1 Chapter 2 Lesson 1

2 Building Health Skills

3 Learning Health Skills Health Skills –Specific tools and strategies to maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health –aka Life Skills –help manage your health Communication Refusal Conflict Resolution Accessing Information Analyzing Influences Practicing Healthful Behaviors Stress Management Advocacy Decision Making Goal Setting

4 Communication Skills Good communication is a vital health skill Carefully choose your words and expressions to clearly say what you really mean Listening closely to others Three health skills that deal with how you give and receive information –Interpersonal communication –Refusal skills –Conflict resolution

5 Interpersonal Communication The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people –Use “I” messages to express your feelings –Communicate with respect and caring –Be an active listener

6 Refusal Skills Communication strategies that can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe or unhealthful, or that go against your values Refusal Strategies that can HELP you say NO to potentially harmful activities: –Say NO in a FIRM voice –Explain why –Offer alternatives –Stand your ground –Leave if necessary

7 Conflict-Resolution Skills The process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving –Stepping away from an argument –Allowing the conflict to subside –Using good interpersonal communication skills –Maintaining an attitude of respect for yourself as well as for the other person –Compromise Both parties give up something but still gain a desired result

8 Influences on Your Health Accessing Information –Use reliable sources Health care providers and professionals Valid Internet sites Parents, guardians, other trusted adults Recently published material Analyzing Influences –Why do you do the things you do? –Personal values –Personal beliefs –Perceptions –Curiosity/Fear –Your family and Culture –Media and Technology –Friends and Peers –School and Community

9 Self-Management Skills Taking charge of your own health Protect your health and promote your own well-being Self-Management Skills: –Practicing Healthful Behaviors (Figure 2.4) –Managing Stress Stress –The reaction of the body and mind to everday challenges and demands Stress Management Skills –Skills that help you reduce and manage stress in your life

10 Advocacy Taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief Lets you share your health knowledge Encourages others

11 Homework Health Behaviors Checklist Copy Figure 2.4 –Which health habits do you practice every day? List all the healthful strategies you used in the past week to relieve stress. Which ones were most helpful?