Core 1 Focus A Flashcards
What is WHO’s definition of health?
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity
What are the 4 dimensions of health?
Physical
Spiritual
Mental (or emotional)
Social
What is physical health?
Refers to the physical condition of the body.
Good physical health means the efficient functioning of the physical body with the absence of disease and injury.
What is social health?
Ability to interact with other individuals and maintain meaningful relationships.
What is mental health?
The state of a person’s emotional wellbeing and ability to cope, adjust and adapt to everyday problems.
What is spiritual health?
A sense of purpose, meaning or value in life.
What is dynamic health?
Refers to the facts that health is continually changing.
What is relative health?
Comparing your health to:
- Another period in time (eg. How was my health compared to last week?)
- Your potential (eg. Is this the healthiest I can be?)
- Others (eg. Are you healthier than your friends?)
What is the health continuum?
A tool that allows individuals to subjective measure their health status at any point in time. Excellent health is at one end and poor health is at the other.
Why is health both relative and dynamic?
Because it is subjective (relative) and can change regularly (dynamic).
What are 7 factors that can influence someone’s perceptions of health?
Our families and peers’ attitudes and behaviours towards health
Media
Past experiences of personal injury or illness
Environment
Education
Personal beliefs and attitudes
The meaning we attribute to health
What is the definition of a social contruct.
A concept that recognises that people have different views based on their social circumstances and ways of seeing, interpreting, interrelating and interacting
with their environment.
What factors contribute to health as a social construct?
Socioeconomic Status
Level of Education
Employment
Cultural Background
Religious Views
Family and Peers
Gender
Age
Community Values and Expectations
Geographical and Political Environment Individual Experience and Personality
What are protective behaviours?
Health behaviours that are likely to enhance a person’s level of health
What are risk behaviours?
Health behaviours that are likely to have negative impacts on someone’s overall health.
