Wellness And Wellbeing
The state of wellness and wellbeing in our society is beginning to decrease due to a variety of factors that affect the dimensions of wellness. Wellness and wellbeing has a different meaning to each individual as it has many determinants that can affect ones wellness and wellbeing. According to the readings the dimensions of wellbeing can be affected by the determinants of health and the impact of the mass media in our society.
The dimensions of wellbeing are physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, environmental and occupational. These dimensions affect the state of wellness and wellbeing in our society through a variety of different ways. The physical dimension is all about the operation of the body, your dietary habits, sexual …show more content…
Environmental and social factors can affect ones wellness and wellbeing. Environmental factors that can affect wellness and wellbeing are climate change and the location in which you live. “Global warming and climate change are linked with dispersion of infectious disease vectors and pests as well as with reduced food productions” (Nicoholson & Stephenson 2009; Talbot & Verrinder 2009) this affects our society as more people are becoming ill in health which puts strain on our health care system. The social determinants that can affect your wellness and wellbeing are gender, ethnicity and social class. Social class plays a huge role in ones wellness and wellbeing as it is related to their income. The income that one earns can determine if they are able to afford to buy nutritional foods, get medical attention when needed, and enrol their children in sporting activities which are all determinants that contribute to a complete wellness and wellbeing. Social class has many different levels from poverty to upper class, the people that are living in poverty situation are mainly at risk of having complete wellness and wellbeing due to the lack of food supplies and medical attention they have access …show more content…
The mass media mainly affects our social determinants of health but can also affect other determinants with different products being promoted through the use of the media for example McDonald’s advertisements on TV can affect the physical determinants of ones health if they eat the products advertised. The mass media is “pervasive and persuasive, reaching a world wide with health information in a way that promotes and normalises the health concepts portrayed” (Portsmouth, L. (2012). Health and the media. In P. Liamputtong., R. Fanany & G. Verringer (Eds.), Health, illness and wellbeing: perspectives and social determinants). Social wellbeing has been affecting in our society through the media as people now have readily access to social media for example Facebook. Facebook is a form of communication that allows you to access information about someone with out actually communicating with them. This is affecting our wellness and wellbeing in our society, as people are able to avoid face-to-face communication with one
The dimensions of wellbeing are physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, environmental and occupational. These dimensions affect the state of wellness and wellbeing in our society through a variety of different ways. The physical dimension is all about the operation of the body, your dietary habits, sexual …show more content…
Environmental and social factors can affect ones wellness and wellbeing. Environmental factors that can affect wellness and wellbeing are climate change and the location in which you live. “Global warming and climate change are linked with dispersion of infectious disease vectors and pests as well as with reduced food productions” (Nicoholson & Stephenson 2009; Talbot & Verrinder 2009) this affects our society as more people are becoming ill in health which puts strain on our health care system. The social determinants that can affect your wellness and wellbeing are gender, ethnicity and social class. Social class plays a huge role in ones wellness and wellbeing as it is related to their income. The income that one earns can determine if they are able to afford to buy nutritional foods, get medical attention when needed, and enrol their children in sporting activities which are all determinants that contribute to a complete wellness and wellbeing. Social class has many different levels from poverty to upper class, the people that are living in poverty situation are mainly at risk of having complete wellness and wellbeing due to the lack of food supplies and medical attention they have access …show more content…
The mass media mainly affects our social determinants of health but can also affect other determinants with different products being promoted through the use of the media for example McDonald’s advertisements on TV can affect the physical determinants of ones health if they eat the products advertised. The mass media is “pervasive and persuasive, reaching a world wide with health information in a way that promotes and normalises the health concepts portrayed” (Portsmouth, L. (2012). Health and the media. In P. Liamputtong., R. Fanany & G. Verringer (Eds.), Health, illness and wellbeing: perspectives and social determinants). Social wellbeing has been affecting in our society through the media as people now have readily access to social media for example Facebook. Facebook is a form of communication that allows you to access information about someone with out actually communicating with them. This is affecting our wellness and wellbeing in our society, as people are able to avoid face-to-face communication with one