Health and fitness Flashcards
Seven dimensions of health and wellness
social, mental, occupational, emotional, environmental, spiritual
What is health
Not merely an absence of disease, high level in each dimension of wellness
Optimal conditions for a successful behaviour change
Optimal conditions for successful behaviour change Educational supports Organizational supports Environmental supports Financial supports
Primary Prevention
stopping health problems before they start
Secondary Prevention
Early intervention; reduce symptoms, halt progression
Tertiary Prevention
Treatment, rehabilitation: limit effects of disease
Preperation for behaviour change
Behaviour change: time-consuming and difficult
Gradual change may enhance success
Different approaches effective for different people
Stages of change, Transtheoretical model:
Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance Termination relapse
Behaviour change techniques
shaping keep steps small and achievable be flexible refuse to skip steps Visualizing Modeling
Ellen G white 8 natural remedies: NEWSTART
Nutrition Exercise Water Sunshine Temperance Air Rest Trust in GOD
Psychosocial Health components
Intellectual Emotional Social Spiritual
Intellectual health
Perceive things realistically
Use reasoning in problem-solving
Interpret what is happening accurately
Evaluate situations and react appropriately
Social health
Interact with others individually or in groups
use and provide social support
Adapt to a variety of social situation
Spiritual health
Source of strength and hope
Source of a sense of purpose
External factors
Influences of the family
Internal influences
self-efficacy: belief in the ability to perform a task and self-esteem: Sense of respect, Worth
Internal influences - Personality
Extroversion Agreeableness Openness to experience Emotional stability Conscientiousness
common psychosocial problems
Depression
Seasonal Affective disorder (SAD)
Anxiety disorders
Schizophrenia
Treating Depression
lifestyle modification
Attending a support group
antidepressants
Define Stress
Mental and physical responses to demands. stress is neither positive nor negative, responses are positive or negative.
Define Stressors
A condition that forces us to adjust.
Adjustment is the attempt to cope with a situation
stress happens during the adjustment
Stress reaction
how you mentally and physically react to stress
Explain general adaptation syndrome
three stages, Alarm reaction, resistance, exhaustion
once you reach exaustion stage, you may experience tiredness, depression, anxietym feeling unable to cope
Discuss psychosocial source of stress
Caused by social situations
Discuss environmental source of stress
caused by environmental situations
Discuss self-imposed source of stress
caused by our own decisions
current food safety concerns
Food-borne ilness, 10,000 reported cases a year in canada
Difference between overweight and obesity
Overweight: weight greater than expected
Obesity: excessive accumulation of body fat
important factors in maintaining healthy relationships
Approval, Intimacy, social integration, nurturing others and being nurtured, the reassurance of self-worth
describe warning signs in a failing relationship
Change in communication. Time apart in the company of others. students afar.
Sexual dysfunctions and treatments
Sexual desire disorders, sexual arousal disorders.
orgasm disorders. Sexual pain disorders
