BELIEFS, VALUES, AND HEALTH

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BELIEFS, VALUES, AND HEALTH

• ILLNESS AND DISEASE

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Illness and Disease

• Basic Concepts

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• Illness Recognized by a persons own
  perceptions and evaluations of how he or she
  feels.

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• Disease The presence of disease is based on
  professional evaluation.

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• Agent An infectious disease cannot occur
  without the presence of at least one factor, i.e.
  the agent.

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• Host The host is the organism that becomes
  sick.

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• Environment Environment is external to the
  host. It includes the physical, social, cultural
  and economic aspects of the environment.

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• Risk factors Attributes that increase the
  likelihood of developing a particular disease or
  negative health condition at some time in the
  future.

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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention

• Wellness Model The model emphasizes efforts and
  programs geared toward prevention of disease and
  maintenance of an optimum state of well-being.

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• Primary prevention Primary prevention refers to
  activities undertaken to reduce the probability
  that a disease will subsequently develop.

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• Secondary prevention Refers to early diagnosis
  and the treatment of disease.

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• Tertiary prevention Refers to rehabilitation
  activities and the monitoring of treatments to
  prevent complications.

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• Medical Model Delivery of health care that
  places the primary emphasis on the treatment of
  disease and the relief of symptoms instead of
  prevention of disease and promotion of optimum
  health.

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• Statistical Information

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Estimated Per Capita Health Expenditures, by Age
and Sex, 1995
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Leading Causes of Disability Among Persons Aged
15 Years or Older, United States, 19911992
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• View overheads Leading Cause of Death by Age
  Group

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• End of lecture for August 31st , 2011, 6th
  Period
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