HHD: Health and wellbeing
WHO definition
the state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity
VCAA definition of Health and wellbeing
h&wb is the state of a persons physical, social, emotional, mental & spirtual exsistance characterised by a balance in which the person feels happy, healthy, capable & engaged
Optimal Health and wellbeing
Heighest level of h&wb a person can achieve
dynamic and subjective health and wellbeing
Dynamic changes that may occur fast or slow constantly changing examples breaking a bone or relationship break up
Subjective How a person percieves their own health status
meaning of disease and illness
disease: physical or mental distubtion
illness: is a more subjective concept related to personal experience of a disease, it can be self diagnosed
Aborginal concept of health and wellbeing
Refers to not just the physical but the social, emotional, &cultural wb of entire community & achievment of a persons full potential which helps in the view of life-death-life