Questions and Answers
What does the Health Illness Continuum Model describe?
Health and illness as opposite ends of a continuum
Where do high level wellness and death lie in the Health Illness Continuum Model?
They are in opposite ends of the continuum
How does the Health Illness Continuum Model view an individual's health status?
Dependent on how others perceive it
In the Health Illness Continuum Model, what can an individual's status fluctuate between over time?
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What role do self-perception and others' perceptions play in the Health Illness Continuum Model?
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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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