Health & Wellbeing: Holistic Analysis of Influencing Factors in the UK

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the factors influencing health and wellbeing within the UK population, adopting a holistic perspective as advocated by the Department of Health. It highlights the bidirectional relationship between health and wellbeing, emphasizing the importance of considering various interconnected factors. The report identifies socioeconomic status, genetics, personal behavior (such as alcohol consumption and smoking), and the social environment as key determinants impacting the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities in the UK. It further discusses the significance of a holistic approach, integrating emotional, physical, spiritual, occupational, and social aspects to promote healthier lifestyles, particularly among vulnerable populations facing poverty and inequality. The analysis draws upon relevant theories and research to support its rationale, concluding that addressing these multifaceted factors is crucial for enhancing the overall health and wellbeing of the UK population.

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Introduction
In present situation, health and well-being have become a very serious concern as compared to
other challenges faced by the common individual. Due to globalization, the numbers of
industries have increased in size and as a result of this; these industries are negatively impacting
our ecosystem in terms of health (Haslam et al., 2009). It has been found that nearly 12 countries
in Europe and Central Asia are facing the negative impact of climate change which has resulted
in a lot of deaths. In current time people feels that it is better to invest in health security in order
to protect themselves from various threats arising in this global world. According to the study, it
has been found that even European region is also facing issues related to health in terms of
ageing and growing of population. In addition to this unemployment among youths, poverty and
working environment which is full of pressure and stress are actually contributing a lot towards
health and wellbeing risks (Diener and Chan, 2011).
Health influences wellbeing and wellbeing itself influences health
As per world health organization, health is defined as the state of comprehensive physical,
psychological and social wellbeing and not simply the absenteeism of disease or illness. While in
traditional medical believe health was considered as the state of body which is free from any
kind of disease or illness and focus on the significance of medical diagnosis and involvements. In
addition to this, WHO has connected health unequivocally with wellbeing aspect to achieve
resources which are linked with social and physical body state (Grinde and Patil, 2009).
Wellbeing is defined as the positive state relatively than a natural state. Wellbeing is also framed
as a positive health aspiration. In 1986, Ottawa charter stated that health must be seen as
everyday resources of life instead of aim of living. Wellbeing can be associated with the link
among health along with the level of society involvement. But in reality, it is unrealistic because
there are numerous numbers of factors which result in damaging health. Wellbeing is usually
present in two dimensions, one is subjective and other is objective. Wellbeing mainly involves
experience related to life along with beliefs and social ethics associated with life which makes a
balance between personal and professional life (Huppert, 2009). Usually, wellbeing is considered
as part of health and is been connected to the psychological stability of the individual.

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Relationship between health and wellbeing
As per various study, it has been seen that many scholars do not find any difference between
health and wellbeing but still there are some scholars who believe that wellbeing is more
comprehensive than health concept. Various researches indicated that both these terms consist of
multidimensional and hence they generally impact each time to time (Carmody and Baer, 2008).
It can be said that a person can be called healthy even if that person is ill because these people
are continuously engaged into exercises activities along with spiritual endeavors but at the same
time its complete opposite situation can be possible. In a similar manner, an individual can be
said wellbeing despite suffering from disease. There are many examples where patients who are
being treated for chronic disease are fully capable to live a productive life. Health and wellbeing
It is always better to identify the factors which may lead to motivation in the patient in terms of
emotions and strength and are linked to health and wellbeing. Asymptomatic patients or
customers wellbeing is very difficult to find out because they are not highly engaged to healthy
behavior in order to improve their health while it works in motivating to enhance their wellness.
Physical as well as mental health has the power of influencing wellbeing in both short term as
well as long term situations (Steptoe, Deaton and Stone, 2015). It can be said that there are
plenty of correlations among health and wellbeing results, enhance the immune system, tolerance
related to higher pain, very slow progress in disease and so on. But when it comes to wellbeing,
it has a variable impact on the health which depends on the related factor.
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As the target population in the United Kingdom, it can be easily said that a holistic approach will
play a very important role in up maintain the healthy lifestyle of the common UK individuals.
Even though United Kingdom is considered among the top developed countries in the world but
still there is inequality in the UK population related to income, status, and even education.
According to study almost 23.5% of Britain population is living under the influence of poverty
and are in continuous need of health support (Eurostat, 2015). A holistic approach is actually a
traditional medicine in which the human body is seen as a garden instead of a machine. Just like
garden needs care in a similar way human body also needs care because its every system is being
influenced by another working system. Just like our body impacts our minds in the same way our
mind impacts our body (Dooris, 2009). So, it clearly indicates that health and wellbeing cannot
work in isolation and are always in need of help while considering individual aspects in term of
applied and workable approach.
With the help of Holistic approach, it will be easy to maintain the correlation between emotional,
physical, spiritual, occupational and social aspects of human body. In the emotional aspect,
holistic approach will help this weaker section of the society to become aware of their emotions,
learn from their mistakes by accepting their fault along with accepting the assistance in a
situation of need (Royen et al., 2010). In physical aspect, a holistic approach will help in
encouraging this weaker section to adopt physical activities in their daily life and consumed
proper nutrition along with well-balanced diet. Holistic approach will also help in maintaining
spiritual wellness in context of ethical and believes. Being healthy and wellbeing is not a very
easy task; it requires a lot of efforts, especially when it is under the continuous influence of
various factors which impact in both ways positively as well as negatively. These factors are
mainly social, traditional, economic and physical environment under which almost even human
sustain their whole life.
As per various researches, it has been seen that genetics and personal behavior displays a strong
impact on the health of the common individual in terms of working, learning and playing. From
researches, it has been determined that the family history of an individual plays a very important
in signifying the impact of genes related to individual disease risk (Koslander, da Silva and
Roxberg, 2009). An individual usually faces the same genomic environment which is faced by
their family members from long duration so naturally, they will automatically develop the same

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type of heterogenic in their body which will act according to the present situation. Hence,
inherited hereditary difference within family evidently contributes indirect as well as indirect on
the manner of developing disease.
While human behavior also plays a significant role in centering health and preclusion of disease.
As per the study, it has been found that various effective programs which are being used to
change the health behavior of an individual need a multilayered tactic to assist an individual to
adopt changes and introduce it in their behavior (Kingsley et al., 2013). Introducing a healthy
eating behavior in early childhood will help in preventing the individual from many diseases but
at the same time, this behaviour changes as the individual move to an upper stage of the life and
hence it is very difficult to maintain for a long time.
Relevant theories and influence
According to Barsevich and Montgomery, various researches indicate that knowledge attained
has a direct relation with health and wellbeing of an individual. In addition, it has been seen that
personalized genetic data helps in reducing risk related to health pattern. It has also found that
information related to genetic influences the behaviour change with the help of genotype-tailored
intervention. It actually offers a promise that holds initial prevention of common health situations
(McBride et al., 2010). As compared to biomarkers like blood pressure and cholesterol checking,
genetic markers are considered more influencer on the individual in Britain. Britain has
considered as one of the old traditional family following culture and hence health and wellbeing
of the individual are truly under the influence of genetic formation. Alcohol consumption and
smoking is very common behaviour in Britain culture which is directly connected with the health
issue. According to the study, it has been found that around 14.5 deaths per 100,000 population
are being experienced by Britain from 2015 (ONS, 2015). This kind of behaviour is being
displayed by both the gender of Britain population men as well as women. While in case of
Alcohol, men percentage is very high as compared to women which are forcing them to enter
into danger zone situation. Hence these populations of Britain are under great influence of these
genetic and personal behaviour aspects of an individual but at the same time, economic state of a
family In Britain also influence health and wellbeing of an individual both in positive as well as
negative way. As per various researches, it has been said that around one-third population of
Britain are living under poverty line and therefore are continuously subjected to health-related

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issue (Gifford and Nilsson, 2014). It is a true fact that in poor economic condition, even a strong
person is not able to maintain its strength for a long time because individual is under continuous
stress of making money and paying debts. This stress is impacting an individual in both ways
physically as well as mentally because of which the person is not able to give proper care to their
health and are not even able to offer a healthy home environment to their children. A research
was conducted in US in 2017 which indicated that financial stress is directly linked with the
physical health of the person. Around 34% of US population is feeling a negative impact on their
health due to financial stress which has given rise to other family issues like divorce, social
cutoff and borrowing (APA, 2015). In fact, this pattern also very common in Britain and even the
young generation of Britain are also experiencing this kind of situation in their life which is
actually impacting their health and wellbeing. Another factor which displays influence on health
and wellbeing of Britain population is social environment. An individual is always considered as
the most important part of the society and there is always an interconnection between individual
and society as well as between individual and individual. The society offers both types of
platform positive as well as negative impact (Gleichgerrcht and Decety, 2013). If an individual is
living in a society which is full of positivity then most probably a positive health display will be
automatically reflected in behaviour of the individual. In a similar manner, if society offers a
negative platform especially those zones of Britain which are not developed yet will display
negative behaviour towards life.
Conclusion
Due to globalization, every country of the world is on the dynamic mode in terms of
development and progress especially when it comes to Britain. Britain is considered as one of the
developed countries in the world but at the same time development should not be considered as a
benchmark for financial stability. There are around 23.5% of the population which are still
falling under the poverty line and hence are struggling for health and wellbeing. Although
Britain government has introduced many free health programs it is not possible to cover each and
every individual of the population. In addition, there are various factors which are directly or
indirectly impacting the health and wellbeing of the common Britain individual. Moreover,
British government has introduced a free food coupon by which this particular section will get a
basic living and eating thing free but it is in lottery form and so it is not possible to cover each

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individual. Hence, it is very important for all the British community, especially that community
which falls in this 23.5% of the British population to ensure a safe and healthy environment.
Many social health of Britain and NGO are extending their support in terms of reforms and
offering free health tips to these sections to keep them fit in this dynamic change environment.

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