PEH - Lesson 2

Health

State of complete, physical, mental, and social well-being

3 Dimensions of Health

1. Physical Fitness

2. Mental Fitness

3. Spiritual Fitness

Physical Fitness

Process and structure of your body and how it performs work

Mental Fitness

• How well you process and analyze information presented to you at a given period 

• “Introspection” how you examine your own thought and feelings

Spiritual Fitness

• How you perceive and believe the existence of things in your environment 

• “Extrospection” how you examine and observe things that are external from your mind

Factors that affect health

1. Lifestyle

2. Genes/Heredity Traits

3. Environment

4. Human Ecologic Interactions

Lifestyle

How you consciously choose to live and manage your well-being

Genes

Inherited traits that you got from your parents

Heredity

Affects a person’s healthy but it least affects the functioning of healthy body

Environment

External surroundings that you find yourself in at a given time

Human Ecologic Interactions

• How you relate and react to factors within your environment 

• How you deal and interact with different kinds of people at a given time

Wellness

• Having an optimal health and vitality

• Continuous process of becoming aware of and making choices towards a more successful existence

Dimensions of wellness

1. Physical Wellness

2. Intellectual Wellness

3. Spiritual Wellness

4. Social Wellness

5. Environmental Wellness

Physical Wellness

Maintaining a healthy body and seeking care when needed

Intellectual Wellness

Having an open mind when you encounter new ideas and continuing to expand your knowledge

Spiritual Wellness

Develop a set of values that help you seek meaning and purpose

Social Wellness

Perform social role effectively and comfortably, and create a support network

Environmental Wellness

• Inspires us to live a lifestyle that is respectful of our surroundings

• Encourages is to live in harmony with the earth by taking action to protect it 

• Promotes interaction with nature and personal environment