1. Health and Wellness

2. USDHHS Healthy People Goals 2010 To increase quality and years of healthy life Promote healthy behaviors Promote healthy and safe communities To eliminate health disparities Improve systems for personal and public health Prevent and reduce diseases and disorders

3. Health is: ”a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1947)

4. Models of Health and Illness Health-illness continuum Health belief model Health promotion model Basic human needs model Holistic health model

5. Variables Influencing Beliefs & Practices: INTERNAL: Developmental stage Intellectual background Concept of functioning Emotional factors Spiritual factors EXTERNAL: Family practices Socioeconomic influence Cultural background Accessibility to care

6. Levels of Preventive Care Primary Prevention Precedes disease; aimed at health promotion Secondary Prevention Directed at early diagnosis and intervention Tertiary Prevention Goal is minimizing effects of disease or disability

7. Health Promotion Methods: Exercise regularly Put it in perspective Get in touch with yourself Relaxation Time Management Communication Prayer & Meditation

8. USA citizens’ approach to health:

9. Leading causes of death: 1 st : Heart disease 2 nd : Cancer 3 rd : Stroke 4 th : Respiratory disease 5 th : Accidents 6 th : Diabetes

10. USA Health Risks: Obesity

11. USA Health Risks: Diabetes

12. USA Health Risks: Cancer: Breast; Prostate; Lung; Colon; etc.

13. USA Health Risks: Asthma/COPD

14. USA Health Risks: Heart disease Hypertension Stroke

15. Violence: homicide, battering, auto accidents