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Topic 1 AOS 1 - concepts of H&W Flashcards

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Health and Wellbeing

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

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dynamic

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H & W - always changing

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H & W - Subjective

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viewed in many different ways

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Physical health and wellbeing

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Is a state of physical wellbeing that relates to the functioning of the body and its systems, and in which a person is able to perform their daily tasks without physical restriction.

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Mental health and wellbeing

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The state of a person’s mind or brain and relates to the ability to think and process information.

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Emotional health and wellbeing

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The ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage and express emotions as well as the ability to display resilience.

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Social health and wellbeing

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The ability to form meaningful relationships with others as well as the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations.

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Spiritual health and wellbeing

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Ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the mind and conscience of human beings.

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Characteristics of Physical H & W

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  • Healthy body weight
  • Free from ilness, disease and injury
  • adequate energy levels
  • ability ro complete daily tasks adequately
  • appropriate levels of fitness
  • strong immune system
  • well functioning body, systems and organs
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Characteristics of mental H & W

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  • positive thought patterns
  • use logic to make decisions
  • process information to solve problems
  • positive self-esteem
  • high levels of confidence
  • low levels of stress and anxiety
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Characteristics of spiritual H & W

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  • postive meaning and purpose in life
  • peace and harmony
  • acting according to values and beliefs
  • sense of belonging and connection of the world
  • developed personal values and beliefs
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Characteristics of social H & W

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  • manage and adapt to social situations
  • effective communication with others
  • supportive network of friends
  • productive relationships with others
  • supportive and well-functioning family
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Characteristics of emotional H & W

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  • experience appropriate emotions
  • effectively respond to and manage emotions
  • high levels of resilience
  • recognise and understand the range of emotions
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What is a perspective?

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somebodys point of view or attutude towards health and wellbeing

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What is a priority?

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greater importance is placed on some aspects of health and wellbeing than others

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What are youth perspectives of H & W?

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  • youth people have different perspectives of health and wellbeing and prioritise different aspects of H & W than others
  • become more holistic with age
  • they consider more than the physical component as an influence on their health and wellbeing
  • generally very healthy as they do nt suffer from a wide variety of sickneses that older people will develop
  • associatev h + w with absense of ilness
  • associate h+ w with their everyday life and how they function
  • youth have strong awarness of positive and negative influences on their H + W and relise that being able to maintain an optimal state of wellbeing requires effort and consideration of these influences
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What topics allow for variations on health perspectives and priorities

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  • Socioeconomic status
  • Age
  • Culture
  • Religion
  • Gender
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Socioecomic status health perpectives and priorities

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  1. education
  2. employment
  3. income
  • individuals can have differing access to knowledge, recources and expectation
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Low socioeconomic perspectives and priorities

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perspectives:
- Lower level of health literacy
- Less informed opinions on healthy and unhealthy behaviours
- More likely to smoke cigarettes and become less concerned about health implications

priorities:
- Health is not a major priority, as food, shelter, education and employment is viewed as more important
- Often wait until disease has progressed before seeking treatment

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High socioeconomic groups persectives and priorities

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Perspectives:
- Aware of health implications
- high levels of health literacy

Priorites:
- Seek help and treatment when suffering from an illness
Low smoking levels
- Keeping active
-Well maintained body-weight
- Low blood pressure

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Religion perspectives and priorities

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  • For many people, their religion can have a significantly positive impact on their health and wellbeing, thereby influencing their perspective and the importance they place on these resources for living.
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What is it?
Age priorities and perspectives

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  • An individual’s perspective on health and wellbeing changes as they age
  • There can also be changes in the values people have as they age
  • These changes can cause a variation in priorities relating to health and wellbeing.
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Children perspective and priorites

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persective:
-diet, nutrition, healthy food, sports fitness & personal hygiene
- Their views about health & wellbeing stem from what makes a healthy body and focusing on growing up and being safe.

priorites
Priorities are set up by parents at this age eg: reduce salt and sugar intake
social H&W becomes important - new connections

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youth 12-17 perspective and priorites

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persective
- body image
- phyaical appearance

priorites
- regular physical activty
- physcal leath and wellbeing - weight, diet etc)
- peer acceptance
- risk taking behaviour

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Early adulthood
18-39 years
perspective and priorites

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persective
- fitness (body is at physical peak

priorites
- fitness
- weight control
- body image

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Middle adulthood 40-64 years
perspective and priorites

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persective
- illness prevention (chronic diseases will often present themselves)
- being free from illness and disease.

priorites
- health preventative practices (Due to the increased risk of cardiovascular disease and cancers at this age)

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Late adulthood
65+ perspective and priorites

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persective
Mental stimulation & mental h & w increase in importance
Social h & w is also prioritised - (grandparents)

Grandparenting provides opportunity for mental, emotional and physical h & w to be enhanced.

priorites
- physically active in order to maintain mobility
- Independence
- Preventative health practices eg: breast and prostate cancer checks

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Whatis it? Gender perspective and priorites

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  • Gender refers to the characteristics that
    make us male or female, based on cultural
    and societal norms.
  • Gender is therefore
    influenced by culture, and thus many of
    the differences in perspectives on health
    and wellbeing.
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Females perspective and priorites

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persective
F- emales typically more health conscious than males
- Females tend to have a more holistic view of h&w, considering all 5 dimensions
- Women generally would consider themselves at a higher risk of illness or injury than males

priorites
- Females open up more about their feelings and are likely to problem solve
- Mental health tends to be a greater priority for females as they seek assistance more often than males.

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Males perspective and priorites

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persective
- Young men often associate h&w with physical fitness levels
- Men generally view and describe h&w as remaining physically fit, eating nutritional foods, and maintaining an appropriate body weight and shape

priorites
- Social media seems to be changing the priorities of young males

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culture perspective and priorites

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Culture is often strongly linked with a person’s recognised ethnicity and for, many people, can be interconnected with religious beliefs & geographical location.

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Men and Women priorites

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priorites
- Social health is commonly an equal priority for both male and female
- Although females have tended to put weight loss and clean eating first in the past, new studies show that males have been prioritising this

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Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander perspectives on health and wellbeing

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  • view health in a holistic mannor focusing on health and community as a whole, rahter than that of an individual
  • connection to land is essential and is seen as a major contribulter to overall good health and wellbeing
  • Social and emotional wellbeing is based on an Aboriginal and Torres Straight Isander connection to:
    1. land
    2. culture
    3. ancestry
    4. spirituality
    5. family and community

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