Personal Health and Injury Prevention - Unit 1 2025

Define Health.

• State of complete physical, mental and emotional, and social well-being.

• Absence of disease only.

• Ability to perform tasks without fatigue.

• Having a strong immune system.

Define Wellness.

• Process of identifying one’s state of health and taking steps to improve it.

• Ignoring health issues until they become severe.

• Focusing solely on physical fitness.

• Relying on medication for all health problems.

What are the three dimensions of health?

• Physical, Mental, Social

• Emotional, Spiritual, Environmental

• Economic, Political, Cultural

• Nutritional, Physical, Emotional

Fill in the blank: Physical health involves avoiding drugs, alcohol, and nicotine and being free of _______.

• stress

• disease

• injury

• illness

What does mental and emotional health involve?

• Observing and interpreting information

• Making decisions

• Solving problems

• All of the above.

Social health affects your relationships with others by:

• Improving communication and understanding

• Causing conflicts and misunderstandings

• Having no impact at all

• Making relationships more superficial

Which of the following statements is true about health dimensions?

• Health dimensions do not affect each other.

• A disturbance in one dimension may lead to a disturbance in another.

• An improvement in one dimension does not affect others.

• Health dimensions are independent of each other.

Define 'Quality of life'.

• Extent to which a person experiences a healthy, happy, and fulfilling life.

• The amount of wealth a person accumulates.

• The number of friends a person has.

• The level of education a person achieves.

Factors that increase health include:

• Regular exercise and a balanced diet

• Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption

• Sedentary lifestyle and junk food

• Lack of sleep and high stress

Factors that reduce health include:

• Regular exercise

• Balanced diet

• Smoking

• Adequate sleep