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Chapter 1: Understanding Health &
Wellness
The greatest wealth is health.
What does it mean to be healthy?
How are these trucks like your
HEALTH ?
Which one do you want to be?
HEALTH is the combination of your physical,
mental/emotional, and social well-being.
Physical Health
Mental/Emotional Health
Social Health
Health Triangle
Its important to balance your physical, mental/emotional, and social health.
WELLNESS is an overall state of well-being, or total health.
Wellness is a mind-set of lifelong growth & achievement in the social, physical, emotional,
career/occupational, intellectual, environmental, andspiritual dimensions
The Dimensions of Wellness
Social Physical Emotional Career/Occupational Intellectual Environmental Spiritual WELLNESS
Only you can complete the puzzle
Growth in Wellness
Awareness Assessment Knowledge Skills & Management
Techniques
Motivation Support Self-Responsibility
Support
Motivation
Skills &ManagementTechniques
Knowledge
Assessment
Awareness
Self-Responsibility
Check for Understanding:
How is WELLNESS like a bicycle?
What is the Health Continuum?
Balanced Life Different points of health throughout a lifetime
See page 10 in textbook
Premature Loss of Health Improved Health High Level of HealthDeath & Wellness & Wellness
Chronic Disorders Lack of energy, Free from aches Moderate level Optimal levelinattention, minor & pains of energy of energy, feelingaches & pains of well-being
Some INFLUENCES ON YOUR HEALTH include:
Heredityall of the biological traits passed on from your parents
Environmentincludes physical, social, and cultural components
Attitude Behavior Media Technology
Attitude
The way you view situations your attitude greatly affects the choices you make.
Attitude can play a major role in health and wellness.
VS.
Behavior
Although you have little or no control over your heredity & environment, you have a great deal of control over one factor affecting your life: ________
The way you choose to act within your environment & with your inherited abilities has a very important impact on who you are.
Media & Technology
The media is a major influence on health.
What is media? What are some of the pros & cons of technology as they relate to health and wellness?
RISK BEHAVIORS are actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others. Some risky behaviors include:
Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence
Tobacco use Alcohol and other drug use Sexual behaviors that contribute to unplanned pregnancy and STIs
Unhealthy dietary behaviors Inadequate physical activity
Risk Factors and Teens
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) teen survey results (chart p. 17)
____ % used seat belts ____ % did not smoke ____ % did not use alcohol ____ % did not use an illicit drug ____ % exercised 3 or more days/weekSTATISTICS REFLECT BEHAVIOR FOR PRIOR 30 DAYS.
Cumulative Risk FactorsCumulative Risk Factors = related risks that increase in effect with
each added risk.
EXAMPLES Cigarette Smoking Speeding, no seat belt, driving in bad weather Sun damage High-Fat dietThese negative effects accumulate & can lead to serious health consequences
*video clip: teens texting & driving
Protective Factors
Positive Role Models Peers or others that you look up to. They inspire you to work
harder, to look toward the future, and to choose healthful behaviors.
Who is your Role Model???Are you a Role Model for anyone???
Positive Values Your values are beliefs & standards of conduct that you find
important. They include:
~ Honesty ~ Courage ~ Hard Work~ Integrity ~ Loyalty
50 more years . . .
Stand up if you would like to have 50 more years of quality life.
Pick an envelope, read the note, sit down if you dont meet the criteria.
Some LIFESTYLE FACTORS to achieve wellness include:
getting 8-10 hours of sleep every night
starting each day with a healthy breakfast
eating a variety of nutritious foods every day
being physically active for 30-60 minutes most days
maintaining a healthy weight
avoiding tobacco, alcohol and other drugs
abstaining from sexual activity before marriage
managing stress maintaining positive
relationships practicing safe
behaviors to prevent injuries
Lifestyle Facts
1. Leading causes of death in 1900s were related to infectious diseases: TB, flu, pneumonia, & digestive diseases (spread due to poor sanitation and lack of medication)
2. Leading causes of death in 2000s are chronic diseases --- related to lifestyle choices. Heart Disease, Cancer, and Stroke
3. Leading causes of death among teens is related to lifestyle choices! Auto Accidents (lifestyle choices of driving too fast, drinking and driving, etc.)
4. You are first generation of Americans whose ____ is predicted to be lower than their parents!A) IQ?B) Annual Income?C) LIFE EXPECTANCY!!
~ Where do you stand??
Lifestyle Challenge
Make 1 behavior change before next class. Keep this positive behavior going for the next 6 weeks!
My healthy behavior change is: _________________________
PREVENTION is taking steps to keep something from happening or
getting worse. One type of prevention is ABSTINENCE, which
is avoiding harmful, high-risk behaviors.
Abstinence and Health
Abstinence is voluntarily choosing not to do something.
Responsible teens, who value their health, abstain from sexual activity before marriage and from other high-risk behaviors, such as using tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. Respect Responsible Reality Right nowWhat is popular is not always right . . . What is right is not always popular.
Check for Understanding:Reducing Health Risks
After watching clip from City Slickers about their Best and Worst days
List the choices you have made in the last few days (or you could use your best & worst day) that have affected your health.
Identify how each choice affected your 7 dimensions of wellness (SPECIES)
Briefly describe 5 ways you can reduce yourhealth risks
The Importance of Health Education
Individual, family, community, and national health require planning and responsible behavior on everyones
part.
The Power of One
Music Video
What does it mean to be Health Literate??
HEALTH LITERACY= capacity to learn about & understand basic health information & services and use available resources to promote your own health & wellness.
A critical thinker and problem solver. A responsible, productive citizen. A self-directed learner. An effective Communicator.
Conclusion / Review
Can you name, list, & define the following?
1. Dimensions of Wellness
2. Health Continuum
3. Factors effecting Health
4. Protective factors
5. Abstinence
Questions??
Textbook Assignment
Complete Chapter 1 review:Pages 28-30#1-9#12-17, 19#21-27#30-35