Introduction to Health

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Introduction to Health
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Five 5 Aspects of Health

• Emotional Health
• Mental Health
• Physical Health
• Social Health
• Spiritual Health

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Emotional Health

• expressing feelings in an appropriate way
• EXAMPLES
• Expression of emotions
• Anger control
• Coping strategies
• Emotional maturation
• Finding support

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Mental Health

• the ability to recognize reality and cope with
  the demands of daily life
• EXAMPLES
• Self-esteem self-concept
• Stress management home, school, family, peers
• Perception of reality
• Openness to new ideas

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Physical Health

• your physical characteristics and the way your
  body functions
• EXAMPLES
• Strength, flexibility endurance
• Cardiovascular fitness
• Weight nutrition
• Immune response
• Accident prevention

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Social Health

• interactions with people to build satisfying
  relationships
• Examples
• Communication
• Dating
• Participation
• Relationships
• Support friendships

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Spiritual Health

• Maintaining harmonious relationships with other
  living things having spiritual direction
  purpose
• EXAMPLES
• Harmony in living relationship to the
  environment
• Understanding ones purpose exploring personal
  strengths
• Religion

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Health vs. Wellness

• Wellness optimal health in each of the five
  aspects of health

• Health
• state of well-being that comes from a good
  balance of the five aspects of health

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How do you maintain your health?

• Learning Activity

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Risk Factors and Your Health
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Controllable Risk Factors

• Ones that you can do something about
• 1. Physical Activity
• (watching TV vs. playing a sport everyday)
• 2. Smoking
• 3. Weight
• 4. Diet (fast food every day vs. nutritious
• meals)

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Uncontrollable Risk Factors that can not be
changed

• Age
• Gender
• Heredity
• Race

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• Your health behaviors affect not only your health
  today but also your future health.
• Therefore, you should be aware of the leading
  causes of death for various age groups.

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Top Causes of Death

• Ages 15-24
• Motor vehicle accidents
• Homicide
• Suicide
• Other accidents

• Ages 55-64
• Heart Disease
• Cancer
• Strokes
• Respiratory Disease

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• By learning about the various risk behaviors, you
  can take control in improving your health today
  and in the future.

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Six Health Risk Behaviors

• Sedentary lifestyle
• Alcohol/Drug Use
• Sexual activity
• Behaviors that cause injuries
• Tobacco use
• Poor eating habits

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Sedentary lifestyle

• Not taking part in physical activity on a regular
  basis.
• Raise the risk of certain diseases (heart disease
  and diabetes)

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Alcohol/Drug Use

• Both major factors in car accidents, fights,
  depression, suicide and mental disorders.
• Also factors in the spread of STDs (loss of good
  judgment)

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Sexual Activity

• Sexual activity outside of a committed
  relationship puts people at risk for health
  problems.
• HIV
• STDs
• Unplanned pregnancy

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Behaviors that cause injuries

• Carrying a weapon may lead to homicide
• Not wearing a seatbelt
• Texting/Talking on phone while driving

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Tobacco Use

• Single leading preventable cause of death in US.
• It is a controllable risk factor.
• Choice to smoke usually made during high school
  years, sometimes before.
• Increases your risk for the three leading causes
  of death.

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Health problems relating to poor eating habits
Short term conditions
Long term conditions

• Fatigue
• Bad moods
• depression

• Obesity
• Heart disease
• Stroke
• Diabetes
• High blood pressure
• Tooth decay
• Cancer
• Low birth weight for newborn babies

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Factors that influence eating behaviors

1. Religion
2. Cultural background
3. Location of house
4. Physiological makeup
5. Occupation
6. Household structure
7. Income level
8. Level of education
9. Nutritional knowledge
10. Health beliefs

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What risk behaviors do you think are the most
common at South Cobb?

• Turn to a partner and discuss.

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Building Life Skills

• Life skill a tool for building a healthy life
• These skills can help you improve the six
  components of health.

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Ten Life Skills

• Setting goals
• Assessing your health
• Communicating effectively
• Practicing wellness
• Making GREAT decisions

• Coping
• Using refusal skills
• Being a wise consumer
• Using community resources
• Evaluating media messages

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Goals

• Short term Goals that can be achieved quickly.
• Long term Goals that may take months or years to
  achieve.

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Assessing your health

• How healthy are you?
• How do you know if you are doing the right thing
  for your health?

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Communicating Effectively

• Have you ever had trouble dealing with someone?
• Have you ever struggled for the right word to say
  that explains how you feel?
• Improving how you communicate will help with your
  relationships with family, friends, etc.

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Practicing wellness

• You need to practice healthy behaviors daily so
  you can have a good life-long health.
• Examples getting enough sleep, choosing
  nutritious foods, avoiding risky behaviors.

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GREAT Decision Making

• GIVE thought to the problem
• REVIEW your choices
• EVALUATE the consequences of each choice
• ASSESS and choose the best choice
• THINK it over afterward

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Coping

• Dealing with troubles or problems in an effective
  way

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Using refusal skills

• This life skill will provide you with different
  ways you can say no to something you dont want
  to do.

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Refusal Skills

• Blame someone else
• Give a reason
• Ignore the request or the pressure
• Leave the situation
• Say, no thanks.
• Say No mean it

• Keep saying No
• Make a joke out of it
• Make an excuse
• Suggest something else to do
• Change the subject
• Team up with someone

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Being a wise consumer

• You are all consumers!
• This life skill helps you make good decisions
  when buying health products and services.
• Organic foods
• Vitamins
• Weight gaining/loss products

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Using community resources

• Using health clinics, libraries, government
  agencies that can help you improve any of the six
  components of health.

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Evaluating Media Messages

• The media has significant influence on what you
  learn about the world.
• Knowing how to analyze media messages will help
  you make better decisions about your health.

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Types of Influences

• Direct
• Persuasion
• Explanation
• Put-Downs
• Threat
• Bribery
• Teasing

• Indirect
• TV
• Radio
• Advertising
• Role Models
• Popular people
• Famous people

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Media Influences Activity
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Teen Health Status

• 9 of teens have attempted suicide
• 15 of teens regularly eat USRDA of fruit
  vegetables
• 20 of HS students have carried a weapon
• 24 of teens have considered suicide
• 25 of teens use marijuana
• 34 of teens smoke cigarettes

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• 38 of HS students have been in a fight within
  last year
• 51 of teens use alcohol
• Over 53 of HS students have had intercourse
• 800,000 teens between 15-19 become pregnant
  each year
• 4 million teens contract an STD each year