Associate Level Material

Six Dimensions of Health Worksheet

Part 1

For each of the following six dimensions of health, list at least one characteristic, activity, belief, or attitude that reflects that dimension in your life. Provide a brief explanation with each example. Refer to Ch. 1 in the text for explanations of these dimensions.

Physical health: Body Weight.

In order to maintain a proper body weight I plan a healthy diet and remain active by exercising.

Social health: Simple courtesy for others.

I exercise my social health by being courteous to others on any chance that I have in daily life.

Simple things like opening a door or saying, “Excuse me.”, in a crowded situation are active

practices of excellent social health.

Intellectual health: Balancing home, work, and college life.

I feel that how I am able to manage my home, work, and college life is an excellent example of

intellectual health. From being able to manage all the decisions that go with the time constraints

associated with this busy life, and still satisfy all groups involved means I am effectively using my

intelligence to help make effective life decisions.

Environmental health: Appreciation of wildlife and plant life.

I feel a great appreciation for the indigenous species of wildlife and plant life in my environment. I

often admire both forms and feel great appreciation for how they have helped us all sustain life

over the years on this planet.

Emotional health: Controlling my argumentativeness with my significant other.

When it comes to being in a relationship there will most surely be times when we do not meet eye

to eye on particular topics. I have found that in my past I seem to overreact when trying to get my

point across. Having the ability to look back on a previous action and deem it as an ineffective

means of communication or way to react in general is an active exercise of emotional health.

Spiritual health: Feeling the connection I share with everyone in the world.

I often think of how, although physically different, we all share the same base characteristics. We

all feel pain and joy from events in our life. I know that the actions I do not only affect me, but

others as well. We are all tied together this way and in a sense all share the same goals. We all

want to succeed and live a full life. I think of how our actions will affect the world as one quite

regularly and I feel that this is an exercise of my spiritual health.

Part 2

In approximately 125 to 200 words, describe health and wellness in your own words using the ideas and concepts for each of the six dimensions of health.

In my opinion, health and wellness go far beyond just our physical health. I do feel that our

physical health is the most impacted by the other health dimensions that we know of from our

reading. Physical health is also the most obvious indicator of an imbalance with the other

dimensions of health. If for example our social health if lacking we may feel disconnected from

others and neglect our personal hygiene with can cause physical health issues. Spiritual,

intellectual, environmental, and emotional health all affect physical health in this same manner. If

our environment is clean and tidy we will feel better physically, emotionally, and even socially as

well from not having bacteria growing around us and by having a presentable clean home. If there

is a spiritual imbalance and someone does not feel connected to a greater purpose there could

be emotional illness suffering as well which will in turn lead to degradation in physical health. To

summarize, I feel that health and wellness does encompass physical, spiritual, social, intellectual,

emotional, and environmental healths. By ignoring one the other will undoubtedly suffer, and to

live a full and joyous life we must pay attention to all aspects of health.