Ch.1 Understanding Wellness

Cna you list and describe the six factors that influence growth in wellness?

Awareness:health, happiness, and quality of life are strongly affected by want to make good choices Assessment: see how you are conducting life and identity where changes should occur Knowledge: helps make decisions and understand risks Self-management: help incorporate strategies of self change into habitual choices Motivation: desire to do something-stimulus to action Support and Opportunity: more likely to best achieve positive lifestyle choices Self-responsibility: assume responsibility for your health and choices and having active involvement

What are the four overarching goals of the publication Healthy People 2020?

1. Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death 2. Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups 3. Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all 4. Promote quality of life, health development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages

What are five specific lifestyle practices that can reduce the risk of chronic diseases and enhance wellness?

1. eliminate all tobacco products 2. eat 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables every day 3. practice stress management 4. pursue and maintain healthy weight 5. exercise aerobically at least 4-5 times per week

What is the definition of Wellness?

An integrated and dynamic level of functioning oriented toward maximizing potential, dependent on self-responsibility

What are the top three causes of death in the US?

Heart disease cancer stroke

Can you name the largest contributing factor affectinf longevity?

Lifestyle behavior

Can you identify the seven dimensions of wellness and give three examples within each dimension?

Physical: physical fitness, dietary habits, medical self-care Intellectual: maintaining active mind, continuous acquisition of knowledge, opening mind to new ideas Emotional:recognize feelings, understand normality of human emotion, ability to control feelings Social: ability to get along with others, appreciate the uniqueness of others, feel connected to others Spiritual: cultivating beliefs, principles, and values that provide guidance and strength throughout all of life's experiences Environmental: recycling, carpooling, conserving electricity Occupational: personal satisfaction from vocation, maintain balance b/w work time and leisure time, make sure your choice is enriching and stimulating

What are the top four lifestyle behaviors that contribute to premature deaths in the US?

Tobacco use poor diet lack of exercise alcohol abuse

What are four examples of ways society supports wellness and four examples of ways society detracts from wellness?

Wellness: 1. Easy access gyms. 2. Healthy and organic foods. 3. Stress management and fitness classes/training. 4. Healthy/nutritious food at restaurants. Unwellness: 1. Assumption that alcohol abuse is normal 2. Elimination of daily physical activity in schools. 3. Fast food restaurants 4. Vending machines and high sugar/fatty foods.

Can you define healthy like expectancy and explain why it is low in the US compared with other industrialized contries?

number of years a person is expected to live in good health

What is the definition of socetal norm?

behaviors or practices that are expected in a culture and that are accepted and supported by its members