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Factors Influencing Health in Nursing

This document discusses the theoretical foundations of nursing and factors affecting health. It identifies five main factors: political, cultural, heredity and biological, environmental, and socio-economic. The political factor involves leadership, safety, oppression, political will, and empowerment. The cultural factor relates to practices, behaviors, and beliefs shared by a group. The heredity and biological factor includes genetic makeup, sex, age, and developmental level. The environmental factor is the sum of all conditions and elements that influence development, such as location, pollution, radiation, and pesticides. The socio-economic factor refers to production, distribution, consumption, standard of living, hygiene, occupation, social support networks, and social interaction.

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Factors Influencing Health in Nursing

This document discusses the theoretical foundations of nursing and factors affecting health. It identifies five main factors: political, cultural, heredity and biological, environmental, and socio-economic. The political factor involves leadership, safety, oppression, political will, and empowerment. The cultural factor relates to practices, behaviors, and beliefs shared by a group. The heredity and biological factor includes genetic makeup, sex, age, and developmental level. The environmental factor is the sum of all conditions and elements that influence development, such as location, pollution, radiation, and pesticides. The socio-economic factor refers to production, distribution, consumption, standard of living, hygiene, occupation, social support networks, and social interaction.

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THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS

1st Year, 1st Semester


IN NURSING FINALS

HEALTH AS A MULTIFACTORIAL PHENOMENON

FACTORS AFFECTING HEALTH


A.Political
- involves one’s leadership, how one rules, manages and involves other people in decision-making
1. Safety
- The condition of being free from harm, injury, or loss
§ Protection from exploitative working conditions
§ Expanding access to social security
2. Oppression
- Unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power
3. Political will
- Determination to pursue something which is in the best interest of the majority
4. Empowerment
- Creating the circumstances where people can use their faculties and abilities at the maximum level in the
pursuit of common goals

B. Cultural
- Relating to the representation of nonphysical traits, such as values, beliefs, attitudes, and customs shared by
a group of people and passed from one generation to the next
- Development or improvement of the mind, morals
- Ways of living built up by a group and transmitted to succeeding generation
1. Practices/behaviors (health)
- A customary action usually done to maintain or promote health
(example: use of “anting-anting” or lucky charms)
- Actions people undertake to understand their health state, maintain an optimal state of health, prevent
illness and injury, and reach their maximum physical and mental potential
-Health behaviors intended to prevent illness or to provide for early detection of disease
-Behaviors: eating wisely, exercising, attention to signs of illness, following treatment advice, avoiding
health hazards (i.e. Smoking), and taking time to rest
2. Beliefs
- A state of habit of mind wherein a group of people place a trust into something or a person
- Concepts about health that an individual believes true and influenced by culture

C. Heredity and biological factors


- The genetic transmission of traits from parents to offspring; genetically determined
- Genetic makeup influences biologic characteristics, innate temperament,
activity level, and intellectual potential.
- Related to susceptibility to specific disease, (i.e. Diabetes and breast cancer)

–– Biological
Genetic make up, sex (ex: stomach ulcers and abdominal hernia, respiratory illnesses, rheumatoid arthritis –
common in males; osteoporosis – common among females), age (ex: in children - whooping cough and measles;
arteriosclerotic heart disease – common among middle aged males) and developmental level significantly influence
a person’s health

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THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
1st Year, 1st Semester
IN NURSING FINALS

v Developmental level has a major impact on health status. Examples:


§ Infants lack physiologic and psychologic maturity so their defenses against diseases are lesser during the
1st year of life.
§ Declining physical and perceptual abilities limit the ability of elders to respond to environmental hazards
and stressors.

D. Environment
- The sum total of all the conditions and elements that make up the surroundings and influence the development
of an individual
§ Geographical location determines climate and climate affects health (ex: malaria is more common in tropical
areas than in temperate climates)
§ Pollution (water, air, land)
§ Asbestos – carcinogenic (can cause cancer)
§ Cigarette smoke
§ Radiation
§ Pesticides and chemicals used to control weeds and plant diseases

E. Socio-economic
- Refers to production activities , distribution, and consumption of goods of an individual
§ The standard of living (reflecting occupation, income, and education) is related to health, morbidity, and
mortality.
§ Hygiene, food habits, and the propensity to seek health care advice and follow health regimen vary among
high income and low income groups.
§ Overcrowding and inadequate sanitation services
§ Occupation roles also predispose people to certain illnesses.
§ Social support networks/family, friends, or a confidant, and job satisfaction help people avoid illness.
§ Emotional health depends on social environment that is free from excessive tensions and does not isolate
the person from others.
§ A climate of open communication, sharing, and love fosters
The fulfillment of a person’s optimum potential.
§ Social interaction and culture influence how a person perceives, experiences, and copes with health and
illness

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