poor health or death at any given point in time. Compensation: part of the health-illness continuum in which a person is neither in good nor poor health. Movement is constant on the continuum throughout a person"s life. People must progress through the following series of steps before their health behaviour completely changes: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance.