MODELS OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS IS USEFUL FOR STUDENTS PURSUING THEIR FIRST YEAR IN HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL, EXCLUSIVE FOR FIRST YEAR BSC NURSING STUDENT IN THE SUBJECT OF NURSING FOUNDATION. THIS PPT LIST DOWN VARIOUS MODELS RELATED TO HEALTH AND ILLNESS AND THEIR DESCRIPTION.

1. MS.INFANT JOYCEE F,
ASSO PROF,
GANGA COLLEGE OF NURSING,
COIMBATORE.

3. MODELS OF HEALTH
AND ILLNESS

4. MODEL:
A Model Is A Theoretical Way Of Understanding A Concept Or
Idea.
Model Represents Different Ways Of Approaching Complex
Issues.
HEALTH:
Health Is A State Of Complete Physical, Mental ,Social
Wellbeing And Not Merely The Absence Of Disease Or
Infirmity.
ILLNESS:
A Disease Or Period Of Sickness Affecting The Body And
Mind.
DISEASE:
Is A Pathological Changes In Structure Or Functions Of The
Body

5. MODELS OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS
* The Agent Host Environment Model
* The Health Illness Continuum
*The High Level Wellness Model
*The Health Belief Model
*The Health Promotion Model

6. The Agent Host Environment
Model

7. AGENT HOST ENVIRONMENT MODEL (LEAVE II AND
CLARK)

8. CLARK)
- examines the causes of disease in an
individual
- agent, host & environment interact in ways
that create
risk factors
- understanding the risk factors is important
for promotion
and maintaintence of health

9. AGENT HOST ENVIRONMENT MODEL (LEAVE II AND
CLARK)
- the host reaction is influenced by family
history, age
and health habits.
-the environment includes physical, social,
biologic and
cultural factors
- each of the agent,host,environment factors
affects and is
affected by others

10. THE HEALTH ILLNESS CONTINUM
MODEL

11. THE HEALTH ILLNESS CONTINUM MODEL

12. contd..
THE HEALTH ILLNESS CONTINUM MODEL
-Measures a person’s level of health
-views health as a constantly changing state
with high
level wellness and death on opposite sides of
continuum
-illustrates the dynamic (ever changing) state
of health

13. THE HIGH LEVEL WELLNESS MODEL

14. THE HIGH LEVEL WELLNESS MODEL (DUNN)

15. THE HIGH LEVEL WELLNESS MODEL (DUNN)

16. THE HIGH LEVEL WELLNESS MODEL (DUNN)
- encourages the nurse to care for the total
person
- involves functioning to one’s maximum
potential while
maintaining balance and a purposeful direction

17. THE HIGH LEVEL WELLNESS MODEL (DUNN)
- regards wellness as a active state , oriented
towards
maximizing the potential of the individual,
regardless of
his or her health
- incorporates the processes of being,
belonging,
becoming and befitting

18. THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL

19. THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL(RESENSTONE)

20. THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL(RESENSTONE)
- concerned with what people perceive to be true
about
themselves in relation to their health
- modifying factors for health include
demographic,
sociopsychological & structural variables.

21. THE HEALTH BELIEF MODEL(RESENSTONE)
-based on three components of individual
perception of threat of disease,
*perceived susceptibility to a disease
*perceived seriousness of a disease
* perceived benefits of action

22. THE HEALTH PROMOTION MODEL

23. -illustrates the multidimensional nature of
persons
interacting with their environment as they pursue
health
-incorporates individual characteristics and
experiences
and behavior specific knowledge and beliefs to
motivate
health promoting behavior

24. contd..
-personal, biologic, psychological & sociocultural
factors
are predicative of certain health related habits
- health related behavior is the outcome of the
model and
is directed towards attaining positive health
outcomes and
experiences throughout the life span.

25. MASLOW HIEARCHY OF NEEDS MODEL

26. MASLOW HIEARCHY OF NEEDS ( ABRAHAM MASLOW)

27. MASLOW HIEARCHY OF NEEDS ( ABRAHAM MASLOW)
-basic human needs are elements that are necessary for
human survival and health eg: food, water, safety &
love
- although each person has other unique needs , all
people
share the basic human needs

28. MASLOW HIEARCHY OF NEEDS ( ABRAHAM
MASLOW)
- certain human needs are more basic than
others
-self actualization is the highest expression of
one’s
individual potential and allows for continual
discovery of
self

29. MASLOW)
- after fulfillment of the basic needs only the
person aims at
higher level needs
- the hierarchy of needs model provides a basis
for nurses to
to care for patients of all ages in all health
settings
- when applying the model, the focus of care is
on the
patients needs rather than strict adherence to
the hierarchy

30. HOLISTIC HEALTH MODEL

31. HOLISTIC HEALTH MODEL

32. HOLISTIC HEALTH MODEL
- health care has begun to take a more holistic
view
of health by considering emotional and spiritual
well
being and other dimensions of an individual as
important aspects of physical wellness

33. HOLISTIC HEALTH MODEL
- the holistic health model of nursing attempts
to create
conditions that promote optimal health
- in the holistic health model patients are
involved in their
healing process, thereby assuming some
responsibility for
health maintainence

34. HOLISTIC HEALTH MODEL
- nurses using holistic health nursing model
recognize the
natural healing abilities of the body and
incorporate
complementary and alternative interventions
such as music
therapy, relaxation therapy and guided
imagery.

35. contd..
HOLISTIC HEALTH MODEL
- nurses use holistic therapies either alone or in
conjunction
with conventional medicine