4 Dimensions of Health
General Terms
General Terms (cont.)
Risk Factors
100

This dimension of health refers to how well

your body functions.

Physical Health 

100

A balance of physical, emotional, intellectual, and social health.

Wellness

100

How long you expect to live

Life Expectancy 

100

Something that increases the risk of disease 

Risk Factors

200

This dimension of health involves your communication skills, relationships, and ability to interact with others.

Social Health

200

A state of excellent health and wellness in all areas of your life.

Optimal Health

200

A place we can go to find information that is supported by actual science about your health 

Reliable Health Website 

200

Choices and behaviors that increase a person’s chance of developing a disease, unhealthy condition, or injury.

Behavioral Risk Factor 

300

This dimension of health has to do with your mood,how you feel about yourself, and how you view the world.

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Emotional Health

300

The chart that shows the behaviors that affect your health between premature death and optimal health 

Health Continuum

300

Risks that you are unable to control caused by a mutation in your genes, that put you at higher risk for disease. 

Genetic Risk Factors 

400

This dimension of health has to do with how you process thoughts, learn and understand the world

Intellectual Health

400

Unhealthy behaviors or diseases over a longer period of time may lead to this 

Premature Death

400

Characteristics of your surroundings, such as regional climate and the weather, which may cause you injury or disease.

Environmental Risk Factors

500

The ability to locate, interpret, and apply information pertaining to your health

Health Literacy 

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