Appreciation for Health Worksheet

10 Questions Total
Name: Karen Brown
1. How are you practicing each of the following dimensions of the wellness wheel?
Emotional: I’m working on not keeping everything to myself and entrusting in
someone.
Physical: I have a fitness plan and can’t wait until my foot heals to follow it more
regularly.
Occupational: I recently enrolled in college. I’m looking forward to this new
challenge and change In my career.
Social: I currently interact with many people daily.
Spiritual: I have a deep understanding of my beliefs.
Intellectual: I try to stay informed by reading articles, books, and statistics.
Environmental: I need to do more nature walks and use my environment to
relieve stress.
Financial: I’m aware of my financial responsibilities and I try to budget and plan
to avoid stress and unforeseen hardships.

2. What are the top three areas of the wellness wheel do you need to focus on the
most? Think about how the lack of this area may affect your decisions,
behaviors, …
a. Emotional wellness
b. Physical wellness
c. Environmental wellness

3. How do you think you can improve upon these areas of wellness? That is, what
will you do to complete this comprehensive focus on your personal health!?
a. Speak with a trusted loved one about my feelings.
b. Incorporate a physical fitness routine I will stick to.
c. Utilize the environment to destress by going on nature works.

4. Have you ever participated in community service or service learning?

Yes X No
If so, what was it?
My family and I volunteer at a food pantry.

If no, what would you consider doing as community service or service learning?
     

5. In critically thinking about participating in community service or service learning,

please complete the chart below based on the questions asked from the lesson.
Feel free to use your own “community” or provide an example of such to answer
this chart.

Community Health What can YOU do What have you

Concerns/Needs to assist your “received” even
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of Community community with though you have
this particular “given”?
health concern?
Fort Worth We need more Become part of my We have received
affordable kids' daughter's school some funding for
Physical/sports PTA. This may afterschool
activities. allow me to have a activities in the
voice in suggesting community
activities and what however, because
programs the my daughter's zone
school should fund. school is small in
the district, it
doesn’t get much
funding for the
children to stay
active and healthy.

6. What is one “Blue Zone Approved” facility (restaurant, worksite, school, store,
etc..) ?
A community, school, or establishment that is committed and partnered for the
well-being improvement initiative and healthier choices.

7. How can you link the wellness wheel and the power nine? Maybe you could
draw a line to the related aspects of each, or highlight in a different color each
grouping, or simply type out the groupings.
     

Dimensions of Wellness: Power Nine (Blue Zones):

mental/emotional wellness Move naturally
financial Down Shift
social Know your purpose
spiritual Right Tribe
occupational 80% Rule
physical Belong
intellectual Plant Slant
environmental wellness Family First
Wine @ Five

8. What are examples of each of the Determinants of Health according to

Healthypeople.gov and our lesson?

Category of Determinant of Health Example

1.Biological and Genetics Age, sex, Inherited condition like
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2. Individual Behaviors
3. Social Interactions
4. Physical Environment
5. Access to Health Services
9. Of the categories of determinants of health, which do you have control over,
which do you not have control over, and why?
Category(ies) I DO have
control over
(internal locus of
control)
Individual Behaviors  
Access to Health Services       We currently have
Social Interactions
Physical Environment
Biological and Genetics
Heart Disease and Diabetes for
example.
Diet, physical activity.
Safe housing; access to safe
transportation.
Where people live, learn, work play and
access to all. Having access to the above.
Lack of access to healthcare.
Category(ies) I DO NOT Why
have control over
(external locus of
control)
     We can control our
diet and exercise
plan.
access to healthcare in
my neighborhood and
since we get health
insurance through my
husband’s employer, we
are able to pay for it.
      We are lucky
enough to live in a
mostly safe
neighborhood where
we can interact with
people daily.
      We have access to
a place to live,
schools and work in
our area.
      I have a family
history of diabetes
and heart disease. I
need to make good
healthy decisions to
avoid future health
issues.
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10. Do you feel you have an “appreciation for health/wellness”? Explain why or why
not (and if, not, how you may be able to develop one). This should be a
paragraph of 7 or more sentences.
I appreciate health and wellness much more now after becoming aware of the
health gains and losses associated with the wellness areas I control. Becoming
educated and informed has made me more confident in tackling some of my
unhealthy habits. I have also identified the good diet, spiritual awareness, and
social habits I practice with the information I acquired. I appreciate health and
wellness much more after seeing the positive outcomes of my improvement, no
matter how small they are. Additionally, I can see how much more access to
resources is available in my environment. I’m grateful for that and will make use
of these options. I still have much work to do; however, I’m very motivated to
continue this path of exploration.