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lOMoARcPSD|17222949Health promotion edapt answers
Health and Wellness (Chamberlain University)
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Defining Health and Wellness
Match the following terms to their proper definitions.
● State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of
disease or illness= Health
● Positive state of health that is continually changing= Wellness
● Functional or structural disturbance= Illness
● Physical indicators and subjective experience= Disease
Feedback: Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or illness. Wellness is a positive state of health that is
continually changing. Illness is functional or structural disturbance. Disease encompasses
physical indicators and subjective experience
An individual can have (wellness, optimal function) in the presence of illness.
Feedback: Wellness is in a continual state of change and adaptation across the lifespan,
even in the presence of illness. Healthcare professionals learn how wellness is individualized
to support optimal health across the continuum in the presence or absence of illness.
Optimal function is not found when illness is present.
Many internal and external variables influence a person’s health beliefs and health practices.
Identify which variables are internal and which variables are external.
Internal External
Growth and development ✓
Family health practices ✓
Cultural background ✓
Intellectual background ✓
Emotional factors ✓
Feedback: Internal variables affecting health include developmental stage, intellectual
background, perception of functioning, and emotional and spiritual factors. External
variables affecting health include family health practices and social determinants of health.
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Health is a state of complete (occupational, physical), (emotional, mental), and (cultural, social)
well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Feedback: According to the World Health Organization (n.d.), health is a state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Review the factors below and select whether they apply or do not apply to health.
Applies to Health Does not Apply to Health
Lifestyle choices ✓
Genetic make-up ✓
Environment in which you live ✓
Disease or disability ✓
Psychological or mental health issues ✓
Feedback: All of the factors listed in this question contribute towards health.
There are many factors that determine wellness. Identify the factors below which contribute to
wellness. Select all that apply.
Physical state
Mental state
Social state
Environmental state
Financial state
Feedback: A person’s state of health and wellness depends on individual values,
personality, and lifestyle. Most specifically, wellness encompasses physical, mental, social,
spiritual, environmental, intellectual, occupational, and financial components.
A 34-year-old male client has been laid off from his job and has many unpaid bills. The client
has been having thoughts of suicide but denies needing medical help and has reached out to his
pastor for emotional support. The client does not have a primary healthcare provider because he
has never been very sick. As a child, his caregivers did not have money to pay for healthcare
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provider visits, so this has never been a priority. The client is married and has a close network of
friends through his church. Which external variables influence this client’s current health
practices? Select all that apply.
Denies needing help for suicidal thoughts
Age of client
Difficulty paying bills
Support from social networks
Family practice of not routinely seeing a healthcare provider
Feedback: External factors impacting health practices include family beliefs, family
practices, and socioeconomic variables. The way that clients’ families use healthcare
services generally affects their current health practices. History of preventive care
behaviors (or lack of them) can also influence how clients think about their current health
practices. A person may seek support from social networks (friends, family, and spiritual
advisors). Economic variables may affect a client’s level of health by increasing the risk
for disease and influencing how or at what point the client enters the healthcare system. A
client’s age, degree of psychological stress, and denying the need for help are internal
factors.
While seeking to understand the relationship between the concepts of health, wellness, and
illness, healthcare professionals are in a unique position to assist clients in achieving and
maintaining optimal levels of health. What are some ways that healthcare professionals assist
clients to achieve optimal health? Select all that apply.
Understand the dimensions of wellness
Encourage healthy behaviors
Provide preventative care
Provide health education
Identify actual and potential risk factors
Feedback: Healthcare professionals are in a unique position to assist patients in achieving
and maintaining optimal levels of health and wellness. Healthcare professionals
understand the challenges of today's healthcare system and embrace the opportunity to
use wellness activities to promote health and to prevent illness. Healthcare professionals
can encourage healthy behaviors, provide health education, identify actual and potential
risks to health, understand the dimensions of wellness, and provide preventative care.
Jonathan (preferred pronouns he, him) is a student in a healthcare profession program. To help
pay for school, Jonathan works full-time in a family practice clinic caring for clients of all ages.
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