Personal Health

Physical Wellness

Includes fitness level and ability to care for one's self

Emotional Wellness

the ability to understand your own feelings, accept your limitations, and achieve emotional stability

Intellectual Wellness

the ability to think clearly, reason objectively, analyze, and use brain power to solve problems and meet life's challenges

Interpersonal Wellness

ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive relationships

Cultural Wellness

accepting, valuing, and celebrating different cultural ways

Spiritual Wellness

Guiding beliefs, principles, or values that give meaning and purpose to life

Environmental Wellness

the capability to live in a clean and safe environment that is not detrimental to health

Financial Wellness

ability to live within one's means and manage money to gain peace of mind

Occupational Wellness

the level of happiness and fulfillment you gain through your work

Smokers lose

at least 10 years of life expectancy.

morbidity

Refers to ill health in an individual and the levels of ill health in a population or group.

health span

how long we stay healthy

chronic disease

a disease that develops gradually and continues over a long period of time

lifestyle choices

Choices, made daily, of how to treat the body and mind.

Health Promotion

the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health

Health Disparity

a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage

Sex

the biological distinction between females and males

Gender

the socially constructed roles and characteristics by which a culture defines male and female

Genome

the complete instructions for making an organism, consisting of all the genetic material in that organism's chromosomes

Digital Wellness

Area of study to discuss and remedy excessive use of screen time, online addictions, and smartphone addictions.

target behavior

an isolated behavior selected as the object of a behavior change program

Self-efficacy

one's sense of competence and effectiveness

Locus of control

a person's tendency to perceive the control of rewards as internal to the self or external in the environment

Stages of Change

1. Precontemplation

2. Contemplation

3. Preparation

4. Action

5. Maintenance

6. Termination

SMART

Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Timely

Why is an active mind essential to wellness

It helps detect problems.

It helps find solutions to problems.

how to get health insurance coverage in the US

through an employer

through a professional group

through health exchanges

Primary health concerns for African Americans

high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, asthma, and obesity

(prostate cancer for men)

Primary health concerns for Native Americans and Alaskan Natives

smoking, alcohol use, cirrhosis, and diabetes

Primary health concerns for Asian Americans

men: smoking, lung cancer,

women: cervical cancer

Primary health concerns for Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islander Americans

diabetes, asthma, smoking, obesity

Primary health concerns for Latinos

gallbladder disease, obesity, diabetes, and a lack of health insurance

differences that have important implications for wellness may be

biological or cultural

How many genes do we have in each of our cells

25,000

transtheoretical model

precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance