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UNIT 1 DIMENSIONS OF HEALTH Flashcards

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Historically health was described as

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the state of not
being sick.

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Modern: The World Health
Organization defines
health as

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a state of
complete physical, mental
and social well-being and
not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity”
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Our Definition of Health = Wholeness

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The interaction of a person’s
physical, emotional, intellectual/cognitive
social and spiritual* strengths
toward the achievement of
a productive and satisfying life

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HEALTH DIMENSIONS

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PHYSICAL HEALTH
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
SOCIAL HEALTH
SPIRITUAL HEALTH
INTELLECTUAL HEALTH

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PHYSICAL HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS

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 Body functions efficiently
 Adequate energy & strength
 Resistance to disease

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EMOTIONAL HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS

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 Recognize & express our emotions
appropriately
 Manage stress
 Self awareness & self control
 Caring, cheerful, confident, assertive,
approachable, responsible, genuine,
realistic, open-minded, fun-loving

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COGNITIVE/ INTELLECTUAL HEALTH
CHARACTERISTICS

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 Process & act on information
 Know our values & beliefs
 Make informed decisions
 Attempt new learning/ behaviours
 Creative, secure, confident

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SOCIAL HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS

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 Maintain meaningful relationships
 Respect, trust, considerate, warm, open-minded, helpful
 People-oriented, comfortable in community
 Good communicator!

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SPIRITUAL HEALTH CHARACTERISTICS

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 Discover our purpose
 Make choices based on values
 Sense of peace, love, joy, humility, charity,
religion, compassion, honesty, forgiveness,
 Personal (not material) fulfillment
 Strong ethical/moral ideas

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12 DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

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 Income and social
status
 Employment and
working conditions
 Education and literacy
 Childhood experiences
 Physical environments
 Social supports and
coping skills
 Healthy behaviours
 Access to health
services
 Biology and genetic
endowment
 Gender
 Culture
 Race

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Sensory Learning Styles

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  • Visual learner: Forgets names, remembers faces.
    Likes paintings, photos. Looks for facial expressions
    to interpret mood
  • Auditory Learner: Reads aloud, learns best through
    lectures/verbal instructions
  • Kinesthetic Learners: Takes notes, rewriting to
    condense. Prefers direct involvement by doing,
    role playing, & activities. Handles visual aids
    provided during class
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Why Exercise

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↑resistance to colds
 ↑cognitive capacity
 ↑vigor & energy
 ↑self-image
 ↑self-confidence
 ↑ self-concept
 ↑ lean body tissue
 ↑ bone density
 ↑ circulation
 ↑ lung capacity
 ↑ wound healing

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Cardiovascular exercise results
in

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↑blood volume, ↑oxygen to cells
↑heart strength, ↓ HR, ↓BP
↑lung capacity

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Risks with too little
fat

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During infections,
famine & disease
 Delay recovery from
disease
 Poorer tolerance for
health treatments
  energy,insulation
 Malnourished

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Risks with too much
fat

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  blood pressure
  stroke risk
  risk heart disease,
cancers, diabetes,
arthritis and
gallbladder disease
  self-esteem
  risks from surgery

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Need for sleep varies

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  • Babies 16-18 hours
  • Children 10-12 hours
  • Teens & Adults 8-10
    hours
  • Elderly 6 hours
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Nutrients are

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Chemical substances
in food that must be
ingested, digested,
& absorbed to
nourish the body

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Nutrients Include

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carbohydrates, fats,
proteins, minerals,
and vitamins.

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calories are

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the amount of energy
produced as the body burns these foods:

20
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Simple carbohydrates

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Release glucose
into blood fast so
pancreas stressed
to increase insulin.
 Leave you hungry
sooner
 Increased risk
cardio. disease,
diabetes, obesity

21
Q

complex carbohydrates

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 Provide fibre
 Release glucose
slowly into blood
 Help sustain full
feeling
 In grains &
vegetables
 Better overall health

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Vitamins & Minerals

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 Build body
tissues
 Regulate body
processes
 Provide
resistance to
infections
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23
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Better fats

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Monounsaturated, Polyunsaturated

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Emotionally Healthy People are:Better fats

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  1. Genuine
  2. Realistic
  3. Responsible
  4. Open to new things
  5. Trusting
  6. Accepting of others
  7. Versatile
  8. Fun loving
  9. Content with
    themselves
  10. Respectful
  11. Positive
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Intelligent Risk Taking

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 Done for ourselves
 Increase our
knowledge
 Allow for greater
exploration and grow

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Reckless Risk Taking

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 Done to impress others,
peer pressure
 Risk tasking is
necessary to help
improve critical
thinking/problem
solving
 Think of two ways that
risk taking is necessary
for health care
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The 3 “C’s”: Positive Perception

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Challenges
Control
Commitment
 See stress/change as challenges rather than burdens
 Have sense of personal control rather than feeling
things ‘happen’ to them
 Have commitment to work, self, families/friends
and/or other important values

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Perceptions influence

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thoughts & feelings

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Emotionally healthy people

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recognise & accept their wide
range of feelings and express them
appropriately.

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Different ways to express feelings:

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❖ Speaking
❖ Writing
❖ Physically

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Self Esteem

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The perception or mental picture one has
of oneself

32
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Healthy Self Esteem can Influences our

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perceptions, our
interpersonal relationships, our choices
and the sense of control we have over our
lives

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People With High Self-esteem

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 Feel good about themselves
 Expect that others will think well of them
 Are not afraid of other’s reactions
 Tend to evaluate their own performance fairly
 Work hardest for people who demand high
standards
 Are not usually threatened by people in authority
 Are able to defend themselves against negative
comments

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Promoting Self Esteem

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  1. Nurture caring relationships
  2. Recognize and celebrate our own value
  3. Have realistic expectations
  4. Involve oneself in constructive risk-
    taking
  5. Maintain physical health & balance
35
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Stress Response

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Three phases:
1. Alarm
 perceive threat
2. Resistance
 Mobilize resources
 ”flight or fight” (↑HR & RR, pupils dilate, ↓ blood to skin/GI, ↑blood to
muscles/nerves, ↓immune)
3. Recovery
 (relaxation) or exhaustion (illness)

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Stress Affects All Domains

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 Physical-stiff neck
 Cognitive-difficulty remembering
 Emotional-sleep problems
 Social-distrustful
 Spiritual-no real meaning in life

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Stress Management Strategies

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 Maintain balance: eat & sleep well, adequate
physical activity, have fun, family/friend time
 Manage time: weekly schedule, prepare nutritious
meals ahead of time, don’t procrastinate (easier
said than done!), know limits
 Positive perceptions: work to build positive self-
esteem
 Practice relaxation: prayer, meditation, walks

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Socially Healthy
Person
Key Characteristics

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  • Optimistic, enthusiastic about life,
    relaxed and confident
  • Less likely to be judgmental
  • Communicates own ideas and the
    wishes of others
  • Able to listen to others ideas and
    their wishes
  • Able to establish boundaries for own
    personal space and level of
    participation
  • Can handle differences of opinion
    and conflict with others
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4 MAJOR THEMES OF SPIRITUALITY

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Interconnectedness
Mindfulness
Living in harmony
Spirituality as part of daily life

40
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Maslow described spiritually healthy people as:

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✓ Centred on eternal/not trivial matters
✓ Comfortable with solitude, independent,
✓ Child-like, spontaneous
✓ Feel love for humankind, truly democratic
✓ Strong ethics/morals
✓ Accurate perception of reality
✓ Wonderful sense of humour
✓ Deep meaningful interpersonal relationships
✓ Creative, use their talents
✓ Do not see themselves as perfect!

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How to develop spirituality

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 Seek meaning in life
 Pursue truth
 Read spiritual material
 Pray/meditate
 Make rituals a priority
 Time for solitude/centring
 Celebrate
 Activate sense of wonder
 Listen to beautiful music
 Explore wonders of nature
– even in the city
 Use all your senses
 Notice miracles
 Cultivate compassion
 Listen, forgive
 Help someone in pain
 Connect with other human
beings and all living things
 Look for what makes us the
same, not different

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