Health is “the ability of a system (a cell, organism, family, society) to respond adaptively to a wide variety of environmental challenges (physical, chemical, infectious, psychological, social)' (Brody and Sobel, 1980: 168-69).
The relationship between health and psychology has become more focused in the 20th century. It has been considered as far back as ancient Greece, but has taken root heavily in the 20th century. Health and psychology has the meaning that our mind and bodies interact with each other. If we are overly stressed then we may likely see physical health effects such as higher blood pressure, increased heart rate, etc. When we keep a positive balance between our physical health and our mental health, then we are working on the close relationship of health and psychology. We can directly affect our health by our lifestyles. By this I mean if we choose to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, consume to much caffeine, or be overweight. Since these lifestyle choices affect us physically and mentally many workplaces offer wellness programs to help aide in the education of health and psychology.
When an employer makes the choice to provide wellness programs for their employees both the employer and the employee benefits. The employer benefits if they provide medical insurance to the employee in the possibility of lowering their health insurance cost. The healthier lifestyle the employee lives the less cost in time loss from work, or possibilities for workplace injuries. A good example of a workplace health and psychology related program may be; smoking cessation seminars, stress coping and reduction seminars, and exercise programs. One concrete way that an employer can aid the health and psychology of their employees is by offering them various method of learning skills and programs to promote a healthy lifestyle. I think when a employer mandates a smoke free work environment that is promoting and encouraging a healthy lifestyle for their employees.
A prominent example of Health and Psychology at work I feel are the “Say No to Drugs” campaign. This campaign I feel does a good job promoting the changes in lifestyle that are need balanced with preventative messages to the public. I feel this campaign has also promoted and taught people what compassion and tough love is. This campaign is not used just to educate the public about the dangers of drugs, but also has promoted change in the social attitudes surround the topic. The whole purpose of workplace or public health and psychology promotion is to give people the knowledge and power they need to make better healthier lifestyle choices. This is achieved through many ways; education, support, and assistance when needed.
In conclusion I feel any seminars, programs or service offered by employers that promote healthier choices and lifestyles improves their employee’s individual relationship with health and psychology. I always seem to think that our health affects our psychological health and our psychological health has a direct effect on our physical health.

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