family centered health promotion

family centered health promotion

Discuss how the concept of “health” has changed overtime. Discuss how the concept has evolved to include wellness, illness, and overall well-being. How has health promotion changed over time? Why is it important that nurses implement health promotion interventions based on evidence-based practice?

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FAMILY CENTERED HEALTH PROMOTION

Explaining the concept of health and how it has evolved requires one to first understand health itself. For almost 70 years now, health has been defined as a state of total mental, physical and social comfort of a person, but not entirely the absence of disease. This definition was proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) after World War II. During those days, the concept of health only involved the physical characteristics of a disease, (Van De Belt, Engelen, Berben, & Schoonhoven, 2010).  

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