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Social Health
Social Health
The social dimension of health refers to our ability to make and maintain meaningful relationships with others. Good social health includes not only having relationships but behaving appropriately within them and maintaining socially acceptable standards.
Physical Health
Physical Health
The physical dimension of health refers to the bodily aspect of health. It refers to the more traditional definitions of health, that is the absence of disease and injury. Physical health ranges in quality along a continuum where a combination of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease or hypertension are at one end and a person who is at optimum physical condition is at the other.
Emotional Health
Emotional Health
Emotional health is about the persons mood or general emotional state. It is our ability to recognise and express feelings adequately. It relates to you self esteem as well as your ability control your emotions to maintain a realistic perspective on situations.
Cognitive Health
Cognitive Health
Cognitive health (mental health) encompasses the functioning of the brain rather than a persons mood or feelings. Cognitive health refers to the persons ability to use their brain and think, remember and make effective decisions.
Spiritual Health
Spiritual Health
Spiritual health relates to our sense of overall purpose in life. People often find this purpose from a belief or faith system, while others create their own purpose. A person who has purpose to life is said to be healthier than those who don’t see a purpose to life.
ACTIVITY
ACTIVITY
COMPLETE THE ACTIVITIES ON PAGE 9 AND 10 IN YOUR PDHPE WORKBOOK
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