Chap 2

Question 1

Define Health and wellbeing

Answer 1

Relates to the state of a person’s physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence.

It is characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged.

Question 2

Define illness

Answer 2

Refers to a subjective concept related to personal experience of disease or injury.

Question 3

Define dynamic

Answer 3

-Refers to the fact that health and wellbeing is constantly changing.

-Refers to the fact that illness is constantly changing.

Question 4

Define subjective

Answer 4

-Refers to how health and wellbeing is experienced differently depending on the person’s own beliefs, feelings, past experiences and/or opinions.

-Refers to how illness is experienced differently depending on the person’s own beliefs, feelings, past experiences and/or opinions.

Question 5

Define physical dimension of health and wellbeing

Answer 5

Relates to the functioning of the body and its systems.
It includes the physical capacity to perform daily activities and tasks.

Question 6

Define emotional dimension of health and wellbeing

Answer 6

Relates to the ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage and express feelings, in a positive way.
It also includes the ability to display resilience.

Question 7

Define mental dimension of health and wellbeing

Answer 7

Relates to the state of a person’s mind or brain and the ability to think and process information.
It includes thought patterns, self-esteem and levels of stress and anxiety.

Question 8

Define social dimension of health and wellbeing

Answer 8

Relates to a person’s state and quality of the interactions and relationships they have with other people.
It also relates to the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations.
It also includes the level of support provided by family and community.

Question 9

Define spiritual dimension of health and wellbeing

Answer 9

Relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics in the minds and conscience of people.
It includes the concepts of hope, peace, a guiding sense of meaning and purpose in life, a sense of connection or belonging, and reflection on a person’s place in the world.

Question 10

Define optimal health and wellbeing

Answer 10

Refers to the highest level of health and wellbeing a person can realistically achieve at any particular time.
It takes into account genetics and the environments in which people live.