Themes in Human Development N 4225 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Across the Life Span

Cross-cutting concepts biophysical biophysical nurturing nurturing – spousehood and parenting cognition and communication cognition and communication social relationships social relationships identity identity work and play work and play

4 broad domains… family family biophysical parameters biophysical parameters psycho-social concepts psycho-social concepts socio-cultural variables socio-cultural variables

Family Family biologic; family of origin biologic; family of origin nurturant nurturant multiple definitions multiple definitions main agent of socialization main agent of socialization factors influencing functionality factors influencing functionality

Biophysical Parameters genetics genetics neurophysiologic neurophysiologic maturational maturational nutrition nutrition exercise exercise rest and sleep rest and sleep play and leisure play and leisure

Psycho-social Concepts Psycho-social Concepts behavioral behavioral cognitive cognitive emotional emotional moral/spiritual moral/spiritual developmental tasks developmental tasks

behavioral behavioral stimulus-response stimulus-response psychoanalytic psychoanalytic –Freud, Erikson interpersonal interpersonal – Sullivan, Jung social learning social learning – Bandura

cognitive cognitive Piaget Piaget – sensorimotor – pre-operational – concrete – formal

moral/spiritual [not necessarily the same thing…] moral/spiritual [not necessarily the same thing…] Kohlberg Kohlberg –Pre-conventional –Conventional –Post-conventional –Universal focus Gilligan Gilligan –Selfish – responsible –Goodness – truth –Moral equity

developmental developmental Maslow Maslow – hierarchial – physiologic – safety – love and belonging – esteem – self-actualization

Socio-cultural Variables Socio-cultural Variables culture…sum total of learned ways of doing culture…sum total of learned ways of doing – learned – subject to change but usually stable – common components across every culture physical welfare, communication, property, human response patterns, family and sexual patterns physical welfare, communication, property, human response patterns, family and sexual patterns manifest culture vs. ideal culture manifest culture vs. ideal culture ethnicity ethnicity

socio-cultural variables relevant to HPDP activities socio-cultural variables relevant to HPDP activities cross-cultural variations in perception of health cross-cultural variations in perception of health – folk practices, spiritual/psychic healing – ‘good health’ of variable value : proactive vs. reactive – ‘normal’ one place may be ‘illness’ another culturally sensitive communication practices culturally sensitive communication practices – non-verbal silence, distance, eye contact, emotional expression, concept of time silence, distance, eye contact, emotional expression, concept of time – verbal formality [names, speed of speech], rapport, subjects formality [names, speed of speech], rapport, subjects

HPDP by APNs is the interface of multi- parametric knowledge of individuals and families with evidence-based approaches to interventions! HPDP by APNs is the interface of multi- parametric knowledge of individuals and families with evidence-based approaches to interventions!