Grade 11

Health and Wellbeing

Academic Year 2021/2022 – Term 1
Unit-1 Lesson no. 1.2
Lesson name: Dimensions of health
 By the end of the lesson, learners will be
able to:
Learning
Identify the four dimensions of health (physical,
outcome social, mental and emotional)
Explain how the four dimensions of health affect
each other.
 • Dimension – an area of part of
• Affect – make a difference to
• Physical – relating to the body
• Social – relates to society, the community and other
people
• Emotional – relating to feelings
Keywords • Mental – relating to the mind
• Communication – exchanging of information by
speaking, writing, or some other medium
Dimensions of health
Different factors can affect health.

Dimensions of health include the following:

• Physical health

• Social health

• Mental health

• Emotional health
Dimensions of health

Physical health

• Any physical aspect of health

• Physical ill-health can include diseases

and disorders

• Fractures or other physical injuries

Dimensions of health

Social health

• The ability to build and keep

relationships

• Good communication skills

Dimensions of health

Mental health

• Refers to the cognitive aspect of health

• The ability to learn, think and remember

• It is about the functioning of the brain

Dimensions of health

Emotional health

• Refers to feelings and emotions

• A person can identify and manage their

emotions

• Can be confused with mental health

How do the dimensions affect each other?

All of the dimensions are important; individually and all together

• The state of health in one dimension of health will have an impact on the
other dimensions

• Illness can affect one dimension, or all of them

• Illness of one dimension can have an impact on the other dimensions

Health is a changing state

It is difficult to say if a person is ‘healthy’ or ’unhealthy’ at any one time

• They might be physically healthy, but not socially

• Health is constantly changing

• There are many challenges within the environment that can affect your state of health

• These are known as barriers to health

• Barriers to health are things that affect health that you as an individual cannot control
Barriers to Health

Some barriers to health are:

• Weather

• Local healthcare facilities

• Other people’s behaviour

• The food available

 By the end of the lesson, learners
will be able to:
Learning
Identify the four dimensions of health
outcome (physical, social, mental and emotional)
Explain how the four dimensions of health
affect each other.
Conclusion

Recap

Questions