Lecture 11 & 12

Question 1

What are the seven dimensions of wellness?

Answer 1

• Physical
• Intellectual
• Emotional
• Social
• Spiritual
• Occupational
• Environment

Question 2

Physical Wellness

Answer 2

The ability to maintain a healthy quality of life that allows us to go about our daily life

Question 3

Intellectual Wellness

Answer 3

The ability to be openminded to new ideas and experiences
Expanding knowledge; seeking mental stimulation
Improve skills
Learning is a lifelong process

Question 4

Emotional Wellness

Answer 4

The ability to understand ourselves and cope with the challenges of life
Acknowledge and share feelings
Accepting yourself for who you are

Question 5

Social Wellness

Answer 5

Developing and maintaining relationships

Supporting the diversity of our communities: knowledge, acceptance and understanding

Question 6

Spiritual Wellness

Answer 6

Ability to establish peace and harmony in your life
Values, actions, beliefs
Religion
Mind-body connection

Question 7

Occupational Wellness

Answer 7

The ability to get fulfilment from our jobs/careers
Maintaining balance
Setting academic and career goals
Creating professional networks

Question 8

Environment Wellness

Answer 8

Recognise our responsibility to the environment

Make a positive impact on our environment

Question 9

What is Wellbeing?

Answer 9

• living according to your values
• being true to yourself
• reaching your full potential
• developing personally
• positive/negative emotions
• ability to bounce back- resilience
• benefit to physical & mental health

Question 10

Five actions of Wellbeing

Answer 10

• Connecting with other people
• Being physically active
• Taking note or being notice
• Learning new things
• Giving - time, money, support

Question 11

What is Health Behaviour?

Answer 11

A behaviour aimed to enhance or maintain health

Note: Illness behaviour is aimed at seeking remedy for symptoms and illness

Question 12

Why study Health Behaviour?

Answer 12

• many contemporary illness are influenced by an individual’s own behaviour
• health depends to a large extent on the modification of personal habits
• importance for pharmacists to understand why some patients engage in health-promoting or health-compromising behaviour

Question 13

Belief

Answer 13

• influence treatment uptake and adherence
• may differ from the ‘medical view’
• may be based on mistaken beliefs
• may not be disclosed in consultation
• are not set in stone and can be changed through education and negotiation

Question 14

Perceived Severity

Answer 14

An individual’s perception of the impact an illness would have on their life

Question 15

Perceived Susceptibility

Answer 15

How likely am I to contract a particular illness?

Question 16

Costs and Benefits

Answer 16

An individual weighs up whether the benefits they would gain from stopping the behaviour outweigh the barriers linked to stopping the behaviour

Question 17

Cues to action

Answer 17

Refers to other factors that influence whether or not a person is willing to start a health behaviour or stop an unhealthy one

Question 18

Self-efficacy

Answer 18

Refers to am an individual’s belief in their ability to perform a given behaviour

Question 19

Attitudes

Answer 19

the beliefs an individual has that a particular behaviour will produce a particular outcome

Question 20

Social Norms

Answer 20

our perception of how others will view the behaviour & the motivation to comply with what other people want

Question 21

Perceived Behavioural Control

Answer 21

an individual’s perception of their ability to perform the behaviour