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Consider what health might mean to a range of different types of people in different contexts.

For example:

1 What do the definitions have to offer in terms of furthering our understanding about health?

2 What are the limitations of them? What are their strengths?

3 How would you alter the definitions for the people are you thinking about? What would you add or remove and why?

4 How do the definitions compare or contrast with your own definition of health from learning task 1.1?

In summary, health means different things to different people. Notions of health may differ between groups and between different contexts. Perceptions of health will vary across the lifespan and are influenced by a range of factors, including individual experiences and socialization. Personal experience and subjectivities mould our understandings of what health is and the meanings that we attach to it. These are, in turn, influenced by a range of things such as our social and physical environment and culture.