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ATI Module
Promotion, Wellness, and Disease Prevention (Exam 1)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| culture | The learned, shared, and transmitted values, beliefs, norms, and lifeways of a particular group that guides their thinking, decisions, and actions in patterned ways. |
| disease prevention | Specific, population-based and individual-based interventions for primary and secondary (early detection) prevention, aiming to minimize the burden of diseases and associated risk factors. |
| health education | Learning experiences that are designed to improve the health of an individual or community through increased knowledge or by influencing attitudes |
| health outcomes | The result of health promotion and disease prevention measures. Individuals are empowered to make healthier decisions to reduce the likelihood of developing disease and disability through health promotion and disease prevention programs. |
| health promotion | The process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health. |
| modifiable risk factors | Behaviors and actions that can affect a client’s risk for developing a disease. |
| nonmodifiable risk factors | Risk factors that cannot be changed. |
| prevention | The action of stopping something from happening. |
| primary prevention | The act of intervening before negative health effects occur |
| secondary prevention | To reduce the impact of disease or injury, and limit disability. |
| self-care | An inclusive group of activities nurses can use to promote one's mental health and overall well-being. |
| wellness | A positive state of health. |