The WHO
Dimensions of Health and Well-being
Perspectives and Priorities on Health and Well-being
Indigenous Health and Well-being
Collective Nouns
100

A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.

What is health and well-being?

100

The body's functioning and systems, including the capacity to complete everyday tasks.

What is physical health?

100

This traditional gender stereotypically associates health and well-being with the physical dimension, placing a high importance on physical fitness. 

Who are males?

100
A definition concerned not only with the physical component of health but also "the social, emotional, and cultural" health of the whole community.

What is Aboriginal well-being?

100

This collective noun describes a group of fish or the place you are right now!

What is a school?

200

The prerequisite for health concerned with ensuring everybody has somewhere to live safely.

What is shelter?

200

The ability to form meaningful and satisfying relationships and manage or adapt appropriately to different social situations.

What is social health?

200

The ideas and customs of a particular people or society that may impact an individuals outlook on health and well-being.

What is culture?

200

A National Agreement adopted by all levels of government in Australia focused on improving Indigenous health outcomes.

What is Closing the Gap?

200

Known as a murder when hanging out together, these birds even have funerals for one another.

What are crows?

300

The distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society where all individuals' rights are recognised and protected.

What is social justice?

300
A dimension of health exemplified by one's ideas and beliefs, including but not limited to religion—maybe you just really like to fish!

What is spiritual health?

300
Individuals who are typically more health conscious, adopting a holistic view of health and well-being.

Who are females?

300

A term describing an archaic Australian policy between the 1910s and 70s that forcibly removed Aboriginal children from their home.

What is the Stolen Generation?

300

An unkindness—this might seem rude until you run into them in a dark alley.

What are ravens?

400

The absence of unfair differences among groups of people, whether socially, economically, demographically, or geographically or by other dimensions of inequality.

What is equity?

400

The dimension of health that, if left neglected, may result in temper tantrums. 

What is emotional health?

400
A ranking ascribed to individuals who make less money and are more likely to engage in unhealthy behaviours, like smoking, eating poorly, etc. 

What is low socio-economic status?

400

Something Indigenous Australians were told and forced to do to "fit in" with white society.

What is assimilate?

400

A term for a group of barracudas. Are they AA, AAA, or D, I wonder?

What is a battery?

500

The city that held the 1986 Conference on Health Promotion, establishing that "health is a resource for everyday life, not the objective of living."

Where is Ottawa?

500
A dimension of health that is particularly important to young people—more so than ever before!
What is mental health?
500
An age range that prioritises staying healthy to prevent diseases like prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease.

What is later adulthood (65+)?

500

A phrase an Indigenous Australian might use to describe Country, illustrating how important it is to them physically and beyond.

What is "second skin"?

500

A parliament when they hang out. What a hoot!

What are owls?