UNIT 3 AOS1 Flashcards
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WHO’s definition of health
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease.
Health and Wellbeing
The state of a person’s social, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual state is characterised by an equilibrium where an individual feels happy and engaged.
Wellbeing takes into account…
The health outcomes and factors such as a person’s life happiness and satisfaction.
Dimensions of Health and Wellbeing.
- Physical
- Social
- Emotional
- Spiritual
- Mental
Physical health and wellbeing:
The functioning of the body and its systems includes the physical capacity to perform daily tasks.
- Healthy body weight.
- Strong immune system.
- Adequate energy levels.
Social health and wellbeing:
Form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others, and the ability to manage or adapt to social situations.
- Supportive network of friends.
- Effective communication.
- Supportive family.
Emotional health and wellbeing:
Ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage and express emotions as well as the ability to display resilience.
Ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage and express emotions.
- High levels of resilience.
- Effectively respond to emotion.
- Recognise emotions.
Mental health and wellbeing:
State of a person’s mind and relates to the ability to think and process information, form opinions and make decisions.
- Positive self-esteem.
- Positive thought patterns.
- Logic and reasoning.
Spiritual health and wellbeing:
Ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that rise in the minds and conscience of human beings.
- Positive sense of meaning and purpose.
- Sense of belonging.
- Peace and harmony.
Subjective
Personal beliefs and opinions.
Dynamic
constantly changing in response to environments and experiences.
Illness
Is the state of feeling unwell, although the term is used synonymously with disease. Subjective - individually responds to illness.
Disease
A physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunction or tissue damage. It can be physical or mental, mild to severe and involve various levels of discomfort or pain.
How is illness different to disease
Illness relates to the way a person feels as the result of a disease.
Optimal health and wellbeing
The best possible state of an individuals’ health and wellbeing for their age.
Interrelationship
They all relate and connect to one-another. Each dimension influences the other.
Importance of health and wellbeing as a resource:
WHO: H+W is a resource for everyday life , not the objective of living.
Importance of H+W as a resource INDIVIDUALLY.
- Increases life expectancy.
- Increases self-esteem and positive self-image.
- Reduces pain and suffering.
- Work productively to maximise income and reduce medical costs.
- Engagement with wider community.
- Sense of fulfilment and success in life.
- Reduces pain of chronic diseases.
Importance of H+W as a resource NATIONALLY.
- Increased productivity.
- Increases national income.
- Reduced burden on healthcare system.
- Reduced stress and anxiety in the community.
- Increased social participation including effective government, healthcare and education system.
- Reduces costs; indirect and direct.
Importance of H+W as a resource GLOBALLY.
- Decrease in health threats crossing boarders.
- Decrease in non-communicable disease impacting older people.
- Reduction in malnutrition or preventable diseases in low income country.
- Global economic (trade) activity and productivity increases.
- An increase in social and economic development of more low income countries.
The prerequisites for health determined by WHO:
- Peace.
- Shelter.
- Education.
- Food.
- Income.
- Stable ecosystem.
- Sustainable ecosystem.
- Social justice.
- Equity.
Peace
- The absence of conflict.
- When peace is experienced there is a decrease in risk of premature death, injury and disability.
- Promotes life-expectancy.
Shelter
- Provides structural protection from the outside environment.
- A basic human right.
- Provides positive benefits to health status and wellbeing.
- Includes protection from the elements, privacy, safety and security.
- Reducing disease and stress.
Education
- Empowers individuals and increases access to resources.
- Health literacy increases life expectancy (help make decisions about their health).
- Increases healthy behaviours, adds meaning and purpose to life.
