Health and Wellbeing

Question 1

Health

Answer 1

A state of complete physical, mental and social well being; it is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Question 2

Health &
Wellbeing

Answer 2

The state of a person’s physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence,
characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and
engaged.

Question 3

Physical H&W

Answer 3

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

Question 4

Mental H&W

Answer 4

Mental health is the current state of well-being relating to the mind or brain and it relates
to the ability to think and process information.

Question 5

Social H&W

Answer 5

Social health relates to the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with
others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations.

Question 6

Spiritual H&W

Answer 6

Spiritual health is not material in nature, but relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics
that arise in the minds and conscience of human beings.

Question 7

Emotional
H&W

Answer 7

Emotional health relates to the ability to express feelings in a positive way.

Question 8

Aborigional H&W

Answer 8

not just the physical well-being of an individual but refers to the social, emotional and cultural well-being of the whole Community in which each individual is able to achieve their full potential as a human being thereby bringing about the total well-being of their Community.