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health - ✔✔overall condition of body or mind and the presence or absence
of illness or injury
wellness - ✔✔optimal health and vitality, encompassing all the dimensions
of well being (8 dimensions) i.e. living a rich and meaningful life
risk factor - ✔✔a condition that increases one's chance of disease or injury
dimensions of wellness - ✔✔physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual,
interpersonal, environmental, occupational, financial
physical wellness - ✔✔not just body's overall condition and absence of
disease, but includes fitness level and ability to care for one's self/ maintain
healthy quality of life that allows us to get through our ADLS--bathing,
walking, going up stairs; ability to take care of your own physical needs
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,means greater physical wellness; responsibility for one's healthy;
PA/exercise
emotional wellness - ✔✔ability to understand ourselves and cope with
challenges that life can bring (anger, fear, sadness, stress, hope, love, joy,
happiness); is dynamic and involves ups and downs of living; fluctuates
with intellectual, physical, spiritual, social, and interpersonal health; to
maintain, must explore thoughts and feelings; to achieve optimal emotional
wellness--share emotional problems with others
intellectual wellness - ✔✔ability to open one's mind to new ideas and
experiences that can be applied to personal decisions, group interactions,
and community betterment; mental growth and stimulation; desire to learn
new concepts and experiences; accepts new challenges; active mind to
detect problems, find solutions, and direct behavior; never stop learning;
often discover things about themselves
interpersonal wellness - ✔✔ability to interact with people; good
communication skills; meaningful relationships; respect for others and self;
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, support system of family and friends; participating and contributing to
community/society
spiritual wellness - ✔✔ability to establish peace and harmony; personal
matter involving values and beliefs that provide purpose in our lives,
especially during difficult lives; leading one to strive for state of harmony
with one self and others while working to balance inner needs with rest of
the world; not just religion--art, nature meditation, or good works
environmental wellness - ✔✔defined by livability of your surrounds;
ability to recognize responsibility for the quality of air, water, and land;
live in harmony with Earth by understanding impact of your interaction
with nature, taking action to protect world around you, protect self from
environmental hazards; air, UV rays, chemicals, pollution, noise, water,
second hand smoke
financial wellness - ✔✔ability to understand your financial situation and
taking care of it in such a way that you are prepared for financial changes;
where does money come/go; limits of your income and living within your
means; planning for retirement; saving, spending, investing
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