It is my hope that we can think “beyond the box” of how health is defined. For certain, it is an individual experience and interpretation, and we should be sensitive to those from other cultures or who have had different experiences than we, regarding how health and how life, is interpreted. Click the link below to review the domains of health.
http://transformativeliving.net/2006/10/03/expanding-on-the-domains-of-health/
- Physical- one which we relate to the most in a western orientation.
- Ecological- Relationship to all things natural and our environments, internal and external.
- Emotional- ways that our perceptions and interpretation of events have on our feelings and brain chemistry
- Intellectual- more than how much knowledge we have gained but how we regulate, (and change) our though processes.
- Social- how we interact, behave and are valued, in our roles and positions in society.
- Inter-relational- more personal and “authentic” than social, typically how you function as family member and close friend.
- Cultural- typically associated with lifeways from one’s heritage, but could be social norms of professional groups or in a broader context, an example is the culture of nursing, as compared to the larger health care culture.
- Last but not least- the Spiritual domain- for some, a sensitive topic, but one that is getting increased coverage, and interpretation from multiple media sources. We will give you a great example here