Rehabilitation Sciences 4212A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Urinary Tract Infection, Ottawa Charter For Health Promotion, Pressure Ulcer
26 Dec 2018
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Rehabilitation means a goal-oriented and time-limited process aimed at enabling an impaired person to reach an optimum mental, physical and/or social functional level, thus providing her or him with the tools to change her or his own life. It can involve measures intended to compensate for a loss of function or a functional limitation (for example by technical aids) and other measures intended to facilitate social adjustment or readjustment. " un definition. Allow the individual to manage their own life. People with diabetes monitoring their blood sugar to monitor their diet or know when to take medication. Idea of monitoring something and taking appropriate action themselves. Who - the ottawa charter for health promotion. First international conference on health promotion, ottawa, 21 november 1986. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. Health promotion is supposed to be proactive. Person sustains injury then go to clinic to have problem solved.
