Chapter 1: Health and Wellness (Taking Charge of Your Health)

Question 1

What is the definition of health?

Answer 1

Overall condition of a persons body/mind and the presence or absence of illness/injury

Question 2

What is the definition of Wellness?

Answer 2

Optimal health and vitality, living life to the fullest

Question 3

List the seven dimensions of wellness. (Do not describe them)

Answer 3

Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, Interpersonal, Occupational, Spiritual, Environmental.

Question 4

What is physical wellness?

Answer 4

The fitness level of an individual and their ability to care for themselves

Question 5

What is emotional wellness?

Answer 5

The ability to understand and deal with your feelings

Question 6

What is intellectual wellness?

Answer 6

The ability to constantly challenge the mind and learn

Question 7

What is interpersonal wellness?

Answer 7

The ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive relationships

Question 8

What is spiritual wellness?

Answer 8

To possess a set of guiding beliefs, principles, or values that give meaning/purpose to your life

Question 9

What is environmental wellness?

Answer 9

To live in an environment that promotes wellness and being

Question 10

What is occupational wellness?

Answer 10

To be safe and comfortable in the workplace and to possess a work/life balance

Question 11

What is infectious disease?

Answer 11

Communicable from one person to another, examples include the flu, HIV, common cold

Question 12

What is chronic disease?

Answer 12

Develops and gets worse over time, examples include cancer, diabetes, heart disease

Question 13

What was the average life expectancy of males and females in the 1900’s?

Answer 13

Male: 58 years
Female: 60 years

Question 14

What was the average life expectancy of males and females in 2007-2009?

Answer 14

Male: 78 years
Female: 83 years

Question 15

Why has life expectancy rose over time?

Answer 15

Increased health policy, access to cleaner water and sanitized food, learned how to control and prevent the spread of disease (vaccinations, treatments)

Question 16

What is morbidity?

Answer 16

Illness/disease

Question 17

What is mortality?

Answer 17

Death

Question 18

List the three major chronic illnesses in Canada.

Answer 18

Cancer, heart disease and stroke

Question 19

What is the best way to stop chronic illness?

Answer 19

Through prevention (stop smoking, start exercising, eat healthier etc.)

Question 20

What is the Pan-Canadian Healthy Living Strategy?

Answer 20

The governments intervention program to address unhealthy lifestyles to help prevent chronic illness.

Question 21

List the four influences on health.

Answer 21

Sex and gender, ethnicity, income and education, disability

Question 22

List the two influences on wellness.

Answer 22

Heredity/family history, environment

Question 23

How to you reach wellness/create a behavior management plan?

Answer 23

1. Examine your current health behaviors
2. Choose a target behavior
3. Learn about your target behavior (risk/benefit)
4. Find help to overcome major habits/barriers

Question 24

How do you build self motivation when trying to reach a goal?

Answer 24

Pros and cons of target behavior/reverting to unhealthy habit
Boost self-efficacy

Question 25

What is efficacy?

Answer 25

The belief in yourself that you can accomplish a task

Question 26

What is the stages of change model/transtheoretical model?

Answer 26

1. Precontemplation: Person believes it is better NOT to change, even is habit threatens them 2. Contemplation: Person knows they have a problem and plan to take action, they just don't know how to 3. Preparation: Person plans to take action soon, may have already started 4. Action: Person is fully engaged in their plan, takes a lot of energy and their are feelings of wanting to revert back 5. Maintenance: Person has maintained healthy life for 6 months - 5 years 6. Termination: Person exits their plan and are now living a healthier life

Question 27

What are three ways that a person can deal with relapse?

Answer 27

Forgive yourself, move on, give yourself credit for how far you've come

Question 28

What six questions did the Good Vs. Bad science list to test if the research is reliable?

Answer 28

Is the sample representative? Is the research applicaible to the real world? Who funded the research? What the report based on experiemntal or observation science? How big is the study? What about other evidence?

Question 29

To be able to change a persons behavior they must... (5 things)

Answer 29

1. Know their behavior causes health problems 2. Understand the risk that behavior brings 3. Know their are ways to change the behavior 4. Must believe that giving up the behavior is more beneficial 5. Need to have support

Question 30

List tips to help stay with your plan.

Answer 30

Tackle one area at a time, do the easiest first, stay informed, create a supportive environment.