UNIT 3 AOS 1 DEFINITIONS

Question 1

What is H&W?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What is Social h&w?

Answer 2

Relates to the ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage and adapt appropriately to different social situations. It also includes the level of support provided by family and within a community to ensure that every person has an equal opportunity to function as a contributing member of the society.

Question 3

What is Physical h&W?

Answer 3

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

Question 4

What is Emotional H&W?

Answer 4

Relates to the ability to express emotions and feelings in a positive way. Emotional H&W is about the positive management and expression of emotional actions and reactions as well as the ability to display resilience. Emotional H&W is the degree to which an individual feels emotionally secure and relaxed in everyday life.

Question 5

What is Mental H&W?

Answer 5

The current state of wellbeing relating to a person’s mind or brain and the ability to think an process information. A mentally health brain enables an individual to positively form opinions, make decisions and use logic.

Question 6

Spiritual health and wellbeing

Answer 6

relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the minds and conscience of human beings. It includes the concept of hope, peace, a guiding sense of meaning or value, a reflection on your place in the world.

Question 7

Social H&W characteristics

Answer 7

• Supportive network of friends
• Supportive and well functioning family
• Ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations.
• Effective communication with others
• Productive relationships with others people

Question 8

Physical H&W Characteristics

Answer 8

• Healthy body weight
• Freedom from illness, disease and injury
• Adequate energy levels
• Ability to perform daily tasks adequately
• Appropriate levels of fitness
• Strong immune system
• Well functioning body, systems and organs.

Question 9

Emotional H&W Characteristics

Answer 9

• Recognise and understand the range of emotions
• Effectively respond to and manage emotions
• Experience appropriate emotions in different scenarios
• Have a high level of resilience

Question 10

Mental H&W Characteristics

Answer 10

• Low levels of stress and anxiety
• positive self esteem
• Process information to solve problems
• High levels of confidence
• Use logic and reasoning to form opinions and make decisions
• Positive thought patterns

Question 11

Spiritual H&W Characteristics

Answer 11

• A sense of belonging and connection to the world
• Peace and harmony
• Positive meaning and purpose in life
• Developed personal values and beliefs
• Acting according to values and beliefs.

Question 12

Dynamic in H&W

Answer 12

Continually changing - moving from good too poor, or poor to good - may be slow overtime or rapid

Question 13

Illness

Answer 13

A subjective concept related to personal experience of a disease or injury

Question 14

Disease

Answer 14

A physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunctions or tissue damage

Question 15

Health as a resource

Answer 15

Health is a resource that must be attained and can be lost. as it is a resource, it can be used to benefit individuals, the nation, and the globe.

Question 16

Individual benefit

Answer 16

• Children can feel well enough to attend school where they receive an education and further literacy skills
• Adults can feel well enough to go to work and earn a stable income
• Parents are able to afford to feed their children , preventing malnutrition
• People can do the things they enjoy (e.g. : playing sport)
• People can lead independent lives with limited reliance on others.

Question 17

National benefits

Answer 17

• The country can grow economically
• Increase in income for the country (GNI) allows the country to compete with others
• Governments can use the income to develop better health care systems to further improve health and enable universal health care.
• Less absenteeism at work increases workplace productivity
• When individuals are healthy, there is less reliance on public health care systems, promoting sustainability of the health system.

Question 18

Global Benefits

Answer 18

• Governments in individual countries can use the increased income to develop health systems in their own countries, reducing the rates of communicable diseases and reducing the risk of global disease outbreaks.
• Morbidity and mortality are reduced, allowing countries to work together to combat broader issues such as climate change
• With more countries moving into the high - income category, these nations can work together to help eradicate poverty in the many low-income countries and achieve the targets of the sustainable development goals (SDG)

Question 19

Prerequisites of health

Answer 19

Peace, shelter, food, income, A stable ecosystem, Sustainable resources, social justice, equity

Question 20

Peace

Answer 20

Refers to the absence of conflict.