Wellness strategy /

To arrive at the point of launching this strategy, the PEI Department of Health and Wellness has consulted with a number of organizations and individuals with a mandate and/or interest in healthy living. [...] The supports Islanders require looks significantly different for each and every one and therefore the actions need to be holistic and cover all stages of life (infants, children and youth, adults and older adults) in a variety of settings (community, workplaces and schools) to impact change. [...] This strategy recognizes the important role the determinants of health play in trying to change behaviors and must align itself with many government and non-government strategies and actions to influence the determinants; 2. Multi-stakeholder Collaboration – It is going to take all Islanders to change the culture of healthy living in our province. [...] Wellness Strategy | 7 fIve PIllars Mental Health The definition of health by the World Health Organization is: “A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease” and mental health is defined as “a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and frui [...] By increasing mental health promotion and anti-stigma efforts on the Island, the knowledge, skills and training of Islanders in the area of mental health will be enhanced.