10 Questions
What term does the text use to distinguish between nursing and medicine?
Carative
What was the main focus of the Lalonde Report?
Promoting health through behavior change
According to the Ottawa Charter, what are prerequisites for health?
Food, Income, Justice
Which model of health care focuses on downstream interventions and individual treatment?
Medical Model
What shift occurred in the Canadian health care system due to the Lalonde Report?
Shift from individual responsibility to societal responsibility
What is the World Health Organization's definition of health?
Health is a resource for everyday life, a dimension of our life and not the object of living; it is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capabilities.
Which concept of health emphasizes the realization of human potential through goal-directed behavior and relationships with others?
Health as actualization & stabilization
Which of the following is NOT a key concept related to health?
Health as recovery
Which of the following statements best describes the concept of illness?
Illness is a subjective experience of loss of health.
What is Jean Watson's view of individuals in her Theory of Human Caring?
Individuals as embodied spirit or transpersonal self
Test your understanding of key concepts related to health, wellness, illness, and disease as discussed in Chapter 1 of the Health book. Explore definitions of wellness, illness, and disease along with the concepts of health stability and more.
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