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