Chapter 1: Understanding Health and Wellness

• Key Terms• Wellness• Health• Spiritual Health• Health Education• Health Literacy• Heredity• Peers• Culture

Terms, cont.

• Risk Behaviors• Cumulative Risks• Abstinence• Chronic Disease• Environment• Media• Technology• Prevention• Lifestyle Factors• Health Disparities

3 Elements of Health

• Physical Health• Which includes…?

• Mental and Emotional Health• Which includes…?

• Social Health• Which includes…?

Your Health Triangle

• On a separate piece of paper, make your own health triangle.

Social Physical

Mental/Emotional

**You may use people, feelings, or other things in your

life to fill in your triangle.

What does it mean to live a balanced life?

• Social• Physical• Mental/Emotional

• How do you balance your life?

Promoting Your Health

• Lifestyle Factors- such as….

• Your Attitude

• Wellness and Prevention

What does it mean to be Health Literate??

• A critical thinker and problem-solver

• A responsible, productive citizen

• A self-directed learner

• An effective communicator

What makes us who we are?

• Heredity and Environment• Most obvious traits….• What else do we inherit??

• How does environment and culture effect our health?• Physical environment• Social environment• Cultural environment

Who makes us who we are?

• Behavior• Nature vs. Nurture??

Risk Behaviors and Teens

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey• 6 categories of personal health risk behaviors

• 1. Behaviors that contribute to unintentional or intentional injuries

• 2. Tobacco use• 3. Alcohol and other drug use• 4. Sexual behaviors• 5. Unhealthy eating behaviors• 6. Physical inactivity

Risk Behaviors, cont.

• Cumulative Risks• Cigarettes• Sun Damage• Drugs• Alcohol• Unprotected Sex

Protective Factors

• 1. Positive role models

• 2. Positive values

Positive Values

• http://www.values.com/tv_spots/72-Locker

Do you think she had a role model as a teenager??

Do you think she had positive role models when she was

growing up??

Role Models?

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• Will these kids make it?

• Where do they find role models?

• What will their lives be like?

Abstinence and Health

• Respect

• Responsible

• Reality

• Right now

Conclusion

• Elements of Health

• Health Continuum

• Factors effecting Health

• Protective factors

• Abstinence

Questions??

What Questions Do You Have?