Intro to Health and Wellness Flashcards
What does it mean to be healthy
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and
social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity”
Deficit-based approach:
“What is wrong with you?”
Disease, dysfunction, depression, etc
Downstream
Focus on alleviation of symptoms
Neglect root causes of problem
Strengths-based approach
“What is right with you?”
Identify and utilize strengths, minimize liabilities
Upstream
Focus on root problem that causes symptoms
Examples?
Encouraging physical activity you like
Limiting junk food by teaching cooking skills
MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODEL OF WELLNESS
Individual wellness is holistic
Multiple dimensions make up our overall health and
wellness
“Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and
social wellbeing…”
MULTIDIMENSIONAL MODEL OF WELLNESS
Dimensions
Dimensions interact with and influence one another
Your financial wellness impacts:
How physical fit/healthy you are
Your social opportunities
Your emotional wellness
SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL MODEL
The various dimensions of our health are influenced by
personal and environmental factors
Ecosystem analogy:
: The health of everything in the
ecosystem is linked together
Microsystem
Your immediate surroundings
Ex. Family, friends, school, etc.
Exosystem
Larger social systems beyond immediate surroundings
Ex. Healthcare, education system, parental workplace
Macrosystem
The larger values, customs, norms of society
Ex. Structural issues limit resources available to mothers
What is the role of leisure in all this?
Leisure can:
Be a part of an overall upstream/strength-based
approach
Influence multiple dimensions of our overall health
Act as a part of the microsystem, exosystem, and
macrosystem
