The study of physical health intersects with various other academic and research disciplines, including disability studies and health psychology.

Interdisciplinary Connections to Physical Health

Physical Health includes the management of the state and functioning of the physical body in an effort to promote wellness and comfortability in the ways one lives their life.  

The 6 Primary types of health include
-	Emotional Health
-	Environmental Health
-	Mental Health
-	Physical Health
-	Social Health
-	Spiritual Health


Primary Types of Health

Nishat, Nayma. (2021). Health and Fitness. The World Book.

Health and Fitness

A field that explores, assesses and seeks to control the harmful effects people have on their environment and inversely, the harmful impact the environment has on people. Addresses environmental issues (biodiversity, climate change) and health issues (vector-borne diseases and heat- and flood-related deaths). 

Environmental Health

Emotional Health encapsulates all feelings regarding all aspects related to oneself and their life. Regulation and management of these feelings and the subsequent emotions produced is central to the maintenance of emotional health.

Emotional Health

A subcategory of overall health relating to one's emotional well-being by one's ability to successfully overcome everyday stressors, to realize one's inner potential, and to work in a manner that gives back to the self and to their community.

Mental Health

Social Health considers the types and strengths of interpersonal relationships that one develops. It also includes one’s ability to create and establish those relationships and the subsequent adaptability to exist comfortably in the social sphere.

Social Health

Spiritual Health refers to the ability for one to develop a sense of inner peace and connection to their place and existence in nature and the greater world. It includes the collection of one’s beliefs as it relates to morality, values, and ethics therefore helping one to define a purpose and navigate throughout life and its challenges. 

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