Health and Wholeness

Question 1

Briefly describe the difference between health and wellness*

Answer 1

Health is considered an objective measure, whereas wellness is a person’s subjective experience of being healthy

Question 2

Briefly describe the difference between disease and illness*

Answer 2

Disease is the physiological deviation from normal and is considered objective & measurable, whereas illness is a person’s subjective experience of living with disease

Question 3

Define health*

Answer 3

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

Question 4

Describe emotional, occupational, and intellectual wellness*

Answer 4

Emotional - understanding feelings, managing and/or controlling those feelings, appropriately expressing feelings

Occupational - value placed on work, paid vs. volunteer, satisfaction

Intellectual - attainment of knowledge, realization of creative potential, seek stimulating activities to ensure growth of self

Question 5

Describe physical, sexual, and spiritual wellness*

Answer 5

Physical - efforts at sustaining states of health, lifestyle choices, diet/exercise, self-care

Sexual - sexuality, sexual function, intimacy and respectful relationships, safety, cultural context

Spiritual - holistic view of the individual, sense of meaning for life, relationships with self/others/nature/higher beings

Question 6

Describe environmental and social wellness*

Answer 6

Environmental - use of and need for natural resources, clean air/water/land, food security, population, urbanization, industrialization, impacts of climate change

Social - relationships with others, friends, family, roles and boundaries, communities