Health management. Levels of intervention for a coexistence model

Conceptualizing health and illness as separate, but coexisting, interacting phenomena provides the basis for delineating levels of intervention and for incorporating intervention strategies for both health and illness. This approach provides a model which directs clinical practice toward an emphasis on both health care and illness care. Nursing providers need to take the lead in recognizing that an equal if not greater emphasis on the health continuum will assist in the delivery of the full range of care necessary to meet both the health and illness care needs of society.