Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
A federal agency that conducts and supports health promotion, prevention and preparedness activities in
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Healthy People 2020
A set of disease prevention and health promotion objectives for Americans to meet during the second decade of the new millennium.
(Sponsored by the ODPHP Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
Overarching Goals of Healthy People 2020
Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
Complementary and Related Domains of HRQOL Concept
Self-rated physical and mental health
Overall well-being
Participation in society
PROMIS
(Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System)
An NIH Roadmap initiative designed to develop an electronic system to collect self-reported HRQOL data from diverse populations of individuals with a variety of chronic diseases and demographic characteristic
American College of Lifestyle Medicine
The medical professional society providing quality education and certification to those dedicated to clinical and worksite practice of Lifestyle Medicine as the foundation of a transformed and sustainable health care system. (A great provider of peer-reviewed resources)
HRQOL
(health related quality of life)
A multi-dimensional concept that includes domains related to physical, mental, emotional, and social functioning. It goes beyond direct measures of population health, life expectancy, and causes of death, and focuses on the impact health status has on quality of life
Well-being
A relative state where one maximizes his or her physical, mental, and social functioning in the context of supportive environments to live a full, satisfying, and productive life. Aspects include:
Physical
Economic
Social
Development and activity
Emotional
Psychological
Life satisfaction
Domain specific satisfaction
Engaging activities and work
Dr. John Travis
Created the first Wellness Assessment, redefined a new vision of wellness which focused on inspiring people to be well versus treating illness.
Illness-Wellness Continuum
A model that illustrates the full range of health between the extremes of illness and wellness
High-level Wellness Model
This concept involves giving good care to your physical self, using your mind constructively, expressing your emotions effectively, being creatively involved with those around you, and being concerned about your physical, psychological and spiritual environments.
Iceberg Model
A model where your current state of health, be it one of disease or vitality, is the apparent (visible) portion. The three levels below the surface are:
lifestyle/behavioral
psychological/motivational
spiritual/being/meaning
Wellness Energy System
This system illustrates how you manage your energy has an impact on how you manage your health.
Wellness Energy System Inputs
Breathing
Eating
Sensing
Wellness Energy System Outputs
Self-Responsibility and Love
Moving
Feeling
Thinking
Playing and Working
Communicating
Intimacy
Finding Meaning
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