Taking Charge of Your Health Chapter 1

Health

the 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

Dimensions of Wellness

• Physical Wellness: Making healthy daily decisions regarding exercise, nutrition, sleep, and medical care.

• Emotional Wellness: Understanding and managing your full range of feelings, building self-esteem, and seeking support when overwhelmed.

• Intellectual Wellness: Continually engaging in critical thinking, lifelong learning, and stimulating mental challenges.

• Spiritual Wellness: Nurturing a set of guiding beliefs or values that give life meaning and purpose while respecting others' views.

• Social Wellness: Cultivating trusting, interdependent relationships and maintaining strong community support networks.

• Environmental Wellness: Appreciating the natural world and understanding how human impacts alter the safety and cleanliness of our surroundings.

• Occupational Wellness: Finding personal fulfillment, meaning, and continuous professional growth throughout your career pursuits.

• Financial Wellness: Being fully aware of your financial state, learning to budget, and actively managing money to hit realistic goals.

• Cultural Wellness: Developing awareness, acceptance, and deep respect for diversity across different backgrounds, identities, and abilities.

Life expectancy

The period of time a member of a

given population is expected to live.

Chronic disease

a disease that develops and continues over a

long period

Health promotion:

the process of enabling people to

increase control over their health and its determinants

Health disparities

linked to social, economic, and/or environmental

disadvantage.

Factors That Influence Wellness

Health habits

Genetics/family history

Environment

Digital wellness

Access to health care

Personal health behaviors

Behavior change

cultivating healthy behaviors and

working to overcome unhealthy ones

Target behavior

behavior selected as the object for a

behavior change program

Locus of control

the extent to which we believe

we have control over the events in our lives

SMART Goals

• Specific

• Measurable

• Attainable

• Realistic

• Time frame–specific