Introduction to Health and Wellness RSS 2081 [email protected] 5 January 2011.

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Health Definitions

• Health (World Health Organization - WHO): a state of complete of physical, mental, and social well being and not simply the absence of disease.

• Health (Ottawa Charter): a resource for everyday life; a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources and physical capacities.


Wellness (WHO, 2006)

• optimal state of health of individuals and groups

-realization of the fullest potential of an individual; physically, psychologically, socially, spiritually and economically

-fulfilment of one’s role expectations in the family, community, place of

worship, workplace and other settings


Components of Wellness

• SEE MOPS

• Social: satisfying interpersonal relationships, interaction with others, adaptability to various social situations; includes communication skills.



• Emotional: ‘feelings’ - ability to express emotions appropriately and control inappropriate emotions; possess a variety of feelings. Examples: self-esteem, self-confidence, self-efficacy, trust, love.



• Environmental: stewardship of the external environment and actions taken to preserve, protect, and improve it. – Individual environment: living

conditions (e.g. air, water, safety, organization, lighting, noise, psycho-social)


Environmental Wellness

• Biophilia: bond between people and the natural environment



• Mental: the capacity to think clearly, reason objectively, analyze critically and use one’s brains to meet life’s challenges effectively. – Learning from successes and

failures– Making responsible decisions



• Occupational: personal satisfaction from career and career development, and attaining work-leisure balance; workplace wellness



• Physical: characteristics such as body size and shape, sensory acuity, susceptibility to disease an disorders, body functioning and ability to recuperate; ability to perform activities of daily living.



• Spiritual: innermost part of an individual that helps with understanding the world and one’s role in it. – Knowledge of self and sense of purpose

– May involve belief in a supreme being and religious participation

– May involve a relationship with nature


Health and Wellness

• http://students.sfu.ca/health/healthpromotion/wheel.html

• Together with your neighbour, list 5 health behaviours you think a wellness course will promote.


Reasons to Take Wellness

• Apply health information to yourself during a time of transition

• Learn more about research findings pertaining to health

• Learn about accessing health information


Reasons to Take Wellness

• Learn more about health topics and practices of others

• Learn knowledge and skills to assist others with changing behaviours

• Help validate your selection of this degree • Understand the importance of being a good

role model and reinforce your desire to do so


National Association for Sport and Physical Education• Participating in regular physical activity at a

level sufficient to promote health-related physical fitness is an important behavior for professionals in all fields of physical activity at all levels– including coaches, K-12 teachers, physical

educators and kinesiology faculty members at higher education institutions, and fitness professionals.

– NASPE (USA) http://www.aahperd.org/naspe/


Wellness Role Models

• Behaviour of role models influences others• Participating in regular activity is an important

coping mechanism for relieving job stress• Achieving and maintaining health-related

physical fitness is an appropriate expectation for all physical activity professionals


Summary

• Health is an ‘active’ term

• Wellness encompasses all aspects of life and includes 7 components

• A wellness course can fulfill many functions

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