Health and Wellness

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Health and Wellness

• Carol Coltrin
• Hedv93_at_yahoo.com
• 654-6400 ext 1306
• Math/Sci Rm 245

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Planning for the Semester

• How many of you have access to a computer at
  home?
• How many of you have access to the internet at
  home?
• How many of you regularly use the computer for
  email, searches etc?

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Health Habits Survey

• How many of you smoke?
• How many of you drink more than 2 to 4 drinks per
  week?
• How many of you wear a seatbelt?
• How many of you have seen a doctor in the last
  year?
• How many of you consistently eat breakfast?
• How many of you practice safe sex?
• How many of you are within 10 pounds of you IBW?

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Achieving Personal Health
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Introduction

• Health is more than not being sick.
• It is a sense of optimal well-being.
• A state of physical, mental, emotional, social,
  and spiritual wellness.

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Defining Health and Wellness

• Wellness is broader than health, which often
  means only physical health.
• Describe what wellness is to you?
• Can you be physically sick and still well?

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Wellness

• Wellness is ongoing and needs to be a lifestyle a
  person chooses.
• A process by which individual takes control of
  the way they live
• developing every aspect of the body, mind, and
  emotions
• to produce and keep equilibrium in ones life.

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Wellness

• includes activities, behaviors, and attitudes
  that improve the quality of life and contributes
  to longevity

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Models of Health

• Medical model
• Environmental model
• Holistic model

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Medical Model of Health

• You are healthy if you are not sick or dying
• There is a biological explanation for disease
• There is a malfunction within the individual
• Does not deal with social, mental, or behavioral
  issues

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Environmental Model of Health

• Health is how well an individual adapts to a
  changing environment
• Conditions outside the individual affect their
  health
• Considers harmful substances in the environment
  and social conditions

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Holistic Model of Health

• Health is defined in terms of the whole person
  which includes all dimensions which affect health
• Wellness is a concept created from the holistic
  model
• It is a dynamic process that takes our decisions
  and behaviors into account

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Dimensions of Health and Wellness

• Experts commonly refer to six dimensions of
  health and wellness.
• Emotional
• Intellectual
• Spiritual
• Environmental or Planetary
• Social
• Physical

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• Which of the six dimensions of wellness do you
  think is most important?
• Can you have one area of wellness with out the
  other?
• One of your main tasks is to determine the health
  behaviors you should change and change them.
  Worth140 points

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Taking Responsibility for Your Health

• Today, life-style diseases, i.e., chronic
  diseases caused by life-style behaviors, are the
  leading causes of illness and death.
• Lifestyle health

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Healthy habits

• include such things as
• 1) eating well,
• 2) exercising regularly,
• 3) responsible decisions about sex,
• 4) routine medical examinations,
• 5) staying free of injury and disease.

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The Mind Can Create Illness or Wellness

• Psychosomatic illnesses are caused by mental
  states that harmfully change physiology.
• Can be cured and relieved by changes in thoughts
  and the way a person deals with the environment.

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Feelings Affect Health

• Feelings represent a balance between inner and
  outer aspects of human experience.

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Spirituality and Health

• Many people believe that spiritual feelings and
  experiences can affect health.
• It helps tolerate lifes ups and downs
• It helps understand the self
• It helps tolerate, accept, and give compassion to
  others
• It can provide meaning and purpose to life

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Image Visualization

• An effective way to change undesirable behaviors
• Similar to daydreaming or fantasizing
• An individual can be taught to visualize relief
  from pain, excel in physically challenging
  activities, or overcome unhealthy urges

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National Health Objectives

• In the past 20 years, the U.S. Federal government
  has taken the initiative to promote preventive
  health

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First Initiatives

• 1979 The Surgeon Generals Report on Health
  Promotion and Disease Prevention
• 1980 Promoting Health/Preventing Disease
  Objectives for the Nation was published in 1980
  by the Department of Health and Human Services
  (DHHS).

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Continuing Initiative

• 1990 Healthy People 2000, Report released
• Healthy People 2000 Midcourse Review and Goals
  for 2010
• Visit the CDD website
• http//www.cdc.gov

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National wellness goals The Healthy People

• 1.   Increase quality and years of healthy life.
• 2.  Eliminate health disparities among Americans
• 3.  Specific objectives are in priority areas
  such as fitness, nutrition, safety, substance
  abuse, health care, and chronic and infectious
  disease.

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Preventive Health Goals

• Goals of health education include
• 1. encourage people to give up unhealthy
  attitudes and behaviors and
• 2. adopt ones that lead to greater health,
  wellness, and satisfaction in life.

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Individual Responsibility

• Most people have a desire to be healthy
• There are powerful barriers to change

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Behavior Change Models

• Individual change
• Health Belief Model
• Transtheoretical Model

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Health Belief Model

• A persons behavior is a function of their
  perceived
• Susceptibility to disease
• Perceived seriousness
• Perceived benefits of taking action
• Perceived barriers to taking action
• Internal or External Cues to Action

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Transtheoretical Model

• Change occurs through stages
• Precontemplation
• Contemplation
• Preparation
• Action
• Maintenance
• Termination

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• What is physical fitness and how would you
  measure it?
• What is wellness and how would you measure it?
• How does physical fitness differ from physical
  activity?
• How does health differ from wellness?
• How would the medical system benefit from a shift
  from treatment to prevention?
• How much of health and wellness is in your
  personal control?
• How do quacks use the terms "holistic" and
  "wellness" to their advantage?
• Do you think fitness and exercise are a fad?
• Are they here to stay?
• Why is knowledge about fitness and wellness
  important to behavior change?
• What would you like to learn in this class?

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REVIEW

• Health includes living in harmony with oneself,
  others, and the environment
• Wellness consists of different dimensions of an
  individuals lifestyle (including spirituality)
• Our nation prioritizes preventive health
• We have a responsibility to prevent unhealthy
  behaviors