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Health

The absence of a disease

Health

According to WHO, it's a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of a disease

Mental, Physical, & Social

WHO's Triad of Health

Health Promotion

The science & art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health

Health Promotion

It enhances awareness, changes behavior, and creates environments that support good health practices

Wellness by Halbert Dunn (1961)

It's an integrated method of functioning which is oriented toward maximum potential of which the individual is capable, within the environment in which they are functioning.

Wellness by Ardell (1985)

Dynamic or ever-changing fluctuating state of being

Wellness by Ardell (1986)

Giving care to the physical self, using the mind constructively, channeling stress energies positively, expressing emotions effectively, becoming creatively involved with others, and staying in touch with the environment

Wellness by APTA (2001)

Concepts that embrace positive health behaviors that promote a state of physical and mental balance and fitness

Wellness by Fair (2000)

A lifestyle that promotes physical, mental, and social health in the cognitive, psychomotor, and effective domains, both internally and externally

Intellectual, emotional, physical, social, occupational, financial, enviromental, spiritual

8 Dimensions of Wellness

Illness

A state in which a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual function is diminished/impaired compared with previous experience

Acute Illness

A potentially life-threatening, short duration, severe, & abrupt onset.

Chronic Illness

A potentially life-threatening, usually longer than 6 months, similar to disability

Chronic Illness

A chronic disabling disease interferes with ongoing life adaptations by making the performance of routine tasks more challenging

Primary, secondary, & tertiary

Levels of Preventive Care

Primary Prevention

It prevents disease or injury before it ever occurs

Primary Prevention

Altering unhealthy or unsafe behaviors that can lead to disease or injury

Primary Prevention

Increasing resistance to disease or injury should exposure occur

Primary Prevention

Focused on maintaining or improving general health

Secondary Prevention

According to APTA (2001), it's an effort to decrease the duration of illness, severity of disease, and sequelae through early diagnosis and prompt intervention

Secondary Prevention

Early diagnosis and intervention reducing severity and enabling clients to return to normal level of health ASAP

Tertiary Prevention

Minimizing effect of long-term disease or disability

Tertiary Prevention

Aimed at preventing complications and detorioration

Tertiary Prevention

According to APTA (2001), it decreases the degree of disability and promotes rehabilitation and restoration of function in patients with chronic and irreversible diseases

Tertiary Prevention

Improve as much as possible their ability to function, their quality of life and their life expectancy

The Nature of Physical Therapy

Provides services throughout the lifespan whose functional movement is central to what it means to be healthy.

The Nature of Physical Therapy

It is concerned with identifying and maximizing quality of life and movement potential within the spheres of promotion, prevention, treatment/ intervention, habilitation and rehabilitation

Founding father of Wellness

Halbert Dunn (1961)

3 Under Health Promotion

1.) Enhance Awareness


2.) Change Behavior


3.) Create an environment that supports good health practices

Wellness (Ardell, 1999)

Perspective

Optimal Health

Equilibrium of health aspects

Prevention

Interventions aimed at reducing risks or threats to health

Optimal Health

Balance physical, emotional, social,spiritual, and intellectual health.

Lifestyle Change

Enhance awareness, change behavior, andcreate environments that supportgood health practices.