Health and Environmental Health Overview

How would you define health promotion and education?

What examples of health promotion programs can you think of?

What is the World Health Organization's definition of health?

Health is a relative state in which one is able to function well physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually in order to express the full range of one’s unique potentialities within the ________ in which one is living.

Environmental health includes only physical factors.

What does environmental health encompass according to the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health?

Which of the following is NOT a discipline of Environmental Health?

How does the World Health Organization define health education?

Health education alone is sufficient for individuals to make healthy decisions.

What do educational interventions promote in relation to health-promoting lifestyle behaviors?

Health

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease or infirmity.
A relative state which allows one to function well physically, mentally, socially and spiritually.
A measure of each person’s ability to do and become what they want to become.
A continuum ranging from optimal wellness to illness and death.

Environmental Health

Aspects of human health determined by physical, chemical, biological, social, and psychosocial factors in the environment.
Assesses, corrects, controls, and prevents factors in the environment that can affect the health of present and future generations.
Encompasses all external factors affecting human health and well-being, from the air we breathe to the wider impact of human-made hazards.
Poor health often results from poor environments.
Disciplines include Environmental Protection, Food Safety and Integrity, Health and Safety (at work), Housing and Community, and Public Health.

Education

Involves teaching people various subjects, typically at a school or college.
Can also involve teaching the public about specific issues, such as better health education.

Health Education

Any combination of learning experiences designed to improve the health of individuals and communities.
Enhances knowledge, attitudes, and skills to positively influence the health behaviors of individuals and communities.
Educational intervention improves behaviors related to health-promoting lifestyles.
Promotes a variety of learning experiences that facilitate voluntary action conducive to health, including gaining new knowledge, adjusting attitudes, and acquiring and practicing new skills and behaviors.

Health Education: Evidence in Promoting Healthy Lifestyles

Reinforces perceived self-efficacy, subjective norms, enabling factors, and attitudinal change.

This quiz covers key concepts in health, including the definitions and dimensions of wellness, as well as the environmental factors impacting human health. It explores the relationship between physical, mental, and social well-being and the environment. Test your understanding of how these components interact and influence overall health.