1. Chapter 1: Understanding Health and Wellness
Key Terms
Wellness
Health
Spiritual Health
Health Education
Health Literacy
Heredity
Peers
Culture

2. Terms, cont. Risk Behaviors Cumulative Risks Abstinence
Chronic Disease
Environment
Media
Technology
Prevention
Lifestyle Factors
Health Disparities

3. 3 Elements of Health Physical Health Mental and Emotional Health
Which includes…?
Mental and Emotional Health
Social Health
1.) the way the parts and systems of your body work together; need to have strength and nrg to pursue physical, mental, emotional, and social challenges
2.) how well you feel about yourself; developing thinking skills
3.) ability to get along with others

4. 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.

5. What does it mean to live a balanced life?
Social
Physical
Mental/Emotional
How do you balance your life?

6. Promoting Your Health Lifestyle Factors- such as…. Your Attitude
Wellness and Prevention

7. 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

8. 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
1.) physical traits
2.) basic intellectual abilities; tendencies toward specific diseases
3.) air quality……
4.) people around you…..
5.) collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group

9. Who makes us who we are? Behavior Nature vs. Nurture??
Emotional health
Culture
Parents

10. 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

11. Risk Behaviors, cont. Cumulative Risks Cigarettes Sun Damage Drugs
Alcohol
Unprotected Sex

12. Protective Factors
1. Positive role models
2. Positive values

13. Positive Values

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

15. Do you think she had positive role models when she was growing up??

16. Role Models?
Will these kids make it?
Where do they find role models?
What will their lives be like?

17. Abstinence and Health
Respect
Responsible
Reality
Right now

18. Conclusion Elements of Health Health Continuum
Factors effecting Health
Protective factors
Abstinence

19. What Questions Do You Have?