This study investigated the relationships among gender role and self-reported health functioning in a sample of community dwelling older adults. One hundred and two (55 female, 47 male) participants were recruited through seniors' associations in Windsor, Ontario. Analyses of variance were conducted separately by gender to compare the self-rated physical health functioning, wellness, and life s...

Abstract; The holistic concept of health is contained in the expression wholeness. Health a relative state which one able to function well physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually express full range one's unique potentialities within environment lives. Key Word: Health, wellness, Holistic.

PURPOSE Wellness approaches are not routine in childhood disability services, despite theoretical and empirical support and an increasing demand for them from health consumers and disability activists. We aimed to investigate how health professionals define or understand wellness and its practice in the context of childhood disability. METHOD A qualitative, interpretive approach was taken. Se...

Good health refers to the mind and body's soundness state in which its tasks are carried out properly effectively. Health is described by World Organization as "a condition of complete physical, mental, social well-being". There a variety elements that influence developing nations like India, such poverty, food insecurity, pricing malnutrition, pollution deterioration environment, occupational ...

Employers are increasingly interested in improving employee health, with the goals of reducing health care costs and increasing productivity. As of 2010, 74% of employers who offered health insurance also offered a wellness program, and the prevalence is increasing. However, there is vigorous debate about whether employee wellness programs actually work to improve health. Although proponents as...

Wellness is both a dynamic process of physical, mental, and spiritual optimization and integration and an outcome of that process. Bill Hettler (1984), considered the father of the modern wellness movement, defined wellness as "an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward a more successful existence" (p. 14). Myers, Sweeney, and Witmer (2000), after reviewing ...

Modern eHealth, ubiquitous health and personal wellness systems take place in an unsecure and ubiquitous information space where no predefined trust occurs. This paper presents novel information model and an architecture for trust based privacy management of personal health and wellness information in ubiquitous environment. The architecture enables a person to calculate a dynamic and context-a...

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE Review the operational definitions of health and wellness coaching as published in the peer-reviewed medical literature. BACKGROUND As global rates of preventable chronic diseases have reached epidemic proportions, there has been an increased focus on strategies to improve health behaviors and associated outcomes. One such strategy, health and wellness coaching, has been inc...

AIMS Alongside the increasing prevalence of chronic health conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes has been an increase in interventions to reverse these ill-health trends. The aim of this study was to examine the longitudinal impact of the Sheffield Hallam University Staff Wellness Service on health indicators over a five-year period. METHODS The Sheffield Hallam Staff Wellnes...

OBJECTIVE To measure the effectiveness of a wellness program in a small company using four well-being indicators designed to measure dimensions of physical health, emotional health, healthy behavior, and basic access to health-related conditions and services. METHODS Indicator scores were obtained and compared between Lincoln Industries employees and workers in the neighboring Lincoln/Omaha c...