KK1: H&W and illness

• Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
• Wellbeing is a complex combination of all dimensions of health, characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged
• Health and wellbeing is the state of a person's physical, social, emotional, mental and spiritual existence and is characterised by an equilibrium in which the individual feels happy, healthy, capable and engaged
• Physical H&W: Relates to the functioning of the body systems; it includes the physical capacity to perform daily activities or tasks
• Aspects of physical H&W

  - Functioning of body systems

  - Physical fitness

  - Body weight

  - Blood cholesterol

  - Blood pressure

  - Absence of disease or illness

  - Energy levels
• Mental H&W: Relates to the state of a person's mind or brain and the ability to think and process information.

  Optimal mental H&W enables an individual to positively form opinions, make decisions and use logic.
• Aspects of mental H&W

  - Low levels of stress and anxiety

  - Positive self esteem

  - High levels of confidence

  - Positive thought patterns
• Social H&W: The ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships with others and the ability to manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations
• Aspects of social H&W

  - Effective communication with others

  - Supportive and well-functioning family

  - Productive relationships with other people

  - Supportive network of friends
• Emotional H&W: The ability to recognise, understand and effectively manage and express emotions, as well as the ability to display resilience
• Aspects of emotional H&W

  - Recognise a range of emotions

  - Experience appropriate emotions in a given scenario

  - Adequately respond to, express and manage emotions

  - Possess the ability to recover from misfortune
• Spiritual H&W: Relates to ideas, beliefs, values and ethics that arise in the minds and conscience of human beings. Includes the concepts of hope, peace, a guiding sense of meaning or value, and reflection on a person’s place in the world.
• Aspects of spiritual H&W

  - Having a sense of belonging

  - Having meaning and purpose in life

  - Experiencing peace and harmony

  - Acting according to values and beliefs
• Subjective wellbeing refers to how people experience the quality of their lives and includes both how they feel about their lives and what they think about their own personal circumstances
• Infirmity - The quality or state of being weak or ill; often associated with old age
• Dynamic is continually changing
• What does it mean when health and wellbeing is said to be 'dynamic'?

  It means that the health and wellbeing experienced by an individual is constantly changing. The changes can be gradual, such as gaining weight.
• Subjective - Influenced by or based on personal beliefs, feelings or opinions
• Disease - A physical or mental disturbance involving symptoms, dysfunction or tissue damage
• Chronic condition

  Any disease or condition that lasts a long time (longer than 6 months)

  Usually can't be cured and therefore requires ongoing treatment and management

  Examples: arthritis, asthma
• illness - A subjective concept related to personal experience of a disease or injury
• Interrelationship

  How two dimensions of health and wellbeing may interrelate

  A change in a dimension will affect another dimension