Health and Wellness Therapies Week 4
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Which of the following approaches to health focuses on lifestyle factors?

  • Socio-environmental
  • Behavioural (correct)
  • Population health
  • Medical

What is the most influential determinant of health according to the social determinants of health framework?

  • Physical environment
  • Education and literacy
  • Employment and job security
  • Income and social status (correct)

Which of the following therapies is not a common wellness therapy?

  • Surgery (correct)
  • WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan)
  • Music therapy
  • Art therapy

What is the primary goal of a population health approach?

<p>To improve the health of a population and reduce health inequities among population groups (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which theoretical perspective emphasizes the importance of understanding history and context to understand social phenomena?

<p>Critical social theory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key principle of humanism in the context of health and wellness?

<p>Caring through unconditional positive regard (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is NOT a type of social determinant of health?

<p>Dopamine levels (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key feature of age-friendly communities?

<p>Inclusion, choice, and self-determination (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key aspect of the indigenous perspective on cultural and spiritual wellness?

<p>Forcible cultural separation (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key criterion for economic immigrants to be invited to Canada?

<p>All of the above (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is one of the ways that music can improve emotional wellness?

<p>Through the promotion of social connections (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a common issue faced by refugees seeking admission to Canada?

<p>Admission and legal status settlement issues (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a key principle of trauma-informed care?

<p>Recognizing the impact of trauma on an individual's life (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of hyperarousal in individuals who have experienced trauma?

<p>Increased startle response and being 'on alert' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of special incentives for physicians in rural/remote areas under Canadian policy?

<p>To attract and retain physicians in these areas (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of the residual view of social welfare provision?

<p>Limited and temporary response to need (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between burnout and stress?

<p>They are related but not the same (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which learning theory is associated with the biopsychosocial model?

<p>Behavioural (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of the transtheoretical model?

<p>To conceptualize behaviour change as a process (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the stress resulting from helping or wanting to help traumatized people?

<p>Secondary traumatic stress (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process of taking on the symptoms of a client's trauma through empathetic positioning?

<p>Vicarious trauma (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the wellness wheel?

<p>To provide a visual guide to understand the 7 dimensions of an individual's life (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Dimensions of Wellness

  • Social, emotional, physical, spiritual, occupational, environmental, and intellectual

Health and Wellness Therapies

  • Common wellness therapies: music, art, physical recreation, mindfulness, animal therapy, WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan), poetry, drama therapy, play therapy, psychoeducation

Health and Aging

Approaches to Health

  • Medical (medical interventions)
  • Behavioural (lifestyle factors)
  • Socio-environmental (health and social structures)

Social Determinants of Health

  • Conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age (including healthcare system)
  • Influenced by distribution of money, responsible for health inequities
  • Most influential determinant: income and social status
  • Types of determinants: social support networks, education and literacy, employment and job security, social environments, physical environment

Theories and Perspectives

Critical Social Theory

  • Must understand history and context to understand social phenomena

Humanism

  • Caring by engaging in relationships that promote self-discovery/actualization (based on unconditional positive regard), affirms dignity/worth/uniqueness/potential

Feminism

  • Empowers and confronts systemic injustices, i.e. patriarchy, colonialism

Post-colonial Perspectives

  • Attend to social conditions related to colonization and trauma/racism/discrimination

Seniors

  • Age-friendly communities: inclusion, choice, and self-determination, diversity, safety, and security, better connection to transportation, consumer protection programs

Social Welfare

Public Welfare System

  • 3 levels, "public" non-government agencies

Private Welfare System

  • Includes non-profit and for-profit organizations

Approaches to Social Welfare Provision

  • Residual view: limited/temporary response to need
  • Institutional view: provide necessary services for standard of living and health

Types of Social Welfare Programs

  • Universal (available to everyone in specific category)
  • Selective (must be found to be in need, take needs test)

Burnout, Stress, and Compassion Fatigue

  • Burnout vs. stress: related but not the same
  • Secondary traumatic stress: stress resulting from helping/wanting to help traumatized/suffering people, alternative name PTSD
  • Vicarious trauma: when helper takes on symptoms of client's trauma (empathetic positioning)

Health and Wellness Engagement

Learning Theories

  • Behavioural: biopsychosocial model
  • Social learning
  • Cognitive
  • Psychodynamic: interactions and reflections

Stages of Change

  • Transtheoretical model: behaviour change conceptualized as a process that unfolds over time and involves progression through a series of 5 changes:
    • Precontemplation
    • Contemplation
    • Preparation
    • Action
    • Maintenance

Wellness Wheel

  • Visual guide to better understand 7 dimensions/areas of an individual's life that make up their overall health (common characteristics, identities, behaviours)

Immigration

Economic Immigrants

  • Point system, highest scores invited to Canada
  • Criteria examples: age, education, EN/FR language skill, work experience, family in Canada, PS education in Canada, job offer

Refugees

  • Forced to leave homes (cannot return), screened first
  • Admission/legal status settlement issues:
    • War on Terror and focus on security - policies
    • Safe Third Country Agreement
    • Reuniting families
    • Access to professions and trades
    • Racism and obtaining 'legal' status
    • Anti-immigrant/refugee sentiment

Trauma-Informed Care

  • Differential treatment: natural disasters and "human design" trauma
  • Hyperarousal: increased startle response, being "on alert", prolonged/constant stress responses

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