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  • Person centred outcomes
    Provides:
    -satisfaction with care
    -involvement with cafe
    -feeling of well-being
    -creating a therapeutic culture
  • Blood pressure
    Blood pressure is the pressure exerted by your blood against the walls of your arteries
    High = hypertension
    Low = hypotension
  • Cardiovascular system

    System that moves blood, nutrients and gases around our bodies. It is made up of heart, blood and blood vessels.
  • Material possessions
    Objects that can be bought but are not essential to live on, such as jewellery or a large TV
  • Diet
    A balanced diet is one that contains the correct nutrients in the right proportions to keep our bodies and minds healthy
  • Stress
    Occurs when you have to respond to demands made on you. It causes the body to secrete hormones, the main one being adrenaline
  • Potential significance
    Could develop into something important. E.g if you have an abnormal reading of blood pressure it could have potential significance to develop into something such as heart disease, strokes or blindness
  • Why is data used?

    Data helps health organisations to plan care e.g smoking data helps NHS to plan care, persuade people to stop smoking, provide information and offer support to help people quit
  • Development
    Human Development is the way individuals increase their skills, abilities and emotions
  • Targets
    Challenges to help you reach your goal
  • Review
    Assessing or inspecting something with the intention of making change if necessary
  • Monitor
    To check progress over a period of time
  • Pollution
    Act of introducing harmful substances or irritants that cause damage to living organisms into the environment
  • Fine motor skills
    Development and control of smaller muscle groups in the hands, fingers and feet used for sophisticated movements like drawing and threading beads
  • Gross motor skills
    Development and control of the whole body and larger muscle groups used for balance walking and climbing
  • Peak flow
    A measurement if how quickly you can blow air out of your lungs
  • Health and wellbeing (holistic)

    A holistic definition is a combination of physical health and social and emotional wellbeing
  • Effects of air pollution

    -irritation to the eyes
    -respiratory infections
    -headaches
    -nausea
    -allergic reactions
  • Percentile charts
    Show the normal range of heights and weights at a particular age for children. Monitor growth over a period of time and help recognise any growth problems
  • Ill health
    A physical and lifestyle factor that can have opposite or negative impact on health and wellbeing. Be acute, chronic or both
  • SMART targets
    -Specific
    -Measurable
    -Achievable
    -Realistic
    -Time-bound
  • Life stages
    -Infancy 0-2
    -Early Childhood 3-8
    -Adolescence 9-18
    -Early adulthood 19-45
    -Middle adulthood 46-65
    -Later adulthood 65+
  • Social class
    Broad group in society having the same social or economic status, most commonly upper, middle and lower class
  • Arteries
    Blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart
  • Nicotine
    A powerful addictive drug found in tobacco
  • Income
    Money that people receive from their work, savings, pension benefits or investments
  • Positive definition

    Looks at how physically fit and mentally stable a person is. You have a positive outlook towards your own health and wellbeing
  • Unexpected life events
    -Death
    -Accident/injury
    -Ill health
    -Promotion
    -Imprisonment
    -Unemployment
  • Exercise
    We need exercise to ensure we maintain our health and wellbeing. Can bring many benefits
  • Milestones
    The age at which experts suggest that most children will have reached a particular stage of development.
  • BMI
    Measure of the amount of fat on your body in relation to your height to tell you if your weight is healthy
  • Self esteem
    How good or bad an individual feels about themselves and how much they value their abilities
  • Substance use
    E.g alcohol, nicotine, illegal drugs and misuse of prescribed drugs. Negative impact on health and wellbeing. Regular misuse can lead to long term health problems
  • Negative definition
    Looks at absence of physical illness, disease and mental distress. Have a negative attitude towards your health and wellbeing.
  • Physiological indicators
    How a person and their bodily parts function, indicators are used to measure this.
  • Empathy
    Being able to understand and share feelings and views of another person. Service providers must show empathy to their patients.
  • PIES
    Physical: physical function of the body
    Intellectual: ability to think and solve problems
    Emotional: ability to recognise feelings and express them in an acceptable way
    Social: ability to interact with others
  • Personal hygiene
    Poor personal hygiene is not only unpleasant but can affect health and wellbeing. Conditions such as food poisoning and meningitis can be a result of poor hygiene due to a transfer of bad bacteria
  • Effects of noise pollution

    -Irritability
    -Increase stress levels
    -Unable to concentrate
    -Sleeplessness
    -Tinnitus
  • Collaboration
    Working well together. Service providers all try to work together to give the best possible care for a person