Health and Wellness: A Conceptual Differentiation
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Journal of School Health
- Vol. 55 (10) , 403-406
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.1985.tb01164.x
Abstract
Confusion exists regarding the terms health and wellness. This article presents a conceptualization of health as consisting of social, mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical components; a conceptualization of wellness as the integration of these components; and a conceptualization of high-level wellness as the balance of these components. Implications of these conceptualizations for health education are presented. Iatrogenic health education disease is discussed and a distinction is made between health education and health indoctrination.Keywords
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