1. Wellness What is it?

2. Five Essential Dimensions of Health/Wellness Physical Dimension Intellectual/Mental Dimension Emotional Dimension Social Dimension Spiritual Dimension

3. Other Important Factors... Environment Career Culture Customs Beliefs Values Finances

4. Which wellness dimension is the most important?

5. The dimensions of wellness are interdependent The dimensions of wellness are interactive

6. Wellness Dimensions Fit Along a Continuum The two ends of this continuum are “optimal wellness” and “death” Can a person be physically and intellectually well, yet still be deemed “unwell” or “unhealthy?” Why or why not?

7. How Do We Become Well?

8. Prevention Tertiary Prevention When an individual gets cancer, the tumor is removed Secondary Prevention When an individual develops a chronic cough, he/she stops smoking Primary Prevention Smoking is avoided altogether

9. Importance of Prevention Diseases seen at the turn of the 20th century Tuberculosis Pneumonia Smallpox Diseases seen currently Heart disease Cancer Respiratory disease Stroke Sexually transmitted disease

10. Currently, prevention is the key to improving wellness

11. We Can Control Much of Our Wellness: Choices, Behaviors, Habits, Lifestyles Make choices to improve health, reduce disease and discomfort risk Maximize healthy behaviors, minimize unhealthy behaviors Engage in healthy habits, disengage unhealthy habits Change or transform lifestyles