Concepts Of Health And Wellbeing

Question 1

What does health and wellbeing relate to?

Answer 1

Relates to how an individual feels about and experiences their health

Question 2

What does illness relate to?

Answer 2

Relates to how a person feels about and experiences any disease or injury they have

Question 3

What is the difference between disease and illness?

Answer 3

Disease- physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, disfunction or tissue damage, illness- more subjective related to personal experience of a disease

Question 4

The dynamic nature of health and wellbeing

Answer 4

Constantly changing, often gradual and may not be obvious when happening but it can also change quickly

Question 5

The subjective nature of health and wellbeing

Answer 5

Influenced by or based on personal beliefs, feelings or opinions

Question 6

The dynamic nature of illness

Answer 6

It changes constantly as a person experiences disease or injury, may be rapid and produce obvious changes, or occur gradually and difficult to notice

Question 7

The subjective nature of illness

Answer 7

Affect the level of illness experienced from a range of factors like, age, past experience with disease or injury, pain threshold and level of social support they have

Question 8

Physical health and wellbeing

Answer 8

The state and functioning of the body and its systems, includes the physical capacity to perform daily activities/ tasks

Question 9

Social health and wellbeing

Answer 9

The state and quality of the interactions & relationships that an individual has with other people, includes the ability to manage/ adapt to different social situations

Question 10

Emotional health and wellbeing

Answer 10

The positive management and expression of emotional actions and reactions and the ability to display resilience

Question 11

Mental health and wellbeing

Answer 11

The current state of wellbeing that relates to a person’s mind/ brain and the ability to think/ process information, includes thought patterns, self-esteem and levels of stress/ anxiety

Question 12

Spiritual health and wellbeing

Answer 12

Relates to ideas/ beliefs/ values/ ethnics that arise in the minds/ conscience of humans, includes concept of hope/ peace/ guiding sense of meaning or value and reflection on your place in the world

Question 13

Physical optimal health

Answer 13

Health body weight, optimal blood pressure and levels of energy, appropriate levels of fitness and absence of illness, disease or injury

Question 14

Social optimal health

Answer 14

Supportive network of friends, productive relationships with other people, supportive and well-functioning family

Question 15

Emotional optimal health

Answer 15

Effectively express/ manage emotional actions/ reactions