1. Health Skills Handbook
Teen Health (Nevada Edition) Pages HSH-2 through HSH21
Mr. McCarthy
Rogich MS

2. This Set of Lessons Will Cover:
Part 1: Health and Wellness (HSH- 2, 3 & 4)
Part 2: Health Influences, Risks, and Skills (HSH- 5 through 14)
Part 3: Decision Making (HSH- 15 & 16)
Part 4: Goal Setting (HSH- 17)

3. Health Skills Handbook – Part 1 Health and Wellness

4. What Is Health?

5. What do you think of when you hear the word Health?

6. Perhaps you think of someone who is in shape or an athlete

7. Maybe you think of vegetables or a healthy food

8. You might even think of someone who knows a lot about medicine or anatomy

9. So … how do we define Health ?

10. The definition of Health:
Health is:
a combination
of physical,
mental, & social
well-being

11. We represent this definition by using the Health Triangle
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

12. Mental & Emotional Physical Social
Do you know what the words Physical, Mental & Emotional, and Social mean?
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

13. Physical Health: Physical Your Body: Height, weight In shape or not
Mental & Emotional
Your Body:
Height, weight
In shape or not
Sickness, disease
Heart, lungs, organs
Social

14. Mental & Emotional Health:
Physical
Thoughts & feelings
What you know
How you think & feel
Self-esteem
Attitudes
Social

15. Social Health: Social Relationships with: Family Friends
Physical
Mental & Emotional
Relationships with:
Family
Friends
Authority Figures
Boyfriends & girlfriends
Social

16. Mental & Emotional Physical Social
Being “healthy” means well-being in all three sides of the Health triangle
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

17. Being “healthy” means having a balanced health triangle
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social
A balance of a healthy body, healthy feelings and attitudes, and healthy relationships!

18. Not Balanced !!!
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

19. Not Balanced, either !!!
Physical
Mental & Emotional
Social

20. Nope !!!
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

21. Much Better Balanced !!
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

22. Let’s examine the Health Triangle a bit deeper:
Physical
Mental & Emotional
Social

23. Do all three sides of the triangle touch each other?
Physical
Mental & Emotional
YES !!!
A change on one side of the triangle will affect the other two sides.
Social

24. For example, how would a bad physical injury, like a broken leg, affect all three sides of the Health Triangle?
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

25. Or, how would something negative Socially affect all three sides of the triangle ?
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

26. Better yet, how would something positive Mentally and Emotionally affect all three sides of the Health Triangle?
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

27. In other words, you have a “Mind-Body Connection”
Your emotions affect your physical health and overall health
Your overall health affects your emotions

28. Your health triangle changes from day to day.
Consider this:
Your health triangle changes from day to day.
Physical
Mental & Emotional
Social

29. One day, your triangle may be balanced and strong
Consider this:
One day, your triangle may be balanced and strong
Physical
Mental & Emotional
Social

30. The next day, it might be weak on one or more sides
Consider this:
The next day, it might be weak on one or more sides
Mental & Emotional
Physical
Social

31. Even though your health changes from day to day, you should try daily to have a strong, balanced Health Triangle

32. We have a word for trying to be as healthy as you can be …
We use the term “wellness”

33. A state of well-being or balanced health over a long period of time
Balancing and improving your health over weeks or months
Should be a part of your daily routine
Wellness:

34. Each day, try to do something positive for each side of your Health Triangle!

35. During this Health class, we will explore ways to keep our Health Triangles strong and balanced!

36. We will examine things which may harm or damage your health and well-being…

37. We will also examine things which may improve and protect your health and well-being…

38. Try to apply what we discuss in Health class to your daily lives
Try to apply what we discuss in Health class to your daily lives. Make good decisions!

39. There’s No Need To Fear…
Health Class Is Here