Health Promotion Model
Every day we all hear the words. “An apple a day keeps the doctor away” and “You are what you eat” These terms relate to our health. The word “health” is derived from whole, signalling that health concerns the whole person. Collins (2013). Health promotion has been defined by the (World Health Organisation, 2005) as “the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants”. Scriven (2010) suggested that the primary means of health promotion occurs through developing healthy public policy for example income, housing, food security, employment and quality working conditions.
Nurses play an important role in promoting public health. Traditionally, the focus of health promotion by nurses has been on disease …show more content…
She looks healthy and is very active. She has a car which will give her ability to access work as well as social activities. Gibson (2011) Jo does have contact with social and community networks if she needs it. This can be linked to the second layer. The third layer is about living and working conditions. Social workers work with people who are needy. It can be hard to not sacrifice too much to the job. You can see that Jo is stressed out over Kim and Adam. This is damaging to health making people susceptible to high blood pressure, depression and premature death. Naidoo and Wills …show more content…
(The WHO 2001) describes mental illness as “Someone mentally unhealthy if they can’t cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively or make a contribution to his or her community”. In the DVD we are not told about how severe Adams mental health condition is. I noted that when Jo wanted to talk with Kim on her own, Adam got very annoyed and hurt. He said that they were a married couple and that there should be no secrets. Learned helplessness and depression may be parallel in their symptoms. The model suggests that depression is caused by uncontrollable situations which lead to the individual’s lack of control over a situation. Murphy (1982)
The medical model I believe is a better approach. This is known as the “top – down” approach. This approach engages the patient in an ongoing basis. It determines what disease is present and devises treatments based on diagnoses. Cognitive behaviour therapy is another way of helping people who are depressed. It focuses on the holistic care of the individual taking the psychological, physical and social needs of the person into consideration. Seligman
Nurses play an important role in promoting public health. Traditionally, the focus of health promotion by nurses has been on disease …show more content…
She looks healthy and is very active. She has a car which will give her ability to access work as well as social activities. Gibson (2011) Jo does have contact with social and community networks if she needs it. This can be linked to the second layer. The third layer is about living and working conditions. Social workers work with people who are needy. It can be hard to not sacrifice too much to the job. You can see that Jo is stressed out over Kim and Adam. This is damaging to health making people susceptible to high blood pressure, depression and premature death. Naidoo and Wills …show more content…
(The WHO 2001) describes mental illness as “Someone mentally unhealthy if they can’t cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively or make a contribution to his or her community”. In the DVD we are not told about how severe Adams mental health condition is. I noted that when Jo wanted to talk with Kim on her own, Adam got very annoyed and hurt. He said that they were a married couple and that there should be no secrets. Learned helplessness and depression may be parallel in their symptoms. The model suggests that depression is caused by uncontrollable situations which lead to the individual’s lack of control over a situation. Murphy (1982)
The medical model I believe is a better approach. This is known as the “top – down” approach. This approach engages the patient in an ongoing basis. It determines what disease is present and devises treatments based on diagnoses. Cognitive behaviour therapy is another way of helping people who are depressed. It focuses on the holistic care of the individual taking the psychological, physical and social needs of the person into consideration. Seligman