Clients continually seek meaning and purpose. Through participation in life s experiences, clients grow, assume responsibility and develop toward levels of maturity. Clients are an integration of biological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual spheres. The environment influences health potential . A health promoting environment facilitates movement toward high level wellness.
Society is the human subsystem of environment.
Society is an open system and culture is the vehicle by which the system is perpetuated, regulated, and differentiated. Communities serve as subsystems of society in which interaction occurs and the delivery of health care takes place. The non-human elements of environment are the physical, chemical, and biological systems with which clients interact. Environmental stimuli challenge development and maturation of clients. Health can vary on a continuum from optimum health to ill health, including death.