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Foundations HPED 1040 Learning Objectives To define health, wellness, and health literacy To describe the factors that influence health and wellness To understand the dimensions of wellness To reflect on the intersections of wellness and your own personal health To evaluate the sig...

Foundations HPED 1040 Learning Objectives To define health, wellness, and health literacy To describe the factors that influence health and wellness To understand the dimensions of wellness To reflect on the intersections of wellness and your own personal health To evaluate the significance of The Sustainable Development Agenda and Healthy People 2030 What is difference between health and wellness? Health: not merely the absence of disease or infirmity, but a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being Health literacy: the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions What is Wellness? It is associated with intentions, choices, and actions leading toward an optimal state of well-being so that instead of surviving, you are thriving It is a dynamic and conscious development of the whole self It is a multidimensional concept, where the whole person is intentionally striving for optimal balance and well-being in all areas of their life Factors That Influence Health & Wellness Lifestyle choices Dietary behaviours Physical activity levels Tobacco Use Alcohol Consumption (Eubank, 2024, p.8) Five Leading Causes of Death in Canada (by Age Group) (Eubank, 2024, p.7) Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Adults (Aged 18-64) (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, 2024) Try These Simple Tips to Get Started (Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, 2024) Prevention: The Key to Future Health Primary prevention is focused on not getting injured or developing disease. Secondary prevention is focused on screenings, early detection, preventing the spread of communicable disease; to reduce symptoms or halt progression. Tertiary prevention is focused on improving the quality of life for individuals with varying diseases. For example, this could be treatment or rehabilitation efforts aimed at limiting the effects of a disease. 4 Major Factors That Influence Personal Health Personal behaviour Heredity Environment Access to healthcare services 8 Dimensions of Wellness (Eubank, 2024, p.3) Emotional Wellness What does it mean to be emotionally healthy? Are you able to express your emotions in a positive healthy manner or do you keep them bottled up? Are you able to cope with unexpected life changes or challenges? Your ability to understand and deal with your feelings; attending to your thoughts and feelings, monitoring reactions, and identifying obstacles. Examples: Financial Wellness Take the Financial Literacy Self-Assessment Quiz: https://itools-ioutils.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/FLSAT-OAELF/star-comm-eng.aspx Your ability to manage your economic life by having financial security and financial freedom, in the present and in the future. Examples: Social Wellness Your ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive relationships. Examples: (steemitguide, 2016) Spiritual Wellness What gives you inner strength, peace, and confidence? Your ability to possess a sense of beliefs, ethics, morals, and values that give purpose and meaning to your life. Examples: Occupational Wellness Your ability to find a profession that is fulfilling. Physical Wellness Your ability to care for your body by consistently making healthy lifestyle choices. Examples: Intellectual Wellness Your ability to allow your brain both stimulation and rest for critical thinking, curiosity, and creativity. Examples: Brain Teasers (Cutolo, 2024) (Cutolo, 2024) (Cutolo, 2024) (Cutolo, 2024) (Cutolo, 2024) (Cutolo, 2024) (Cutolo, 2024) Environmental Wellness The surprising ways microplastics enter our body: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/health/video/microplastics-nanoplastics-plas tic-pollution-credit-card-digvid Your ability to live, maintain, and care for a healthy environment for yourself and others. Examples: CAN YOU THINK OF OTHER DIMENSIONS OF WELLNESS? BC First Nations Perspective on Health and Wellness (Greenwood, 2022, p.252) Indigenous Medicine Wheels (Tackaberry, n.d.) (Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., 2020) Traditional Chinese Organ Body Clock (Integrative Alchemists, 2020) (Tanaaz, 2024) The Sustainable Development Agenda In 2015, Canada and 192 United Nation member states adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. ○ Focused on 17 sustainable development goals (Eubank, 2024, p.104) ○ 3 goals: ending poverty, protecting the planet, tackling inequalities. Healthy People 2030 A public health initiative to improve the health of the nations by 2030. Leading health indicators by life-stages: 1. Access to health services 2. Clinical prevention services 3. Nutrition, healthy eating, and obesity 4. Drug and alcohol use 5. Environmental health 6. Violence prevention 7. Social determinants 8. Vaccinations/Health care 9. Sexually transmitted infections 10. Mental health/mental disorders/injury prevention Healthy People 2030 - 5 overarching goals 1. To attain higher quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death. 2. To achieve health equity and eliminate disparity for all groups. 3. To create social and physical environments that promote good health for all. 4. Promote quality of life, healthy development, and health behaviours across all life stages. 5. Engage stakeholder groups to take action and design policies that improve the health and well-being of all. Assignment: PWAPJ Part A: Dimensions of Wellness & Wellness Wheel: (15%) PWAPJ PART A Instructions DUE: September 29, 2024, 11:59pm In-class Activity Your life journey is unique and will influence your perspectives on health and wellness. Think about your race, class, gender, sexuality, religion, ability, experiences, and identities. REFERENCES Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. (2024). Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for adults aged 18-64 years. https://csepguidelines.ca/guidelines/adults-18-64/. 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And the real difference between them! https://steemit.com/life/@steemitguide/are-you-an-extrovert-or-introvert-and-the-real-difference-between-them. Accessed: August 14, 2024. Tackaberry, R. (n.d.) The medicine wheel. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/nose-hill-siksikaitsitapi-medicine-wheel. Accessed: August 14, 2024. Tanaaz. (2024). Traditional Chinese Organ Body Clock. https://foreverconscious.com/traditional-chinese-organ-body-clock. Accessed: August 14, 2024.