Wellness is a state of healthy mind, body and soul. How a person feels, behaves, engages and interacts with their environment is connected to their wellness and wellbeing. Wellness is divergent with external influences or determinates that affect an individual’s state of wellbeing. The health of an individual is very multifaceted, a person’s health is actually determined outside of the health system. “Children’s health is a product of receiving warm and consistent parenting, a good education and health services when these are required; and having more protective factors in their environment than risk factors” McMurray, A., & Clendon, J. (2011) Early childhood educators therefore play an imperative role in fostering children’s health, it is
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5) It’s a child’s parental education level that determines their immediate health implications, early childhood educators are in a position to set the foundation to secure the child’s future health through early education and help educate the child’s parents so they have the knowledge and skill to access heath information for their children immediately. Education influences our attainment of wellness by opening the door to better literacy levels and elevated position in the workforce which both lead to a higher socio- economic level. It empowers children and their families with higher education levels to gain access to written health material, find and source external health support and be more open to preventative …show more content…
“While it is clear that education benefits health, such benefits do not accrue equally to all population groups in society.”(Higgins et al., 2008, p. 25) Families and children that access early childhood are melange, with each genus bringing different educational levels with them. With such an extensive gap, the divide between groups is huge and can vastly affect individual children’s wellness. The reduction and lack of ability to be connected to services by families and children due to unequal access to education directly affect their wellness. Barriers like a family’s fanatical circumstances, access to quality schools and their social attitudes to education all affect their children’s attainment of education. This disadvantage in education affects children’s wellness by preventing access to external services and
5) It’s a child’s parental education level that determines their immediate health implications, early childhood educators are in a position to set the foundation to secure the child’s future health through early education and help educate the child’s parents so they have the knowledge and skill to access heath information for their children immediately. Education influences our attainment of wellness by opening the door to better literacy levels and elevated position in the workforce which both lead to a higher socio- economic level. It empowers children and their families with higher education levels to gain access to written health material, find and source external health support and be more open to preventative …show more content…
“While it is clear that education benefits health, such benefits do not accrue equally to all population groups in society.”(Higgins et al., 2008, p. 25) Families and children that access early childhood are melange, with each genus bringing different educational levels with them. With such an extensive gap, the divide between groups is huge and can vastly affect individual children’s wellness. The reduction and lack of ability to be connected to services by families and children due to unequal access to education directly affect their wellness. Barriers like a family’s fanatical circumstances, access to quality schools and their social attitudes to education all affect their children’s attainment of education. This disadvantage in education affects children’s wellness by preventing access to external services and