The Health Illness Continuum Model
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What does the Health Illness Continuum Model describe?

  • Death as the only outcome of the continuum
  • Health and illness as opposite ends of a continuum (correct)
  • Health as a static state
  • Health as a random occurrence

Where do high level wellness and death lie in the Health Illness Continuum Model?

  • They are unrelated to the model
  • They are in opposite ends of the continuum (correct)
  • They are not part of the continuum
  • They are the same on the continuum

How does the Health Illness Continuum Model view an individual's health status?

  • Based only on self-perception
  • Immutable once assessed
  • Dependent on how others perceive it (correct)
  • Not influenced by others' perceptions

In the Health Illness Continuum Model, what can an individual's status fluctuate between over time?

<p>Extremely good health and death (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What role do self-perception and others' perceptions play in the Health Illness Continuum Model?

<p>Both influence an individual's placement (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

The Health Illness Continuum Model

  • Health is viewed as a constantly changing state on a graduated scale or continuum.
  • High-level wellness and death are at opposite ends of the continuum.
  • An individual's health status can fluctuate over time, moving between extremely good health and death.
  • A person's placement on the continuum is determined by both their self-perception and how others perceive their health status.

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Learn about the Health Illness Continuum Model which describes health and illness as opposite ends of a graduated scale that individuals move between. Explore how one's placement on the continuum is influenced by self-perception and external perceptions.

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