1. Chapter 1: Leading a Healthy Life
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Chapter 1: Leading a Healthy Life

2. Health in the Past:
Infectious diseases were the leading causes of death prior to the 20th Century.
Health Today:
Lifestyle diseases caused partly by unhealthy behaviors lead to most health problems.

3. What is the leading cause of death among children and infants today?
a. Diseases
b. Suicide
c. Homicide
d. Motor vehicle accidents

4. MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
Four leading causes of death for young people are (making up about 75% of teen deaths):
Motor vehicle accidents
Homicide
Suicide
Other accidents

5. What is Health? Definition of Health:
Health is the complete state of well-being in which all of the components of health-physical, emotional, social, mental, spiritual, and environmental-are in balance; not just the absence of disease or sickness.

6. SOCIAL HEALTH Respects others
Supportive relationships with friends and family
Interacting well with other people
Maintaining values and beliefs; not being persuaded
Expresses needs to others

7. MENTAL HEALTH Ability to cope with life’s demands
Free of mental illness (i.e. phobia)
Enjoys trying new things
High Self-Esteem
Feeling comfortable about who you are

8. PHYSICAL HEALTH Eating a well-balanced diet Exercising Regularly
Sufficient Sleep
Good/Clean Hygiene
Free of disease
Free of tobacco, drugs, and alcohol

9. EMOTIONAL HEALTH Expressing emotions constructively
Can cope with unpleasant emotions
Asking for help when sad

10. SPIRITUAL HEALTH Sense of purpose in life Follows morals and values
Feels a unity with other human beings

11. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Access to clean air and water
Clean and un-crowded living space
Recycles used paper, glass products, and aluminum

12. SOUND MIND
SOUND BODY

13. What is Wellness?
Wellness: the achievement of a person’s best in all six components of health-optimal health
Life long effort to live a healthy life
Allows us to achieve our goals and find meaning and purpose in our lives

14. Risk Factors
Risk Factor: anything that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other health problems

15. Types of Risk Factors Controllable Risk Factors:
Risks that you can do something about - “behavior risks”
Uncontrollable Risk Factors:
Risks that you can NOT change
(age, race, gender, heredity)

16. 6 Health Risk Factors Sedentary Lifestyle Alcohol & Drugs
Sexual Activity
Behaviors That Cause Injury
Tobacco Use
Poor Eating Habits

17. RISK FACTORS CONT.
Sedentary Lifestyle- LAZYNESS or not doing physical activity
Alcohol & Drugs- liver disease, cancer, heart disease, car accidents, fights, depression, suicide, mental disorders, STDs
Sexual Activity- sexual activity outside a committed relationship- unplanned pregnancy, HIV infection, and other sexually transmitted diseases
Behaviors That Cause Injury- dangerous behaviors, weapons, extreme sports, seatbelts
Tobacco Use- Smoking: Single Most Preventable cause of death in U.S.
Poor Eating Habits- Heart Disease, foods high in fat, empty calories

18. HEALTH ADVOCATE
A person who works in a health field or speaks out or promotes health.
Question: Are you a “Health Advocate” ?

19. 3 Ways You Can Take Care of Your Health
KNOWLEDGE:
Knowing the information needed to make healthy choices (health classes, current issues)
ATTITUDE:
The way you feel about yourself directly affects your health
LIFESTYLE:
Putting knowledge into action = behavior changes
WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT??

20. ATTITUDE

21. -Health Professionals
Health Literacy
The knowledge you need to know to make good choices about your health.
-Current Issues
-Health Educators
-Library Resources
-Health Professionals

22. -Public Policy-most control over environmental health component
Public Health
The practice of protecting and improving the health of people in a community.
-Medical Advances
-Technology
-Public Policy-most control over environmental health component
-Education

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Friedman, David P., Curtis C. Stine, and Shannon Whalen. Lifetime Health. Orlando, [Fla.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Print.

24. Health & Wellness Cont. Chapter 2: Skills for a Healthy Life

25. QUICK REVIEW What is the definition of HEALTH? What is “Wellness?”
What is “anything that increases the likelihood of an injury, disease, or other health problem?”
What is a “Health Advocate”?

26. QUICK REVIEW What is the definition of HEALTH? What is “Wellness?”
Health is the complete state of well-being in which all of the components of health-physical, emotional, social, mental, spiritual, and environmental-are in balance; not just the absence of disease or sickness.
What is “Wellness?”
The achievement of a person’s best in all six components of health-optimal health
What is “anything that increases the likelihood of an injury, disease, or other health problem?”
Risk Factor
What is a “Health Advocate”?
A person who works in a health field or speaks out or promotes health.

27. Life Skills Tools for building or improving health Example:
(Public Speaking or good decision making skills)

28. 8 “Good” Life Skills 10 “Good” Healthy Life Skills
-Assessing Your Health
-Communication Skills
-Coping (dealing with problems in an effective way)
-Being a wise consumer (a person who buys products)
-Evaluating Media
-Refusal Skills
-Goal Setting
-Practicing Wellness
-Using community resources (something you can use to help achieve a goal)
-Making GREAT decisions

29. GREAT Decisions
Give thought to the problem
Review your choices
Evaluate the consequences of each choice
Assess and choose the best choice
Think it over afterward

30. Consequences
Consequences: The effect, result, or outcome of our actions
Part of good decision making skills is considering consequences.

31. Stop, Think, and Go STOP – Stop and admit you made a poor decision
THINK – Think about who can discuss the situation with you
GO – Go and correct the situation

32. Collaboration
Collaboration: working together to achieve a goal or reach an objective
Getting a second opinion
Realizing how your decisions affects others

33. Who can you collaborate with?
Teachers
Friends
Parents
Siblings
Counselors
Neighbors

34. SETTING HEALTHY GOALS 2 Types of Goals Short Term Goal:
achieved quickly
within a few days or few weeks
Long Term Goal:-
take longer to achieve
may take months or even years
may be more rewarding once accomplished
Action Plan: set of directions that will help you reach your goal – should include rewards AND a way to track progress

35. 6 Suggestions for Setting Goals…
Sensible-Realistic
Safe-Can this goal harm you?
Satisfying-Should feel good when you reach
Similar-Should not contradict earlier goals
Specific-Steps to achieve are very clear
Supported-Would responsible adults approve of this goal?

36. GOOD EXAMPLE OF GOALS SETTING….

37. Peer Pressure
Peer Pressure: a feeling you get that you should do something because somebody else wants you to do it

38. Direct Pressure: someone tries to convince you to do something that you normally wouldn’t do Indirect Pressure: swayed to do something because people you look up to are doing it

39. Refusal Skills
Refusal Skill: A strategy to avoid doing something that you do not feel comfortable doing – remember to be respectful and not put anyone down

40. Refusal Skills Blame someone else Give a reason Ignore the request
Leave the situation
Say “No, Thanks”
Say NO and mean it
Make a joke out of it
Make an excuse
Suggest something else to do
Change subject
Team up with somebody else

41. Something to consider…

42. QUICK REVIEW What is a life skill?
What are 4 of the life skills we mentioned?
What are 2 types of goals?
Which type of goal is more rewarding?
What does sedentary mean?

43. QUICK REVIEW What is a life skill?
Tools for building or improving health
What are 4 of the life skills we mentioned?
Assessing Your Health, Communication Skills, Coping , Being a wise consumer, Evaluating Media, Refusal Skills, Goal Setting, Practicing Wellness, Using community resources, and Making GREAT decisions
What are 2 types of goals?
Long-term and Short-term
Which type of goal is more rewarding?
Long-term
What does sedentary mean?
LAZYNESS or not doing physical activity
Friedman, David P., Curtis C. Stine, and Shannon Whalen. Lifetime Health. Orlando, [Fla.: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Print.

44. Group Activity BE CREATIVE!!
Groups of no more than four people assigned by teacher.
Create skit of at least 1 minute where student(s) suggests another does something harmful to health. Incorporate peer pressure (pg 33/34), GREAT decisions (pg 30/31), and refusal skills (pg 35).
Each person must have a speaking part.
This is your daily participation grade.
BE CREATIVE!!