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NURS 1130 Exam 1 Study Guide
Solutions
Concept of Health - Ans:✔✔--Health: holistic state of well-being including soundness of mind, body, and
spirit
-Wellness: health plus the capacity to develop a person's potential leading to a fulfilling and productive
life
-Illness: state of being relatively unhealthy
Definitions of Health: - Ans:✔✔--World Health Organization - "Health is a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." (1958)
-"The extent to which an individual or group is able, on the one hand to realize aspirations and satisfy
needs; and on the other hand change or cope with the environment. Health is therefore seen as a
resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and
personal resources, as well as physical capacities" (1986)
Determinants of Health: - Ans:✔✔--income and social status
-social support
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-education and literacy (regular & health related)
-employment/working conditions
-housing
-transportation
-personal health practices
-coping skills
-healthy child development
-biology
-genetic endowment
-health services
-gender
Health Continuum: (see image) - Ans:✔✔--never 100% healthy or sick
-people move back and forth along continuum
Nursing Roles in Health Promotion and Protection: - Ans:✔✔--advocate
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-care/case manager
-consultant
-deliverer of services (variety of outpatient settings)
-educator
-researcher (conduct or at least utilize)
Health Promotion: - Ans:✔✔--All efforts to move people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of
wellness
-Goals: Healthy People 2020
-Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
-Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
-Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
-Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages
Leading Health Indicators: - Ans:✔✔--physical activity
-overweight and obesity
-tobacco use (3rd hand smoke (toxins on clothing)can lead to SIDS, ear infections)
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-substance use
-responsible sexual behavior
-mental health (affects physical health and vice versa)
-injury and violence (inner-city kids can suffer from PTSD from gun violence; falls)
-environmental quality (indoor (mold, roach & rodent feces) vs. outdoor (air quality, noise)
-immunization
-access to health care (triangle: access, quality & cost)
Healthy People 2020 Objectives: - Ans:✔✔--1980s National government began to formulate national
objectives for health.
-Healthy People 2020 Vision: A society in which all people live long, healthy lives.
-Topics of high priority health issues that represent threats to US public health.
Core Public Health Functions: - Ans:✔✔--assessment: regular collection, analysis, and info sharing about
health conditions, risks, and resources in a community
-policy development: use of info gathered during assessment to develop local and state health policies
and to direct resources toward these policies.
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FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024
NURS 1130 Exam 1 Study Guide
Solutions
Concept of Health - Ans:✔✔--Health: holistic state of well-being including soundness of mind, body, and
spirit
-Wellness: health plus the capacity to develop a person's potential leading to a fulfilling and productive
life
-Illness: state of being relatively unhealthy
Definitions of Health: - Ans:✔✔--World Health Organization - "Health is a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." (1958)
-"The extent to which an individual or group is able, on the one hand to realize aspirations and satisfy
needs; and on the other hand change or cope with the environment. Health is therefore seen as a
resource for everyday life, not the objective of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and
personal resources, as well as physical capacities" (1986)
Determinants of Health: - Ans:✔✔--income and social status
-social support
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-education and literacy (regular & health related)
-employment/working conditions
-housing
-transportation
-personal health practices
-coping skills
-healthy child development
-biology
-genetic endowment
-health services
-gender
Health Continuum: (see image) - Ans:✔✔--never 100% healthy or sick
-people move back and forth along continuum
Nursing Roles in Health Promotion and Protection: - Ans:✔✔--advocate
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-care/case manager
-consultant
-deliverer of services (variety of outpatient settings)
-educator
-researcher (conduct or at least utilize)
Health Promotion: - Ans:✔✔--All efforts to move people closer to optimal well-being or higher levels of
wellness
-Goals: Healthy People 2020
-Attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death
-Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups
-Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all
-Promote quality of life, healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages
Leading Health Indicators: - Ans:✔✔--physical activity
-overweight and obesity
-tobacco use (3rd hand smoke (toxins on clothing)can lead to SIDS, ear infections)
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-substance use
-responsible sexual behavior
-mental health (affects physical health and vice versa)
-injury and violence (inner-city kids can suffer from PTSD from gun violence; falls)
-environmental quality (indoor (mold, roach & rodent feces) vs. outdoor (air quality, noise)
-immunization
-access to health care (triangle: access, quality & cost)
Healthy People 2020 Objectives: - Ans:✔✔--1980s National government began to formulate national
objectives for health.
-Healthy People 2020 Vision: A society in which all people live long, healthy lives.
-Topics of high priority health issues that represent threats to US public health.
Core Public Health Functions: - Ans:✔✔--assessment: regular collection, analysis, and info sharing about
health conditions, risks, and resources in a community
-policy development: use of info gathered during assessment to develop local and state health policies
and to direct resources toward these policies.
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