Health Science Test #1

Health is the overall well-being of an individual because of the balance of all six health components.

PEEMSS

Physical Environmental Emotional Mental Social Spiritual

Taking care of your physical health: absence of illness good hygiene staying away from alcohol and drugs

Keeping your environment clean: Keeping the air, water, and food clean so that you are not consuming toxins

Understanding and regulating your emotions: Being able to express your emotions in a healthy and not destructive way.

Keeping yourself in a good state of mind: Being able to cope with the daily stressors of life.

Having a support system: Good group of friends, family, and peers to surround yourself with people who will bring you up.

Understanding and following your own beliefs: Living according to your values, morals, and ethics.

The absence of illness

The well-being of an individuals six components

polio, plague, influenza, small pox, cholera

Cancer, type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, common cold and flu.

Being able to treat those who are poor and Indigenous peoples who did not have the built up immunity to European illnesses

Being able to maintain our healthcare system and keep it stable. Improving things like wait times and the lack of healthcare professionals/training centers.

The universal healthcare system that provides all Canadians access to free healthcare as long as it is medically necessary.

Tommy Douglas

• To provide universal comprehensive (all access) healthcare to those in need. • To provide services based on necessity rather than wealth. • To promote fairness and equality. • To help Canadians, especially Indigenous peoples who did not have the best immunity, maintain and improve their health.

A medical knowledge system where highly trained medical professionals treat symptoms using science based treatments like drugs, radiation, and surgeries. • Practiced in a clean or sterile environment like a hospital or doctors office. • Payment in Canada is not necessary as long as it is completely medically necessary, more luxury items cost extra.

A medical knowledge system based on cultural beliefs and the use of plants and animals to heal the entire person. • Requires payment as tobacco • Practiced be healers and elders who learned through generational teaching (watching and participating) rather than in a post-secondary institution.

A medical knowledge system that uses mind-body practices and herbal medicine to prevent and treat health problems. • Acupuncture, massage, Tai chi, etc are all examples of different practices within this medicine. • Services require payment (money).

A medical knowledge system that uses an array of practices that are designed to complement or replace Western Medicine. • Practiced world-wide (things like yoga, Tai chi, herbal remedies, and even vitamin gummies) • Can be practiced inside the individuals home, in a studio, or even just out in nature.

North White Old Age Air

East Yellow Birth Fire