Chapter 1 Flashcards
Mastery
The overall condition of a person’s body. Historically, the lack of disease.
Health
The overall condition of optimal health and vitality.
Wellness
What does the WHO consider the 3 components of health to be?
Physical, mental and social wellness
Aspects beyond a person’s control that influence that are non-biological.
Social determinate of health
What determines a person’s wellness?
decisions made about lifestyle
What are the social determinants of health (SDH)?
income, education, job security, working conditions, employment, early childhood development, food security, housing, social exclusion, social network, health services, indigenous status, gender, race, and disability
What SDH shapes overall living conditions, psychological functioning, and available health-related behaviours?
Income
People with more of this SDH tend to generally more healthier.
Education
These two SDC causes increased stress, body pains, and risk of injury.
Unemployment and working conditions
Strong, immediate, and long-lasting experiences that have impacts on health
early childhood development
Access to high quality and an abundant quantity of nutrition.
food security
Increased risked of unclean water, overcrowding and unsafe shelter.
Homelessness
Individuals or groups who are denied opportunities to engage with society
social exclusion
Social support during various life stages
social safety net
Access to high quality medicine, doctors and medical procedures.
health services
This status is negatively affected due to colonization
indigenous status
Discrimination and stigma associated with certain ___ and ___ that leads to a lack of seriousness of problems
gender and race
when certain physical and mental functions are impaired
disability
Conditions that increase a person’s chances of disease or injury
risk factors
Your body’s overall condition including fitness level, mobility, injury, and illnesses.
Physical wellness
Positive intellectual, physical, spiritual, cultural and interpersonal health that reflects thoughts and feelings.
emotional wellness
Challenging your mind
intellectual wellness