Health and wellness: a conceptual differentiation.
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.
D001294:Attitude to Health; D003657:Decision Making; D004194:Disease; D006262:Health; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D005082:Physical Exertion