A Learning and Responding Matrix

Human Wellbeing: Describe the methods and the importance of measuring wellbeing.
You may want to focus on areas of wellbeing, quantitative/qualitative methods and/or trends in wellbeing.
Evaluate Overall or Critically Evaluate: Compare and contrast the features OVERALL.
Concept: Where does this idea fit into the whole topic? Why is it important to evaluate this?
Appreciate: How does this help answer a question? How is it important to my life?

NAME AND DEFINE Areas of content DESCRIBE features and characteristics of EXPLAIN SIGNIFICANCE
EACH area What is its function or purpose? What is the
effect?

Financial Wellbeing is having enough money in
order to afford basic resources and satisfy your
needs
Being financially secure is mainly when an
individual does not have to worry too much about
not being able to afford their basic necessities.
An individual’s financial wellbeing can be
affected by living costs, an individual’s income,
and job security.
Financial wellbeing is vital for an individual to be
able to have enough money to afford their basic
needs to survive. People with lower financial
wellbeing may not be able to afford the best
technology and resources to live. For example,
they may not be able to afford heaters for cold
temperatures or enough food to stay nourished.
A lack of financial wellbeing could also affect
other factors of wellbeing like mental and
physical well being. Mental wellbeing is affected
because individuals would stress more about
money.

Social wellbeing are the relationships and
connections individuals build with other
individuals
Having good social wellbeing is building healthy
relationships with other individuals, which could
help promote a sense of belonging. It includes
having good communication and setting barriers.
Negative social wellbeing could be caused by a
history of mental illness, substance abuse,
insecurities, upbringing, lack of communication,
and violence.
Having good social wellbeing means building
healthy relationships with others. This is
important because individuals can help and
support others in stressful times, which could
help to promote mental wellbeing. Human
connections also builds happier memories, which
would lead to long term happiness.
Health Wellbeing - It recognises that people
around the world have the right to live well and in
a healthy lifestyle
Factors that can affect an individual's health
wellbeing include, health services, social norms,
population, access to resources, community.
Some characteristics which can affect health
wellbeing are, healthy behaviors, mental/physical
illness, productivity, factors in social and physical
environment.
Measuring health wellbeing is very significant
since it allows us to understand how individuals
perceive the world. Measuring well being also
allows people to evaluate the impact that
services have to people’s day to day lives. It
allows companies and healthcare services to
tailor their services in order to treat the most
common problems that arise in a specific
community or place.