Health StylesHealth Styles

What makes someone healthy?What makes someone healthy?

Draw a picture of a healthy Draw a picture of a healthy person.person.

What are the characteristics What are the characteristics that makes someone healthy?that makes someone healthy?

Health: Yesterday and TodayHealth: Yesterday and Today

World Health Organization-1947World Health Organization-1947• ““Health is the state of complete Health is the state of complete

physical, mental, and social well-beingphysical, mental, and social well-being, , not just the absence of disease or not just the absence of disease or infirmity.”infirmity.”

• This was the first time health meant This was the first time health meant more than an absence of illnessmore than an absence of illness

Defining Health and WellnessDefining Health and Wellness Health: a dynamic, ever-changing process of Health: a dynamic, ever-changing process of

achieving individual potential in each of the achieving individual potential in each of the following dimensions:following dimensions:

• PhysicalPhysical

• IntellectualIntellectual

• EmotionalEmotional

• SocialSocial

• SpiritualSpiritual

• EnvironmentalEnvironmental

Wellness: the Wellness: the achievement of the highest achievement of the highest level of health in each dimension.level of health in each dimension.

The 6 dimensions of HealthThe 6 dimensions of Health

PhysicalPhysical• Includes body functioning, physical Includes body functioning, physical

fitness, Activities of Daily Living (ADL)fitness, Activities of Daily Living (ADL) IntellectualIntellectual

• Ability to think clearly, reason Ability to think clearly, reason objectivelyobjectively

EmotionalEmotional• Self-efficacy and self-esteemSelf-efficacy and self-esteem

The 6 dimensions of HealthThe 6 dimensions of Health

SocialSocial• Ability to have satisfying relationshipsAbility to have satisfying relationships

SpiritualSpiritual• Feeling as if part of a greater spectrum Feeling as if part of a greater spectrum

of existenceof existence EnvironmentalEnvironmental

• Appreciation of the external Appreciation of the external environment and one’s role in caring for environment and one’s role in caring for itit

Group activityGroup activity

6 groups6 groups Each group assigned a dimension of Each group assigned a dimension of

healthhealth Your task is to list the behaviors Your task is to list the behaviors

and/or characteristics of that and/or characteristics of that dimensiondimension

5 minutes to complete5 minutes to complete Groups will then share with classGroups will then share with class

How do you take care of your car?How do you take care of your car?

Pick one….Pick one….

Drive it ‘til it breaksDrive it ‘til it breaks MaintenanceMaintenance True car loverTrue car lover

Cars and healthCars and health

What are the similarities What are the similarities between how you take between how you take

care of your car and how care of your car and how you take care of your you take care of your

health?health?

Similarities between Similarities between health and carshealth and cars

Health Styles:Health Styles: Traditional Traditional

Approach Approach Preventative Preventative

Approach Approach Wellness ApproachWellness Approach

Car Care Styles:Car Care Styles: Drive it ‘til it Drive it ‘til it

breaksbreaks MaintenanceMaintenance True car-lover True car-lover

The Traditional Approach The Traditional Approach (Drive it (Drive it till it breaks)till it breaks) Characteristics Characteristics

Include:Include:

Concerned only when signs/symptoms Concerned only when signs/symptoms of of illness or disease exist illness or disease exist

Relies on physician Relies on physician for cure or treatment for cure or treatment Evolved from the Communicable Disease Evolved from the Communicable Disease

Era Era Does Does not work well on contemporary not work well on contemporary

problemsproblems such as heart disease, cancer, or such as heart disease, cancer, or accidents accidents

The Preventative Approach The Preventative Approach (Preventative (Preventative Maintenance)Maintenance) Characteristics Include: Characteristics Include:

focuses on focuses on disease to determine risk disease to determine risk factors factors

Works to Works to reduce risk factors reduce risk factors to to eliminate or minimize potential for eliminate or minimize potential for disease disease

Focus is more negativeFocus is more negative or disease- or disease-oriented, with several "do nots" and oriented, with several "do nots" and "should nots" to avoid negative "should nots" to avoid negative consequencesconsequences

The Wellness Approach The Wellness Approach (True Car (True Car Lover)Lover) Characteristics Include: Characteristics Include:

Attempts to move the person from a Attempts to move the person from a neutral to a neutral to a higher level of health higher level of health

Focuses on Focuses on signs of health signs of health rather rather than on signs of illness or disease than on signs of illness or disease

Indicates the Indicates the key to wellness is self-key to wellness is self-responsibility responsibility

Educates towards a Educates towards a balance in all balance in all health domains health domains

Establishes a Establishes a positive approachpositive approach

Health CharacteristicsHealth Characteristics

Realistic sense of selfRealistic sense of self, accepts , accepts personal limitationspersonal limitations

Ability to laugh, cry, feelAbility to laugh, cry, feel Maintains and supports friendshipsMaintains and supports friendships A balance in all areas of lifeA balance in all areas of life Respect for self and othersRespect for self and others

Can you think of others?Can you think of others?

Group ShareGroup Share Determine your health style.Determine your health style.

Sit with people with the same health style Sit with people with the same health style as you.as you.

What are the characteristics of your health What are the characteristics of your health style?style?

What is the relationship between the What is the relationship between the dimensions of health and your health dimensions of health and your health style?style?