Midterm Review Flashcards
What is Health
Health is a state of complete social, mental, and physical weel-being and not just the absence of disease.
What is Wellness
Wellness are the action that lead us to health
What is Albertas strategic approach to wellness?
The approach is that looking at health as a state that we all want to achieve and to do this we need to practice wellness (7 Types)
What are the 7 types of wellness?
Social, physical, emotional, occupational, intellectual, environmental, and spiritual.
What is social wellness?
Positive relationships with family, friends, and community members
What is an example of practicing social wellness?
Making time for social gatherings
What is physical wellness?
Taking care of your body and making informed choices/decisions
What is emotional wellness?
Positive feelings about yourself, sharing your feelings with others, and being optimistic
What is an example of practicing occupational wellness?
Organizing your daily time
What is an example of practicing intellectual wellness?
Trying out a new hobby
What is an example of practicing environmental wellness?
Going outdoors for sport
What is an example of practicing spiritual wellness?
Self-Refection
What is an example of practicing
physical wellness?
Physical activity
What is an example of practicing emotional wellness?
Attending counseling
What is occupational wellness?
Satisfaction with job, working in a healthy environment, ability to balance work and family life.
What is intellectual wellness?
Engaging in stimulating activities, expanding knowledge and abilities
What is environmental wellness?
Living in and supporting a safe and clean environment
What is spiritual wellness?
living a meaningful and purposeful life
What is physical health?
Things that we can objectively measure that have to do with ones body
What is mental health?
We cannot objectively measure mental health. Varies from person to person. Overlaps a lot with social health.
What is social health?
We cannot objectively measure social health. Varies from person to person. Overlaps a lot with mental health.
Does your blood pressure have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Physical
Does your weight an example have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Physical
Does your glucose tolerance have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Physical
Does your temperature have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Physical
Does your organ function have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Physical
Do your fitness markers have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Physical
Do your relationships in life have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Social
Does your quality of relationship have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Social
Does your availability of support have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Social
Does your trust have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Social
Do your values, beliefs and systems that matter to you have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Social
Do your resources have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Social
Does your sense of belonging have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Social
Does your mood have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Mental
Does your ability to manage stress have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Mental
Do your stress levels have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Mental
Does anxiety and depression have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Mental
Do your disorders have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Mental
Does your ability to overcome situations have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Mental
Does your sense of self have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Mental
Do eating disorders have to do with your physical, social, or mental health?
Mental (but arguably physical)
What is the General Adaption Syndrome?
It is the three steps that your body goes through when dealing with stress. Alarm, Resistance, and then exhaustion.
What is the Alarm stage of stress?
The immediate, temporary state your body goes into triggering “fight or flight”, puts all your bodies energy into dealing with the shock of a stressor
What is the Resistance stage of stress?
When your body tries to adapt to “new” homeostasis IF your stress persists.
What is the Exhaustion stage of stress?
When your body can no longer do its normal functions due to the stress. Where we start to see serious physical complications.
What does it mean to reach your allostatic load?
Point of complete exhaustion
What is your allostatic load level?
Manageable stress level, can be changed overtime with things with can control as well as things out of our control
Factors out of our control that affect our manageable stress level?
Genetics, environments, resources, past experiences
What do we mean when we say “stress bucket?”
The stress bucket is an analogy for explaining what the allostatic load is and how stress works in our bodies
What are wellness practices?
Actions that help us manage stress.
What is your immediate response to stress?
Adrenaline, Alarm, Fight or Flight
What is cognitive behavioral therapy? (CBT)
Common therapy used for stress management. Reconstructing our thinking, associated with reduced cardiovascular disease
What is Mindfulness?
A common therapy used for stress. Means to be more aware of your situations and surroundings and trying to slow down whlist focusing on “letting go”
What is locus of control or self-efficiency?
Your control over a situation and how confident or competent you are to control something
What are some examples of how to practice your locus of control or self-efficiency?
Sit and meditate, go for a walk, go to the gym (and forget things that are stressful in life)
_____ percent of what happens in our life is what happened to us, and _____ percent is how we respond to it. (Dr. Mike Evans)
10 percent happens, 90 percent is response
In the stress bucket analogy, what is the bucket?
Just how we are made up when it comes to stress (genetics)