Lifestyle as an integral factor of health. Healthy life style - definition and elements. Motivation of health behavior. Types of motives of health behavior.
Health behavior:
The action or reactions of an individual to a situation - can be conscious or unconscious, voluntary and involuntary
Health behavior my have implications for health:
- Personality
- Social factors ( Ethnicity, cultural, norms and social environment)
- Situational factors (risk, emotional response, motivation, outcome and evaluation
- Biological factors ( gender, age, genes and health status)
Long Healthy Life - strategic objective of WHO:
Evaluation of health status in quality of life is perceived and the general situation in contemporary philosophy and strategy of the WHO.
- Dr Hiroshi Nakajima concluded — Health expectancy is more important than life expectancy