PREVENTION PRACTICE

DR. SANA FAROOQ

BSPT,MSPT,DPT.D

Health:
According to WHO:

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and

social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity.
In Community Health & Education :
A quality of life involving dynamic interaction and
independence among an individual physical
wellbeing his/her mental and emotional reactions
and the social complex in which he/she exist.

Factors:
Health can be facilitated in the combination

of efforts that are:

Enhance self awareness and knowledge of
healthy habits.
Change behaviours that interfere with good
health and
Great environments that support good
health practices.

Wellness:
Wellness is active lifelong process of

becoming aware of choices of making

decisions towards a more balanced and
fullfiling life.
Wellness integrates
mental,social,occupational,emotional,spirit
ual and physical dimensions of ones life
and reflect how one feels about life as well
as one ability to function effectively.

Dimensions of wellness:
According the system theory of wellness

the multiple dimension of wellness is

essential of sub elements of larger system,
these are
Physical wellness
Spiritual wellness
Social wellness
Psychological wellness
Emotional wellness and
Intellectual wellness.

PHYSICAL WELLNESS: good physical

fitness and confidence in ones personal

ability to take care of health problems.
EMOTIONAL WELLNESS: the ability to
understand your own feelings, accept your
limitations,and achieve emotional abilitiy.
INTELLECTUAL WELLNESS: is the
perception of being internally energized by
an optimal amount of intellectually
stimulating activity.

Cont..
SOCIAL WELLNESS: the ability to relate

well to others, both within and outside the

family unit.
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLNESS: It is a

general perception that one will experience

positive outcomes to the events and
circumstances in life.This perception
suggests a positive atitude or outlook about
life.

Cont..
OCCUPATIONAL WELLNESS: the ability to

perform ones job skillfully and effectively

under conditions that provide personal and
team satisfaction and
SPIRITUAL: the sense that life is
meaningful, that life has purpose, and that
some power brings all humanity together,
the ethnic, values, and morals that guide us
and give meaning and direction to life

Models of wellness:
The model I "High Level Wellness: An
Alternative to Doctors, Drugs and Disease
(1977, ARDELL ),
listed five wellness dimensions in a circle.
Self-responsibility was located in the center
of that circle, bordered by circles for
dimensions representing the wellness
dimensions of nutritional awareness, stress
management, physical fitness and
environmental sensitivity.

Cont..
In 1982, decided on a more inclusive

classification, It depicted self-responsibility

(still in the center), nutritional awareness
and physical fitness, meaning and purpose,
relationship dynamics and emotional
intelligence.

Domains of ardell:
Ardell further developed the domains of

wellness to include the,

Physical Domain.
Mental Domain.
Meaning and purpose Domain.

Quality of life:
Quality of life is defining in various ways

ranging from the ability to lead a normal

life to the fullfillment of personal goals and
self actualization.
Limitations in physical activity because of
health problem.
Limitations in social activities because of
physical and emotional problems.

Cont..
Limitations in usual role problems because

of physical health problems.

Bodily pain.
General mental health( psychological
distress and well being).
Limitation in usual role activities because of
emotionalproblems.
Vitality(energy and fatigue).
General health perceptions.

Holistic health:
is a form of healing that considers the

whole person -- body, mind, spirit, and

emotions -- in the quest for optimal health
and wellness. According to the holistic
medicine philosophy, one can achieve
optimal health -- the primary goal of holistic
medicine practice -- by gaining proper
balance in life.

Principles Of Holistic Medical

Practise:
Holistic physicians embrace a variety of

safe, effective options in the diagnosis and

treatment, including:
education for lifestyle changes and self-care
complementary alternatives; and
conventional drugs and surgery
Searching for the underlying causes of
disease is preferable to treating symptoms
alone.

Cont..
Holistic physicians expend as much effort in

establishing what kind of patient has a

disease as they do in establishing what kind
of disease a patient has.
Prevention is preferable to treatment and is
usually more cost-effective. The most costeffective approach evokes the patient's own
innate healing capabilities.
Illness is viewed as a manifestation of a
dysfunction of the whole person, not as an
isolated event.

Cont..
A major determinant of healing outcomes is the

quality of the relationship established between

physician and patient, in which patient autonomy is
encouraged.

The ideal physician-patient relationship considers

the needs, desires, awareness and insight of the

patient as well as those of the physician. Physicians
significantly influence patients by their example.
Illness, pain, and the dying process can be learning
opportunities for patients and physicians.

Cont..
Holistic physicians encourage patients to evoke the

healing power of love, hope, humor and enthusiasm,

and to release the toxic consequences of hostility,
shame, greed, depression, and prolonged fear, anger,
and grief.
Unconditional love is life's most powerful medicine.
Physicians strive to adopt an attitude of unconditional
love for patients, themselves, and other practitioners.
Optimal health is much more than the absence of
sickness. It is the conscious pursuit of the highest
qualities of the physical, environmental, mental,
emotional, spiritual, and social aspects of the human
experience.

Benefits of Holistic Health:

Holistic Health supports reaching higher

levels of wellness as well as preventing

illness. People enjoy the vitality and wellbeing that results from their positive
lifestyle changes, and are motivated to
continue this process throughout their lives.

Prevention Practice:
Prevention practice encompasses health

care design to promote health,fitness and

wellness through education and appropiate
guidance to prevent or delay the
progression of pathology.
According to GPTP there are three types of
preventive practise,

Cont..
Primary Prevention.
Secondary Prevention.
Tertiary Prevention.

The Physical Therapists

Role In Health and
Wellness