Health Education Program
Health & Wellness 1
Lesson 1: What is Health?
Done by: Nagham Al Hashimi
Lesson Objectives:
• Define health
• Identify the six components of health
• State the importance of striving for optimal
health
• Describe four influences on wellness
• Recognize three ways to take charge of your
wellness
• Describe the ways you can improve the six
components of your health
What is health? What are health components?
• Health: is the state of well being in which all of the components of health
– Physical, emotional, social, mental, spiritual, and environmental – are
in balance.
• Six Components of health:
1. Physical health:
• refers to the way your body functions; it includes eating right and getting
regular exercise, and being at your recommended body weight.
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2. Emotional health: is expressing your emotions in a positive,
nondestructive way. Everyone experiences unpleasant feeling
at one time or another
3. Social health
• Social health is the quality of relationships with friends,
family, teachers and others you are in contact with. A socially
healthy person also stays clear of those who do not treat him
or her with respect and tolerance.
4. Mental Health
• Mental health is the ability to recognize reality and cope with
the demands of daily life. Phobia is an irrational and excessive
fear of something that average people do not get afraid of
such as fear of heights.
5.Spiritual Health
• Spiritual health means different things to different
people. Sometimes it’s defined by the practice of
religion; sometimes it is the understanding of their
purpose in life.
6. Environmental health
• Environmental health is keeping your air and water clean,
your food safe and the land around you enjoyable and safe
• The environment is made up of living and nonliving things in
your world. It includes air, water and land.
• Your environment is your surroundings
Health Components
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Wellness: Striving for optimal health!
• Wellness:
Is the achievement of person’s best in all six components of
health? It will be unrealistic that a person could achieve
complete wellness all the time.
Health and Wellness Continuum:
1. Wellness Continuum
– Health falls somewhere on a line (continuum) from a high level to a
low level.
– Choices determine whether YOU have a High or Low level of Health.
2. Low Level of Health
• Lack of Energy, inattention, minor aches and pains
• Chronic Disorders
• Disability
3. High Level of Health
• Exhibit a high degree of responsibility, discipline, and positive direction in
life.
• Accept responsibility for their health.
Influences on Your Health
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Social influences:
Your health is also influenced by the relationships you have with other people , for
example, if you your friend convince you to go to the party where alcohol is
available , your friends are influencing your health in a negative way.
Heredity influences:
Your health can be influenced by your heredity – the traits you inherit from your
parents. For example, if several members of your family have developed diabetes,
you may be at risk of diabetes.
Environmental influences:
Your surroundings, the area where you live and all the things you have contact
with are part of your environment. Pollutants, safety regulations and the
availability use of the medical care are aspects of your environment that affect
your health.
Cultural influences:
Culture is the values, beliefs and practices shared by people that have a common
background. Your culture can strongly influence your health. For example, some
Asian culture eat a lot of vegetable and sea foods in their diet.
Taking Charge of your Wellness
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Knowledge an important way to improve your health is through your knowledge.
Health literacy is the knowledge of health information needed to make good
choices about your health. Studying health in school will certainly increase your
health literacy.
Lifestyle one of the most important ways to improve your health is to make
behavioral changes in your lifestyle. Putting your knowledge into action is a sure
way to take charge of your wellness.
Attitude A person’s way of thinking or attitude greatly affect’s that person’s health.
By changing your attitude you can act in ways that make you a healthier person.
For example, you could try to change your attitude toward stress. You can try to
relax and stop let- things the” little things “bother you. if you can keep stress from
affecting you, you will find that you will feel better mentally and physically.