unit 4 aos 1: 1b HWB as a resource

Question 1

individual health benefits and importance of optimal HWB

Answer 1

when individual is experiencing optimal HWB = able to participate effectively in daily life and productively complete their chosen activities

Question 2

individual benefits/importance of optimal HWB factors

Answer 2

• participate in sporting, recreational and leisure activities
• work and study effectively, including participation in school
• contributing to family life and raising children
• undertaking daily routines
• experience and participate in meaningful relationships

Question 3

national benefits and importance of optimal HWB

Answer 3

country with a population that experiences a high overall level of HWB will also see an increase in both social and economic benefits = higher life expectancy

Question 4

national benefits and importance of optimal HWB factors

Answer 4

• greater community participation-volunteering
  (eg, meals on wheels)
• less reliance on social protection measures such as welfare payments (eg, economic benefits)
• lower levels of social exclusion and social disadvantage (eg, more job opportunities, low levels of violence/crime)
• less spending on health care due to blower BOD (economic benefits)
• greater advantage incomes=increases tax (sustainable)

Question 5

global benefits and importance of optimal HWB

Answer 5

countries experiencing optimal HWB reduce risks to other countries

Question 6

global benefits and importance of optimal HWB examples

Answer 6

• reduction in spread of disease across borders
• increase in trade opportunities
• ideally greater progress in achieving the global SDGs

Question 7

global benefits include

Answer 7

• improvements in achieving SDGs by 2030
• decrease in humanitarian crises
• decrease in risk of communicable disease outbreaks and pandemics
• increased trade opportunities
• decrease in conflict and political instability
• increase in sustainable practices