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Advice for Unit 7, P2 Part 2 and 3. Describe what is meant by a positive concept of health Describe what is meant by a negative concept of health Describe what is meant by a holistic concept of health
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Advice for Unit 7, P2 Part 2 and 3 • Describe what is meant by a positive concept of healthDescribe what is meant by a negative concept of healthDescribe what is meant by a holistic concept of health • Health is defined in the World Health Organization's Constitution as:“A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” (http://www.who.int/about/en/)Do you think this is a positive, negative or holistic concept of health? Explain
Positive Concept of Health • Describe what it is (eg about well being – see PointPoint presentation) • Question: Does feeling good and having a sense of well being necessarily mean you’re healthy? • Can you think of examples where you might feel very good, but actually you might have a disease that you don’t know about. Give examples. Is that person healthy?
Negative Concept of Health • Describe what it is (see PowerPoint presentation). • Question: Can you think of examples where you might not have a disease, but you’re not actually healthy? • Think about diabetes – someone might take insulin every day and control their diabetes with a healthy diet. The negative concept of health says they are unhealthy because they have a disease. What do you think? Are they unhealthy? Explain • Think about HIV. Someone has ALL the right medication and lives a long life and rarely gets ill. Are they unhealthy? What would the negative concept of health say? • Think about people who might have a very unhealthy diets and engage in negative health behaviours such as binge drinking. They don’t have a specific disease, but would you say they are healthy?
Holistic Concept of health • Explain what is meant by a holistic concept of health. • Identify the advantages and disadvantages of treating someone in a holistic way eg: • Think about the time and money implications • Think about underlying causes. • Give examples
Your definition of health • Write your definition of health, and then analyse whether you think it’s positive or negative and say why. • Then say whether it’s holistic (completely holistic or only in part). • If you have (for example) 3 of the concepts in, but are missing spiritual and environmental, then explain that it’s largely holistic as it covers some concepts, but that it misses out other concepts.
Part 3 • Write the WHO’s definition of health. • Say whether it is a positive or negative concept of health and why. • Say whether it is holistic and why.