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    The document discusses the health-illness continuum model. It describes health and illness as opposite ends of a continuum that people move between over time. Their status can fluctuate from extremely good health to death. It also notes that an individual's placement on the continuum is based on both their own self-perception and how others perceive their health status. Finally, it states that nurses have a responsibility to help clients identify where they fall on the continuum and adopt measures to improve their health.

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    Health Illness Continuum

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    The document discusses the health-illness continuum model. It describes health and illness as opposite ends of a continuum that people move between over time. Their status can fluctuate from extremely good health to death. It also notes that an individual's placement on the continuum is based on both their own self-perception and how others perceive their health status. Finally, it states that nurses have a responsibility to help clients identify where they fall on the continuum and adopt measures to improve their health.

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    The document discusses the health-illness continuum model. It describes health and illness as opposite ends of a continuum that people move between over time. Their status can fluctuate from extremely good health to death. It also notes that an individual's placement on the continuum is based on both their own self-perception and how others perceive their health status. Finally, it states that nurses have a responsibility to help clients identify where they fall on the continuum and adopt measures to improve their health.

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    Health Illness Continuum

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    Sumit Yadav
    The document discusses the health-illness continuum model. It describes health and illness as opposite ends of a continuum that people move between over time. Their status can fluctuate from extremely good health to death. It also notes that an individual's placement on the continuum is based on both their own self-perception and how others perceive their health status. Finally, it states that nurses have a responsibility to help clients identify where they fall on the continuum and adopt measures to improve their health.

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    The key takeaways are that health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being, and not just the absence of disease. The text also discusses the health-illness continuum model and different health models.

    The text defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

    The health-illness continuum model illustrates the process of change, in which an individual experiences various states of health and illness ranging from extremely good health to death that fluctuate throughout their life.

    PRESENTED BY- MR.

    RONY XAVIER
    \

    HEALTH

    DEFINITION

    “Health is a state of complete physical, mental, social


    and spiritual well-being and not merely the absence
    of disease or infirmity.”
    \

    ILLNESS

    Abnormal process in which the persons level of


    functioning is changed when compared to the
    previous level.
    \

    HEALTH ILLNESS CONTINUUM

    The health-illness continuum illustrates the process of


    change, in which the individual experiences various
    states of health and illness (ranging from extremely
    good health to death) that fluctuate throughout his
    life.
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    HEALTH MODELS

    ➢Health models help to understand client’s health behavious


    and belief so that effective health care can be provided.

    ➢Health models helps nurses to understand the relationship


    between health of the client and various variables affecting it
    such as nutrition, life style, health practice etc.
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    HEALTH - ILLNESS CONTINUUM
    MODEL
    \

    HEALTH ILLNESS CONTINUUM

    ➢ Measure person’s perceived level of wellness .

    ➢Health and illness/disease opposite ends of a health

    continuum .

    ➢Move back and forth (forward) within this continuum day by

    day .

    ➢Wide ranges of health or illness.


    \

    ➢Health and illness can be viewed as the opposite ends of a health


    continuum .
    ➢From high level of health a person’s condition can move through
    good health -- normal health -- poor health -- extremely poor health
    -- to death.
    ➢People move back and forth within this continuum day by day.
    ➢How people perceive themselves and how others see them in
    terms of health and illness will also affect their placement on the
    continuum.
    \

    CHARACTERISTICS

    ➢ At any time any person’s health status holds a place on


    certain point between two ends of health-illness continuum.

    ➢Any point on the health-illness continuum is a synthetically


    representation of various aspects of individual in physiology,
    psychology and society.
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    NURSES RESPONSIBILITY

    ➢To help the client to identify their place on the health-


    continuum.

    ➢To assist the clients to adopt some measures in order to


    reach a well state of health.

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