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Health and Wellness 6 Dimensions of Health and Wellness

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Health and Wellness 6 Dimensions of Health and Wellness

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    1. Health and Wellness 6 Dimensions of Health and Wellness Chapter 1

    2. Small-group Activity In small groups share your personal identification of health prior to reading Chapter 1. Had you ever given thought to health as being anything more than physical or emotional, etc.? Are the six dimensions of health balanced in your life?

    3. Defining Health and Wellness Health: a dynamic, ever-changing process of achieving individual potential in each of the following dimensions: Physical Mental Emotional Social Spiritual Environmental Wellness: the achievement of the highest level of health in each dimension.

    4. Health Health includes: Absence of illness Physical Fitness Mental and social well-being

    5. Health: Yesterday and Today 1800’s Health = absence of illness Common illnesses were bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, and tuberculosis Poor health was associated with poor hygiene Late 1800’s/Early 1900’s Suspicion of environmental factors as a cause of sickness Average life expectancy in 1900 was 47

    6. Health: Yesterday and Today World Health Organization-1947 “Health is the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity.” This was the first time health meant more than an absence of illness

    7. Health Today Mortality rate = the rate of death in a population People are living longer Morbidity rate = the rate of illness in a population Fewer people with infectious disease

    8. The 6 dimensions of Health Physical Includes body functioning, physical fitness, Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Mental Ability to think clearly, reason objectively Emotional Self-efficacy and self-esteem

    9. The 6 dimensions of Health Social Ability to have satisfying relationships Spiritual Feeling as if part of a greater spectrum of existence Environmental Appreciation of the external environment and one’s role in caring for it

    10. Health Characteristics Realistic sense of self, accepts personal limitations Ability to laugh, cry, feel Maintains and supports friendships A balance in all areas of life Respect for self and others Can you think of others?

    11. Healthy People 2010 A plan initiated by the U.S. Surgeon General Includes 28 focus areas representing public health priorities Examples include tobacco use, nutrition, and access to care 2 broad goals: Eliminate health disparities Increase life span and quality of life

    12. Class Discussion What are the benefits of living longer? What hazards? population food health costs jobs What’s more important to you: long life or high quality of life? What do you think of Healthy People 2010? Is it the government’s responsibility to initiate this type of plan? If not, whose responsibility is it? Can you think of some positive or negative health behaviors? Are most or all of the behaviors you think of generally referring to physical health?

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