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Living a Healthy Life
Students will understand the importance of health literacy for achieving and maintaining good health.
Students will know the importance of taking responsibility for establishing and implementing healthy lifestyle
Students will describe ways to promote health and reduce risks.
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Importance of Good Health
How are you, REALLY? Life, self, and body
Being healthy means striving to be the best you can be at any given time
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The Health Continuum
Health is subject to constant change (day to day, year to year)
Continuum spans from chronic disease and premature death to high level of health
Emotions change from minute to minute
Wellness is an overall state of well being or total health
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WHERE DO YOU FALL
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Promoting Health
Decisions you make affect your health Wear a seat belt
Eating high calorie foods
Lifestyle factors 8-10 hours of sleep
Eating breakfast
Avoid alcohol & drugs
Abstaining from sexual activity
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Importance of Health
Education
Health education providing accurate health info to help people make healthy choices
Individuals, families and communities working together are best chanced for success
GOAL: to live long, energetic and productive lives
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HEALTH PEOPLE 2010
Two Goals
Goal 1: Increase Quality and Years of Healthy Life to help individuals of all ages increase life expectancy and
improve their quality of life.
Goal 2: Eliminate Health Disparities
to eliminate health disparities among different segments of the population.
http://www.healthypeople.gov/
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Promoting A Healthy Lifestyle
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Health Triangle
Enjoy challenges, like learning new things, see mistakes as opportunity
Get along with others
Perform daily life, cope with everyday challenge and stress
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Mental Handle the frustrations in life Use positive thoughts & actions to
move forward
Social Communicating well & showing
respect for yourself & others
Physical Enough sleep, eating right, drinking
enough water, being active on a regular basis
Good hygiene, medical check-ups Avoiding tobacco, alcohol & drugs
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Questions to ask???
Why should all sides be equal?
Give me examples of how YOU show good health.
How does one side affect the other?
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Influences
Heredity diabetes
Environment jobs, friends, neighbors Physical high crime area
Social people you are in contact with
Culture foods and traditions
Attitude way you view it
Behavior you control
Media radio, TV
Technology help with disease
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Your behavior and Reducing
Health Risks
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Risky Behaviors and Recognizing Actions you take can affect your health
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Used Safey Belt(92)
Did not useAlcohol
Never had Sexualintercourse
Never Smoked
2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) Results for Indiana
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Abstaining from Risk Behaviors
Stay away from tobacco
Stay away from alcohol
Stay away from other drugs
Stay away from sexual activity Unplanned pregnancy
STI/STD
Emotional problems
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Building Health Skills &
Character
Students will demonstrate communication skills in building and maintaining healthy relationships.
Students will understand refusal strategies and conflict resolution skills
Students will identify decision-making skills.
Students will discuss the importance of good character for self, others, and community.
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The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people.
Effective communication skills include Clearly say what you mean use I messages
Pay attention to how you say something respectful tone
Be a good listener avoid interrupting
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Refusal Skills Say no in a firm voice
Do this calmly and clearly
Explain why State your feelings
Suggest alternatives Propose a safe alternative
Use appropriate body language
Make it clear
Leave if necessary Just walk away
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Conflict Resolution Skills
Process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving
Take time to calm down
Think through the situation
Speak calmly and listen attentively
Use a polite tone
Work to resolve the conflict peacefully
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Self-Management Skills
Practice Healthful behaviors Choices you make today will affect your health in
the future
Manage Stress Deal with situations that are stressful by engaging
in physical activity, listening to music, laughing
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Decision-Making Process Steps that enable you to make a healthful decision
1. State the situation what decisions need to be made?
2. List the options possible choices you could make?
3. Weigh the possible outcomes H.E.L.P.
H (healthful) what are the health risk?
E (ethical) is it what you and your family believe?
L (legal) does it break the law?
P (Parent Approval) will parents approve?
4. Consider Values
5. Make a decision and act on it
6. Evaluate the decision
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Goals
Types of Goals Short-term is a goal that can be reached in a short
period of time
Finishing a project by Friday night
Long-term is a goal that you plan on reaching over an extended period of time
Making the basketball team next year
Setting Goals Be specific
Realistic
Write it down
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Character
Traits of Good Character Trustworthiness honest, loyal, and reliable
Respect good manners, considerate of others
Responsibility self-control, dont blame others
Fairness play by the rules, take turns
Caring kind and compassionate
Citizenship obeys laws and rules and respects authority
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Being health-literate means
more than just being
informed about products. You need to understand the options in health
care services available in your community.
Learning objectives
Identify the factors that influence consumer decisions
Identify health services for people of all ages
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Health consumer and Influences Who is a health consumer?
Anyone who purchases or uses health products or services
What Influences or decision to buy?
Internal Factors personal taste or habit
External Factors Media, Advertising
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Types of Health Services
Health Care System
General care includes Primary Care physicians (check ups and general care)
School nurse
Dentists
Specialized care includes specialist
Dermatologist
Pediatrician
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A primary care physician is a medical doctor who provides physical checkups and general care.
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Some Health Care Specialists
Types of Health Services
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Facilities for Health Care Services
Communities may have more than one type of health care
facility. These facilities may offer health care as inpatient care or
outpatient care.
Health care facilities include: Private practices. Clinics. Group practices. Hospitals. Emergency rooms. Urgent care centers.
Health Care Facilities
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How People Pay for Health Services
Health Care Plans
HMO (Health Maintenance Organization)
Monthly premium
Co-payment for office visit
Select physicians
PPO (Preferred Provider Organizations )
Monthly premium
Can use outside provider but out-of-pocket expense is higher
POS (Point of Service)
Select providers inside or outside of plan
Outside providers result in higher premium and out-of-pocket
expense
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You and Your Health Care
A good doctor/patient relationship is critical to quality health
care. This relationship requires an open communication and a
sense of trust.
To effectively maintain your health you need to be aware of: Your medical history. Your health habits. The health of close family members.
How to Form a Good Doctor/Patient Relationship
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You and Your Health Care
Patient Skills
Make the most out of your next medical appointment:
Before you go, write down your reasons for seeing
the doctor.
While you are at the office, ask questions about any
diagnoses, medications, or procedures that you do
not understand or are unsure
about.
Inform the staff of your allergies and current medications.
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You and Your Health Care
Ask the pharmacist any questions you have about the
medication.
Compare products by reading labels.
Understand what symptoms each medicine is intended to
treat.
Medicine Use