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Faculty of Nursing Health Promotion
Domains fundamental to nursing practice in health promotion
There are many factors that influence individuals in health promotion.
Domains: Areas of concern affecting optimal health include:
1. Biological Domain:
Physiological and genetic composition which influence susseptiblity to disease .No disease is
only ethnicity-specific; however many health problems are identify among specific ethnic
groups for example ,stomach cancer is more prevelent among the Japanese population, life-style
education may promote health among all popul.
2. Psychological Domain:
The psychological or mental health of an individual plays a significant role in promoting
wellness and preventing disease, feelire rengs of depression can make the differences between
whether a person gets up and goes to school or work or stays in bed and calls in sick, Nurses are
in a unique position to facilitate the process of adapting and coping in their interactions with
client.
3- Sociological Domain:
The way a person relates to others in the family, community or society influences individual
responsiveness to health promotion activities, social mores effect the health practice of an
individual within commuinty.
This domain consist of:
- Trusting in health care professional.
- Valuing one s health.
- Accessibility to health care.
- Economic factors
4- Environmental Domain:
Primary environmental hazards are found in the home, workplace and community, safety is a
chief concern in all these areas but especially in the home,
Hazards of environmental domain:
Home hazards
- Accidental drowning, fall, burn, poison proof, garbage, radon, lead, carbon monoxide and
tobacco.
- Home is often the most dangerous place encountered.
5- Political Domain:
Government policies influence and fund health care programs that affects community health
goals, limited funding is a major concern to the public as well as to health care professionals,
disease prevention is the primary and focus of the health care system today.(Healthy people
2010)
6-Spiritual Domain:
Individual beliefs and value systems are inherent within everyone and may affect decisions
regarding health and life. Spiritual values and believe may be barriers to health among certain
population groups, spiritual health may be identified as a balance between self and others.
7- Intellectual Domain:
A person s intellect may determine his or her understanding of illness, life-style changes, and
hospitalization. This domain influeced by envirnmental, psychological and biological domain.
8- Sexual Domain:
The sexual domain is private to the individual and is a subject that may or may not be openly
discussed.

9- Technological Domain:
This domain effect all other domains:
-Biologic by influencing outcomes that are brought about life threatening situations.
-psychological by technological diagnosed.
-Sociological and intellectual by using technology in communication like e mail and internet.
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Faculty of Nursing Health Promotion

The concept of culture & lifestyle

lifestyle
A way of life or living of a person or group: or a set of attitudes, habits, or possessions
associated with a particular person or group.

Facets that Make Up a Lifestyle

Everyone has their own distinct lifestyle that covers their typical actions and surroundings on a
daily basis. Some of the things that go into making one's lifestyle distinct include:

Habits – Everything a person does on a habitual or regular basis helps make up their unique
lifestyle. From diet and the pursuit of a good lifestyle family fitness to bad habits like smoking,
they're all part of the picture.
Career – The career or employment opportunities a person pursues also help define lifestyle.
Financial means – While this isn't necessarily the most important facet of a lifestyle, it does
help define the manner in which an individual might live.
Emotional well being – Lifestyle is also a state of mind. When personal peace and satisfaction
are a part of everyday living, wealth won't necessarily matter in the creation of a healthy, happy
lifestyle.
Making Healthy Lifestyle Choices
Leading a positive, productive and healthy lifestyle takes a conscious effort. For many, this
means enacting change, as well. To enjoy a better lifestyle or at least one that's more personally
satisfying, people can take a number of positive actions. They include:

Identifying problem areas such as a lack of income, a lack of personal health or the presences of
negative and unhealthy habits.
Resolving to set goals that would improve personal lifestyle. This might involve setting a
financial destination and working towards it or choosing to adopt healthy living tips like
working exercise into one's routine.
Actually working toward stated goals in earnest.
The definition of lifestyle covers just about everything a person is and does on a regular basis.
From personal wealth to bad habits, they all go into the big picture. When changing lifestyle is
the desire, taking a systematic approach can make a positive difference.

Culture
Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by
everything from language, religion, cuisine, social habits,

traditional
- consisting of or derived from tradition; "traditional history"; "traditional morality. a way of
thinking, behaving, or doing something that has been used by the people in a particular group,
family, society, etc., for a long time or an inherited, established, or customary pattern of
thought, action, or behavior (as a religious practice or a social custom)