Health and Wellness 1

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Factors that influence a person's health status, including social, economic, environmental, and individual factors.

Focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of disease, primarily through medical interventions.

Focuses on lifestyle choices and behaviors that affect health, such as diet, exercise, and substance use.

Focuses on the social and environmental factors that influence health, such as poverty, pollution, and access to resources.

Activities designed to improve health and well-being through addressing risk factors and promoting positive lifestyles.

Activities aimed at reducing the risk of illness or injury through interventions that address disease causes.

A group of people who are more likely to experience health problems due to specific social or economic circumstances.

Health is maintained by keeping physiological, functional, and social norms in balance. This includes views of health as a steady state, a continuous process, the ability to adapt, and maintaining a stable internal environment.

Health is defined as the full realization of human potential. It's about reaching your full potential physically, mentally, and emotionally.

This definition combines both actualization and stability. It describes health as achieving your potential while managing daily life demands and maintaining harmony with your environment.

Health is viewed as a valuable asset that enables you to fulfill your roles, meet life's challenges, and engage in daily activities.

Health is defined as a holistic concept representing the interconnectedness of all aspects of your being. It's about seeing the whole person as a single entity.

This definition emphasizes health as a resource for everyday life, not just the absence of disease. It highlights the ability to realize goals, meet needs, and adapt to changes in your environment.

Labonte's concept views health as a combination of feeling vital, having fulfilling social relationships, feeling in control of your life, doing enjoyable activities, having a sense of purpose, and connecting with your community.

Holism suggests that health is more than the sum of its parts. It emphasizes the interconnectedness of physical, mental, and social aspects in creating well-being.

This view emphasizes a sensible lifestyle, equitable access to resources, and empowering individuals and communities to maintain or improve well-being.

Health is viewed as the opposite of illness or disease; good health is the lack of illness or disease.

Health and illness are separate but related; a person can be ill but still have healthy characteristics.

An objective state of ill health that can be detected by medical science.

A subjective experience of loss of health.

Health includes physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being.

Often used synonymously with the broad definition of health, encompassing various aspects of well-being.

A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

Factors that influence a person's health status.

Unequal access to healthcare and resources experienced by rural communities.

COVID-19 disproportionately affected vulnerable populations, like Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ2, and older adults, highlighting health inequities.

Indigenous peoples often experience significant health disparities due to historical and ongoing systemic inequities.

LGBTQ2 communities experience unique health disparities owing to discrimination and social stigma.

Older adults often face health disparities, especially in rural areas affecting access to care and preventing chronic disease.

Health models/frameworks such as the metaparadigm concepts (person, environment, nursing, and social justice) encompass a broad view of health and the determinants affecting individual health.

Active steps to improve health and empower individuals to take control of their own well-being. This is often used with frameworks and nursing models.

The ability to actively participate in defining, seeking, and finding the resources needed to achieve good health.

Health is not simply the absence of disease but a personal experience of physical and psychological well-being, and it exists on a continuum.

The idea that health is not a simple yes/no concept but rather a spectrum ranging from poor to good.

Recognizes the interconnectedness of biological, psychological, and social factors in health and illness.

Focuses on individual health concerns, treatment, and cure, treating illness after it develops.

A landmark report that shifted the focus of health care from a medical to a behavioural approach, emphasizing lifestyle factors.

Identifies four major determinants of health: lifestyle, environment, human biology, and health care organization.

A focus on maintaining health by treating illnesses and restoring health to a previous state.

Focuses on addressing the root causes of health problems and preventing them before they occur.

Long-term diseases that develop gradually and persist over a long period of time.

The Lalonde Report was criticized for shifting focus away from environmental factors and for how it defined 'environment' and 'lifestyle.' It positioned lifestyle as solely an individual's responsibility, promoting 'victim blaming' and overlooking social influences on health.

This approach views health as strongly connected to social structures and factors. It acknowledges that poverty, pollution, unsafe workplaces, etc., directly impact health, shifting focus beyond individual choices.

This groundbreaking document promotes a socioenvironmental approach to health. It establishes five primary health promotion strategies and identifies the social, environmental, and political conditions necessary for health.

The Ottawa Charter outlines essential conditions for health beyond individual lifestyle factors, including peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable ecosystem, social justice, and equity.

The Ottawa Charter emphasizes empowerment—the ability to define, understand, and solve problems—as a crucial goal for health care providers.

Powerlessness is considered a key health determinant that can influence other risk factors, impacting health outcomes.

The Ottawa Charter highlights five major strategies to promote health: Building Healthy Public Policy, Creating Supportive Environments, Strengthening Community Action, Developing Personal Skills, and Reorienting Health Services.

These strategies are designed to improve health and well-being through addressing health risks and promoting healthy lifestyles by influencing public policy, creating healthy environments, building community action, developing personal skills, and reorienting health services.

This definition emphasizes health as a resource for everyday life, not just the absence of disease. It highlights the ability to realize goals, meet needs, and adapt to changes in your environment.