Social
It affects her socially by providing her with new friends from work. They also do team-building outings occasionally; Emma is therefore meeting with other colleagues from dentists around the UK and having time to socialise with them. Her working hours are usually 8 – 5/6, this gives her time to see her family, boyfriend and other friends after work.
Adequate financial resources
Income is the amount of money that comes into our home; an adequate income is enough money or more than enough money to finance bills and the necessities of life. Through working as a dental nurse, Emma receives a decent wage each month. This allows Emma to afford luxuries on top of the essentials that she needs. Having a stable income allows us to be relieved from stress on this subject, it means our needs can be met therefore we are happier and carefree.
Physical
Emma’s income not only allows her to afford her basics such as petrol for her car, car insurance and tax etc, but also allows her to afford her luxuries, such as holidays, nice clothes and other nice things she wants. Emma recently began swimming regularly; her adequate income is what allows her to do this, therefore keeping her body in good shape. Emma does not need to buy her food because her mum does; her mum is able to buy good food for a suitable diet because she also receives an adequate income. It also allows Emma to have her regular check ups at the dentist, although she is not at a private dentist she is over 18 and therefore has to pay.
Intellectual
Through receiving an adequate income, Emma can afford to buy books and other things to stimulate her mind. She also has a laptop with the Internet; this will be useful for research and coursework when she goes to college.
Emotional
Knowing that she has an appropriate income every month, Emma has no need to worry and more reason to be emotionally stable and satisfied with herself. Having no income or not very much could start to make us feel depressed and unworthy.
Social
Having an appropriate income allows Emma to go out for meals with friends or family, or go to the cinema, or other social activities. It also allows her to go out into town on a weekend with her boyfriend friends and family.
Supportive relationships
A supportive relationship involves the love, care and support from those around you. Supportive relationships affect our health and well-being in a very positive way, having the love and support from people around us gives us confidence and makes us feel better about ourselves. Emma has a close relationship with her family, boyfriend and friends; she sees them all nearly everyday and very rarely has arguments with them.
Physical
Having supportive relationships gives Emma the confidence to go out, going out, to work or places with friends keeps Emma moving around, burning calories. It also stops Emma from comfort eating, because she is happy and doesn't need to.
Intellectual
Having supportive friends and family gives Emma the boost and confidence to go to work and do well. She can concentrate on her job and what she has to do instead of worrying about family problems or feeling she has no one.
Emotional
Having friends, family and her boyfriend to do things with keeps Emma occupied so she isn't very often bored or feeling down. Having their love and support affects Emma's self-image positively, which would also affect her self esteem; making her feel better about herself.
Social
The support from Emma's friends and family gives her the confidence to go out during social activities etc, this way she can meet new people. It gives her the boost to go to work, where she will also have met new people.
Adequate sleep and rest
The amount of sleep an individual requires varies from person to person but the average amount sleep for teenagers is 7-10 hours and for adults 7-8 hours, therefore Emma should be getting approximately 8 hours of sleep each night. Sleep plays a significant role in brain development, it prepares us and recharges our energy for the next day, and without it our cognitive skills struggle to maintain normally. Emma says that most nights she gets around 8 hours sleep, this means she is getting the average amount, she doesn't usually feel tired in the day and can concentrate at work, this alone shows us that she is getting enough sleep.
Physical
Getting enough sleep means Emma can get up, stay active and move during the day, keeping her fitter. It gives her energy to do things instead of feeling lethargic and sitting at home all day.
Intellectual
Having enough sleep, means Emma can concentrate better at work, she can develop her skills and knowledge because she is willing to learn and able to concentrate better at work.
Emotional
Getting enough sleep puts Emma in a more positive and happy mood, this means less arguments or fallouts with family and friends and generally feeling better about herself. When Emma is tired, she can become stressed, this also means her eyes begin to twitch.
Social
Getting enough sleep, gives Emma the energy to go out and socialise and do things with her friends, family and boyfriend. If she didn't get enough sleep, she might not have the energy to or juts have a negative attitude towards social activities and not get involved with them, restricting herself from seeing her friends or meeting new ones. But she does therefore she has a batter chance of making new friends and sees the friends she already has very often.
How the factors work together
The factors that affect Emma's health and well-being come together and create impact on the other factors. Stimulating work for example, provides Emma with a decent amount of income, so affecting adequate financial resources, which allows Emma to go out and socialise and make new friends, which is affecting supportive relationships and with supportive relationships Emma is less stressed and able to sleep without thinking about family problems etc, therefore affecting Adequate sleep and rest. Sleep and rest could also start off this interlinking chain between the factors; it allows her to get up in the morning and go to work and have the energy to do her job, and by doing her job she is receiving suitable income, it also provides her with the energy to go out and socialise. Socialising could also be motivated through supportive relationships along with stimulating work, because friends or family would encourage us to find a job that suits us.
Maslow
Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology and physiology that Abraham Maslow created. His theory was that the first physiological needs need to be met before the level of needs after on the chart can be met. So we need the essentials to life, like air, water, food, sleep before we can get a home, insurance and a job. Once our safety needs are met, our love and belonging needs can be met by meeting friends, having partners and children. After all these are met, we can then work on our self-esteem through respect from others and achievement, at which point we can meet our self-actualisation needs.
Emma lives at home with her mum and family still, so she has a suitable home to live in, warmth and is provided with food and water by her mum. She has security within her job, giving her financial security, plus her safety at home. She has a close relationship with her family, friends and her boyfriend. Her friends, family and work colleagues respect her and she has a sense of achievement through her successful education and career. She has confidence through her achievements in education and now her career and supportive relationships and because she has no major problems to worry about she is carefree and has the most possible freedom that is appropriate. After observing how the factors interlink and how through the hierarchy of needs, Emma’s needs are fulfilled to the maximum standard, which means her health and well-being are affected in an extremely positive way overall.
