Women’s Health DH47 34

Learning Outcome 1

Concepts of health

Answer Q1 on your own, and then discuss the following questions in small groups and note your answers. Your tutor will provide a flipchart where you should try to summarise the main points of your discussion, to feedback to the rest of the class.

Q1 How healthy do you feel today, on a scale of 1 to 10? Explain the factors you took into consideration when giving your answer.

Q2 How would you define ‘being healthy’? How does this differ, in your view, from ‘being unhealthy’? Is this the same as ‘being ill/not being ill’? If not, how do the concepts differ?

Q3 Considering your answer to Q1, discuss how we can attempt to measure ‘health’, and how effective these measure are.

Q4 Who is responsible for your health?

Q5 In what ways do you feel women’s health differs from men’s health?

Q6 Do you feel your concept of health differs from that of your parents, grandparents or children, if you have any? In what way?