Achieving Wellness Consciousness
The growth of wellness as a consumer value and worldview has implications for caring science and health care practice. Unlike the medical paradigm which focuses on disease, wellness embraces an holistic salutogenic orientation.A literature search was undertaken to analyse the antecedents, attributes and consequences of wellness as an evolving concept using Rodgers’ evolutionarily guided concept analysis. A sensitivity matrix was used to guide the selection of articles for closer examination.PhysicalThe physical dimension of wellness involves exercise regimens, diet and close observation of health indices. It also involves avoiding unhealthy behaviors and activities and achieving positive ones. A recent study on