Wellness models 101

DO NOW!Clear your desk

except for a piece of paper and pen/pencil and your signed contract

Wellness Models 101

By: Mr. Mader

DO NOW!

• Keep your animal picture on top of you desk, don’t fold or wrinkle it we will use it shortly.

• Take out your contract- put it on your desk- I will collect it.

• Please also take out a piece of paper and title it Wellness.

Group Work

• Brainstorm key words to describe health

Some definitions of health

• Health is a resource for everyday life, not the object of living.

• Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources, as well as physical capacities.

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

The Health Triangle

All Aspects are Interrelated!

• Partner Work• Create a situation in which areas of the

health triangle are effected negatively. Show how one area effects and is interrelated to other areas.

• EX.- A teen who skips meals may feel irritable and have trouble concentrating in school. This person may also be rude to her peers and teachers.

Another Model6 Dimensions of Wellness

• Physical Wellness- Eating well, exercise, avoid harmful habits, making responsible decisions about sex, medical and dental check-ups…

• Emotional Wellness- Optimism, trust, self-esteem, confidence, self-control…

• Intellectual Wellness- Openness to new ideas, question and think critically, creativity, curiosity to learn…

6 Dimensions of Wellness Cont.• Spiritual Wellness- have values and beliefs that

add purpose to life, love, compassion, forgiveness, altruism…

• Interpersonal and Social Wellness- Satisfying relationships, good communication skills, supportive family and friends…

• Environmental or Planetary Wellness- Personal health depends on the health of the planet, food supply, violence, pollution…

Some definitions of wellness• An integrated method of functioning that is

oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable.

• An approach to health that focuses on balancing the many aspects or dimensions of a person’s life through increasing the adoption of health enhancing behaviors rather than attempting to minimize conditions of illness.

• Wellness is an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence.

What do you see?What does it look like?What does it remind you of?What do you wonder?What makes you say that?

• “Health is to wellness as a seed is to a flower.”

• Health provides a foundation for wellness.

In your groups

• Build a health model• Each model must-

– Contain a visual element– Contain at least three components– Have at least one external factor– Contain color

• What does health mean to you?• Can a person with a chronic disease (e.g.

cancer, heart disease, diabetes, etc.) or an infectious illness (e.g. Tb, HIV, Herpes, etc.) be healthy? Can they achieve wellness?

• What does a healthy person look like? What does a well person look like?

Complete the WorksheetFinish it for Homework

• On the back answer the following questions-– What are the

differences between the two health models?

– Which model do you like better? Why?