3.
Public health care
Public health is defined as the
science and art of preventing
disease, prolonging life and
improving quality of life
through organized efforts and
informed choices of society,
organization, public and
private, communities and
individuals.
5.
Lists of the Models
1. Clinical model
2. Role performance
model
3. Adaptive model
4. Agent-Host-
Environment model
5. Health belief model
6. High level wellness model
7. Holistic health model
8. Nightingale’s theory of
environment
9. The health illness
continuum
10. Levels of prevention
model
6.
1.Clinical Model
In this model, the
absence of signs and
symptoms of disease
indicates health.
Illness would be the
presence of conspicuous
signs and symptoms of
disease.
7.
Health is indicated by the ability to perform
social roles.
The sick role, in which people can be excused
from performing their social roles while they are
ill, is a vital component of the role performance
model.
2.Role Performance Model
8.
The ability to adapt positively to social,
mental, and physiological change is indicative
of health. Illness occurs when the person fails to
adapt or becomes inadaptive toward these
changes.
3.Adaptive model
11.
This model recognizes health as an ongoing
process toward a person’s highest potential of
functioning. This process involves the person,
family and the community.
6.High Level Wellness Model
14.
Her observations suggested that disease was
more prevalent in poor environments and that
health could be promoted by providing
adequate ventilation, pure water, warmth, light
and cleanliness.
9. Nightingale’s theory of
environment