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| Refers to the state of physical, mental, social and spiritual well being |
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| Health definition up until middle of 20th century |
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| Health was defined as the ‘absence of illness or disease’. It was accepted that not having a disease meant being healthy. |
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| Health definition late 20th century |
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| Health was closely related to environmental conditions such as poor standard of hygiene in the community. |
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Physical health is the state of being fit and exercising regularly such as walking as much as possible. It also includes eating healthily and having enough nutrition as well as having resistance to disease.
It is the state of maintaining a positive relationship with peers, friends and family. It also includes having awareness of the feelings, values and displaying communications and social skills.
The state of having a positive mindset, good self-esteem and ability to cope with pressure and stress.
It refers to feeling the sense of purpose and meaning in our life and the ability to do things such as setting realistic goals, appreciate the needs and feelings of others, and have ambitions and aspirations. |
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Relative nature of health
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It refers to the use of others to compare an individual’s health status depending on their circumstances.
e.g. an elderly woman with limited mobility (ability to move or be moved easily or freely) and deteriorating sight describes her health as good because she has a healthy mind and is in contact with her friends. A teenager would not describe health as good in these circumstances. |
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Dynamic nature of health
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It refers to the change of an individual’s health status that can occur anytime in their lifetime.
- These changes can be acute (occurring from minute to minute) or chronic (occurring over a longer period of time)
- E.g. a person in a healthy state suffers a sudden injury will experience an acute change in health status
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| Perceptions of health and the influences |
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Meanings we give to health mostly likely is based on what we have learnt about health, along with our own experiences or those people we know
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Our behaviours and lifestyle
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Our past level of health
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Attitudes about health conveyed by peers, family and the media
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The value we place on the importance of being healthy
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Beliefs about our capacity to achieve good health
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| Social construct and factors that play a role in our social construct of health |
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When we construct our own meanings and views of health depending on our social, economic and cultural circumstances
Factors that play a role in our social construct of health
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