What Is Health?What Is Health?

Defining HealthDefining Health

Health – combination of your physical, Health – combination of your physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.mental/emotional, and social well-being.

Your personal level of health affects Your personal level of health affects everything about you.everything about you.

Your health affects:Your health affects: How you lookHow you look How you feelHow you feel How you actHow you act Affects your attitudes and performanceAffects your attitudes and performance Affects how you feel about yourselfAffects how you feel about yourself How successful you are in your relationshipsHow successful you are in your relationships Help determine some of your goals and how Help determine some of your goals and how

you accomplish themyou accomplish them

Health is not an absolute state.Health is not an absolute state.

Being healthy means striving to be the Being healthy means striving to be the best you can be at any given time.best you can be at any given time.

Three Elements of Your Three Elements of Your HealthHealth

Physical HealthPhysical Health Is the way the parts and systems of your Is the way the parts and systems of your

body work together.body work together. How your body has the ability to cope with How your body has the ability to cope with

the stresses of normal daily life.the stresses of normal daily life. Having strength and energy to pursue Having strength and energy to pursue

physical, mental, emotional, and social physical, mental, emotional, and social challenges and changes.challenges and changes.

To gain or maintain physical health, you To gain or maintain physical health, you need to have proper:need to have proper: NutritionNutrition Regular physical activityRegular physical activity Enough rest and sleepEnough rest and sleep

Need to practice good hygiene to prevent Need to practice good hygiene to prevent disease.disease.

Getting regular medical and dental Getting regular medical and dental checkups.checkups.

Resisting harmful substances.Resisting harmful substances.

Mental and Emotional Mental and Emotional HealthHealth

Includes your feelings about yourself Includes your feelings about yourself about your self.about your self.

How well you relate to others.How well you relate to others.

How well you meet the demands of daily How well you meet the demands of daily life.life.

Mental health also calls for a person to Mental health also calls for a person to use his or her mind to develop thinking use his or her mind to develop thinking skills.skills.

Individuals with good mental health enjoy Individuals with good mental health enjoy learning and strive for understanding.learning and strive for understanding.

See mistakes as opportunities to learn, See mistakes as opportunities to learn, grow, and change.grow, and change.

Accept responsibility for their actions and Accept responsibility for their actions and stand up for their beliefs and values.stand up for their beliefs and values.

A person with good emotional health is in A person with good emotional health is in touch with their feelings and expresses touch with their feelings and expresses them in appropriate healthful ways.them in appropriate healthful ways.

Avoid dwelling on negative thoughts, but Avoid dwelling on negative thoughts, but instead consider their situation and then instead consider their situation and then use positive thoughts and actions.use positive thoughts and actions.

Social HealthSocial Health

Involves the way you get along with Involves the way you get along with others.others.

It includes an individuals ability to:It includes an individuals ability to: Make and keep friendsMake and keep friends Work and play in cooperative waysWork and play in cooperative ways Seeking and lending support when Seeking and lending support when

necessary necessary

It involves:It involves: CommunicatingCommunicating Showing respect and care for yourself and Showing respect and care for yourself and

others.others.

Your Health TriangleYour Health Triangle

The three elements of health are The three elements of health are interconnected like the sides of a triangle.interconnected like the sides of a triangle.

When one side receives too much or too When one side receives too much or too little attention, the other sides change as little attention, the other sides change as well.well.

The triangle can become lopsided and The triangle can become lopsided and unbalanced.unbalanced.

To be truly healthy you need to try to To be truly healthy you need to try to keep all three sides of your health keep all three sides of your health triangle in balance.triangle in balance.

The Health ContinuumThe Health Continuum

A person with a balanced life is said to A person with a balanced life is said to have a high degree of wellness.have a high degree of wellness.

Wellness – an overall state of well-being, Wellness – an overall state of well-being, or total health.or total health.

It comes from a way of living each day It comes from a way of living each day that includes making decisions and that includes making decisions and practicing behaviors that are based on practicing behaviors that are based on sound health knowledge and healthful sound health knowledge and healthful attitudes.attitudes.

It is an ongoing, lifelong commitment to It is an ongoing, lifelong commitment to physical, mental/emotional, and social physical, mental/emotional, and social health.health.

Your health is dynamic.Your health is dynamic.

Advertising and televisionAdvertising and television Pressures from friendsPressures from friends

Fluctuates along a continuum.Fluctuates along a continuum. Like a yardstickLike a yardstick Many different points along this continuum.Many different points along this continuum.

From day to day, year to year you From day to day, year to year you experience different levels of total health.experience different levels of total health.

Sudden or gradual changes.Sudden or gradual changes.

Lifestyle FactorsLifestyle Factors

Lifestyle factors are personal behaviors Lifestyle factors are personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person and habits related to the way a person lives, that help determine his or her level lives, that help determine his or her level of health.of health.

The following are important lifestyle The following are important lifestyle factors:factors:

1. Get between seven and eight hours of 1. Get between seven and eight hours of sleep per night.sleep per night.

2. Eat nutritious foods from various food 2. Eat nutritious foods from various food groups each day.groups each day.

3. Refrain from smoking and using 3. Refrain from smoking and using tobacco products.tobacco products.

4. Do 20 to 30 minutes of nonstop 4. Do 20 to 30 minutes of nonstop vigorous activity a minimum of three vigorous activity a minimum of three times a week.times a week.

5. Do not use alcohol or other drugs.5. Do not use alcohol or other drugs. 6. Maintain your recommended weight.6. Maintain your recommended weight.

Your Attitudes, Your Your Attitudes, Your HealthHealth

Your attitude also affects how well you Your attitude also affects how well you take care of yourself.take care of yourself.

You also need to become aware of your You also need to become aware of your overall attitude, or outlook, on life since overall attitude, or outlook, on life since this can play a major roe in both your this can play a major roe in both your quality of life and your health.quality of life and your health.

Optimists are less likely to suffer illness Optimists are less likely to suffer illness and die young than pessimists.and die young than pessimists.

Wellness and PreventionWellness and Prevention

Prevention – practicing healthy habits to Prevention – practicing healthy habits to keep a person well and free from disease keep a person well and free from disease and other ailments.and other ailments.

The Importance of Health The Importance of Health EducationEducation

Health Education – is providing of Health Education – is providing of accurate health information in such a way accurate health information in such a way as to influence people to change as to influence people to change attitudes so that they take positive action attitudes so that they take positive action about their health.about their health.

NOT JUST LEARNING HEALTH NOT JUST LEARNING HEALTH FACTS!!FACTS!!

Being Health LiterateBeing Health Literate

Health Literacy – describes an Health Literacy – describes an individual’s capacity to obtain, interpret, individual’s capacity to obtain, interpret, and understand basic health information and understand basic health information and services and use such information and services and use such information and services in ways that promote his or and services in ways that promote his or her health and wellness.her health and wellness.

To be health literate a person must be:To be health literate a person must be:

1. A critical thinker and problem solver.1. A critical thinker and problem solver.

2. A responsible, productive citizen.2. A responsible, productive citizen.

3. A self-directed learner.3. A self-directed learner.

4. An effective communicator.4. An effective communicator.