Mitigating Chronic Health Issues
Treatment of patients with chronic diseases requires serious behavioral interventions for one to have effective and sustainable health status among the people. However, it remains one of the main challenges of in the field of medicine because treatment of chronic diseases goes beyond the normal prescription of drugs for one to be cured. One of the interventions which can be applied is the cognitive behavior therapy for patients who are suffering from the diseases. Cognitive behavioral therapy seeks to make the patient responsible for self-management of his or her health (Knickman, & Kovner, (Eds) 2015). This is because the patients who care about themselves are more likely to have minimal health complications. The idea will not into be informing the person why he or she should have a self-management of his lifestyle, but how he or she can achieve it. This will be essential in the changing of people's mindset on the issues which they do day by day are detrimental to the well- being of their health. Ensuring there is social learning for people in the community will see people adopt a positive attitude in combating of chronic diseases
Among the provider related interventions which seem necessary is the establishment of sound and effective communication for the patients who are suffering from chronic diseases and the health care facilities (Knickman, & Kovner, (Eds) 2015). This will be by reaciving patient specific information for a certain period( for example 12 months) and give the recommendations for treatment which can be done at the points of clinical care. The rationale of having efficient communications with the people suffering from chronic diseases os to minimize the time and congestion in health centers, keep updated information on the progress of the patients and create a way in which patients can access information easily whether for emergency purposes or posterity purposes. This will result in the adequate management of chronic diseases through micro- management from the top most level of health care.
One of the barriers which have has given serious challenges in the combating disease and ailments on the matter of never thinking about new models of handling the situations. One aspect which health practitioners should consider is the physical inactivity or the sedentary lifestyles of people. It is common knowledge that humans are a mobile creature and therefore movements are essential for their well-being. Physical inactivity for this matter is when an individual adopts a lifestyle which is devoid of the strenuous or vigorous mobile activities, actions and behaviors (Baybordi, Khamnian, Ziaei, & Dastgiri, 2015). Humans are created to have high levels of energy expenditure. Therefore adopting a sedentary lifestyle would mean the person will be using less energy, and it becomes hazardous over a period.
According to (Alamian, & Paradis, 2012) the determinants of health are the range of social, economic, environmental and personal factors which influence the status of health. On the part of the social factors, it includes the physical conditions of the place and the environment in which one was born, bred, work, lives, and age. The determinant of health can be the social attitudes and norms such as the discrimination, exposure to violence, crimes, and social disorder, and the availability of resources which meet the daily wants of the person. The other social determinant is the personal behavior. For example, if a person quits binge drinking, then chances of suffering from liver or kidney diseases is greatly reduced. Personal or individual health determinants encompass physical activity of the person, diet, drug and substance abuse, and hygiene.
On a larger part, education is determinant to health because it is interlinked with the ability of the person to attain economic resources which determine how a person's determinants of health will be. Education and health are interlinked because it makes one informed bout matters of health and will be likely to take measures to have healthy lifestyles. None the less, it does not necessarily mean the economic might will result to good and healthy lifestyles (Alamian, & Paradis, 2012). Wealth can lead to people adopting lifestyles which are detrimental to their health such as eating junk food, drug and substance abuse and adoption of sedentary lifestyles.
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