Mental Health and Wellbeing
Includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. Affects how we think, feel, and act.
What is Mental Health
The state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health.
What is Health Equity
Health-related practices such as diet and exercise, that can improve or damage the health of individuals or community members.
What is Health Behaviors definition
The degree to which people have and perceive a desired number, quality, and diversity of relationships that create a sense of belonging, and being cared for, valued, and supported.
What is Social Connectedness definition
Private, non-profit agency that provides services to strengthen families and promote individual well-being.
What is Winona Family and Children's Center
The most common mental illness in the United States
What is Anxiety Disorders
Preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
What is Health Disparities Definition
Tobacco Use, Diet and exercise, alcohol and drug use, sexual activity
What is Examples of Health Behaviors
Join a group focused on a favorite hobby. Take a class to learn something new. Volunteer for things you care about in your community. Travel to different places and meet new people.
What is Building Social Connections
An eight-week wellness program for 4th grade students, meant to promote age-appropriate education in proper nutrition and active living.
What is Gr8 Kids
Mind and body practice where you learn to focus your attention and awareness.
What is Meditation/Mindfulness
Poverty, Environmental threats, inadequate access to health care, individual and behavioral factors, educational inequalities.
What is Examples of Health Disparities
Conditions in the environment where people are born, live, work, play, worship and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks.
What is Social Determinants of Health?
Improves access to information or social influence.
What is Structural Connectedness
A non-profit organization that supports recent immigrants to the Winona Community through educational and social programs.
What is Project FINE
Taking the time to do things that help you live well and improve both your physical health and metal health.
What is Self-Care
Phenomenon whereby people who are less advantaged in terms of socioeconomic position have worse health (and shorter lives) than those who are more advantaged.
What is Social Gradient
Getting enough sleep, regular physical activity, and eating a healthy diet.
What is Behaviors that Promote Health
Social connectedness can help prevent serious illness and outcomes like:
Heart Disease, Stroke, Dementia, Depression, and Anxiety.
What are The Health Benefits of Social Connectedness
A non-profit service provider that works to improve the quality of life in our community. Services include a food shelf, home delivered meal service, transportation, housing, and other types of assistance.
What is Winona Volunteer Services
An online training course that teaches you to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
What is Mental Health First Aid
A division within the Minnesota Department of Health working to improve health equity throughout the state.
What is The Center for Health Equity
1. Precontemplation, 2. Contemplation, 3. Preparation, 4. Action, 5. Maintenance, 6. Relapse
What is Stages of Behavior Change
Social Isolation and loneliness have been linked to increased risk for:
Heart Disease and Stroke, Type 2 Diabetes, Depression and Anxiety.
What is Health Risks of social isolation and loneliness
This program addresses the root causes of factors that affect well-being and the role of drivers of health, and connects vulnerable populations with the resources needed to live their best lives.
What is The Winona Community HUB