Chapter 2 Taking Charge of your Health.

•Building Health Skills•Making Responsible Decisions and Setting Goals•Being a Health-Literate Consumer•Managing Consumer Problems

Building Health Skills

You can develop skills that will help you manage your health throughout your life.

health skills

interpersonal communication

refusal skills

conflict resolution

stress

stress management skills

advocacy

Specific tools and strategies to maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health

Health skills

The Health SkillsCommunication

Refusal

Conflict Resolution

Accessing Information

Analyzing Influences

Practicing Healthful Behaviors

Stress Management

Advocacy

Decision Making

Goal Setting

Communication Skills

The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people

Refusal skills

• Communication strategies that can help you say No when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe or unhealthful or that go against your values.

skills can help people resolve problems in ways that are agreeable to everyone involved.

Conflict resolution

To decide whether health information is valid, determine the reliability of the group or individual sharing the information.

Accessing Information

The more aware you are of the various influences in your life and how they affect you, the better able you are to make informed choices about your health.

Analyzing Influences

Analyzing Influences

These positive behaviors can contribute to all aspects of your health.

Stress is a normal part of life, but too much unrelieved stress can lead to illnesses. That’s why it’s important to learn stress-management skills.

Self-Management Skills

Advocacy allows you to share health knowledge and promote healthful behaviors.

Advocacy

•Making Responsible Decisions and Setting Goals

You can actively promote your well-being by making healthful choices and setting positive goals.

values

decision-making skills

goals

short-term goal

long-term goal

action plan

Achieving good health begins with making responsible decisions.

• The HELP Strategy When weighing the options for any decision, asking yourself these questions:

H

E

L

P

(Healthful) Does this choice present any health risks?

(Ethical) Does this choice reflect what you value?

(Legal) Does this option violate any local, state, or federal laws?

(Parent Approval) Would your parents or guardians approve of this choice?

Steps of the Decision-Making Process

State the Situation.

List the Options.

Weigh the Possible Outcomes.

Consider Values.

Make a Decision and Act on It.

Evaluate the Decision.

Types of Goals

A short-term goal can be accomplished fairly quickly.

A long-term goal that you plan to reach over an extended period of time

A health literate consumer carefully evaluates health products and services.

•Being a Health-Literate Consumer

Take Charge of Your Health

Being a smart shopper is especially important when it comes to making choices about health products and services.

Being a health-literate consumer means being aware of and knowing how to evaluate hidden messages in advertising so you make informed purchasing decisions.

Making Informed Choices

Evaluating Products

Comparison Shopping

Evaluating Information and Services

Product Labels

Making Informed Choices

Knowing how to handle consumer problems is an important skill to learn.

•Managing Consumer Problems

Most products have instructions that tell you how to use them correctly.

Resolving Consumer Problems

Protect yourself from health fraud.

You have the power and the responsibility to protect your health and well-being!

You can consult a registered pharmacist if you have questions about a product’s health claims.

Health Fraud

Health FraudLook out for claims like the following:

Secret Formula!

MiracleCure!

OvernightResults!

All Natural!Offer

Expires Soon!