1. A Healthy Foundation_Unit 1
Objective Ch. 1:
Identify and define the major health issues we face today and the risks factors involved in these issues.
Define the 3 dimensions of health and how behavior affects each component.

2. Health Issues:What’s Your IQ?
Most deaths are caused by our behavior.
If you have a history of heart disease in your family, there is nothing you can do.
The leading cause of death among teens is car accidents.
Smoking in the single leading preventable cause of death in the US.
If you are not physically sick, then you are healthy.

3. Chapter 1: Lesson 1 Understanding Health and Wellness
Health: The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being
*Everyday you make decisions that shape your health
Health Triangle:
Physical
Mental/Emotional
Social
*Spiritual

4. Components of Health
Physical Health- Your physical characteristics and the way your body functions
Mental health- The ability to recognize reality and cope with the demands of life
Emotional health- Expressing feelings in an appropriate way
Social Health- Interactions with people to build satisfying relationships
Spiritual Health-a component of mental health; deep seated sense of meaning and purpose in life

5. Health Triangle; a figure to help illustrate the importance of balance in all areas of health
Physical-
Get 8-10 hours of sleep
Eat nutritious meals/drink plenty of water
Engage in minutes of exercise each day
Avoid alcohol, tobacco, and other substances
Bathe daily, floss, brush teeth
Mental/Emotional-
Accept responsibility for your actions
Express emotional in appropriate ways
Deal with life’s stresses
Generally have a positive outlook
Make thoughtful and responsible decisions
Have a sense of control over their lives

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Social-
Seeking and lending support when needed
Communicating clearly/listening to others
Showing respect and care for yourself and others
Wellness: The achievement of a person‘s optimal health in all 3 components.
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An overcompensation in one area or lack in another can lead to the triangle becoming unbalanced

7. Health-Illness Continuum
Your overall health can be illustrated by a plot on the health-illness continuum. Your health status on the continuum depends on how well you attend to each of the areas that make up your total health picture
As you mature, your place on the continuum changes…most adult moves move towards the lower end living with
Chronic disease- ongoing condition or illness

8. Warm Up Chapter 1/Lesson 2
What is risky behavior or a risk factor when it comes to health behaviors?
Describe the difference between a controllable risk factor and an uncontrollable risk factor? Give some examples.
What decisions have you made over the last couple of days that have affected your health? (+ or -) Explain.

9. Chapter 1: Lesson 2 What Affects our Health?
*Factor- an element that contributes to a particular result
Hereditary: the traits you biologically inherit from your parents Risk factors…focus on the controllable
Environment: the sum of your surroundings
Physical
Social
Culture
Neighborhood, school, air quality, availability of parks, and medical facilities
All the people around you
PEERS-people of the same age; role models
Collective beliefs, customs and behaviors of a group
(ethnic, community, nation, etc)

10. Other factors that Influence Health
ATTITUDE- the way you view situations
“optimists are usually in better health than pessimists”
One of the most powerful influences
Media: methods of communicating information
This content is delivered via
Technology: radio, TV, Internet, print

11. Chapter 1: Lesson 3 Health Risks & Your Behavior
Risk behaviors: actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others
*most risk behaviors are controllable
*Understanding these risks can help in safe and responsible decision making

12. Risk Factors Controllable vs. Uncontrollable
Controllable Factors- behaviors or actions you can choose to do or not do.
Uncontrollable Factors- things you can not change…but can limit the risk by safer/healthier actions
Heredity
Gender
Race
Age

13. CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
Tobacco use
Unhealthy diet
Lack of activity
Alcohol/drug use
Sexual behaviors
Behaviors that lead to injuries and violence
Top 6 identified risk behaviors that account for most deaths and disability among young people
(under the age of 24)

14. Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS)
*These risks carry significant consequences (long-term & short-term)
Cumulative risk-
Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk/or combination of risks
(ex: eating high fat-meals on a regular basis…over time can lead to health problems/texting while driving)

15. How to Avoid or Reduce Risks
Prevention- taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse
Abstinence- deliberate decision to avoid high risk behaviors
Lifestyle factors- practicing all the positive health behaviors
Personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives

16. Chapter 1/Lesson 4 Promoting Health & Wellness
Ways to take Charge
US spends $2.3 trillion a year on health care
Lifestyle factor: habits/behaviors/choices that lead to a particular result
Personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives
Health Education: providing accurate health info and teaching health skills
Health Literacy: is the knowledge of health info needed to make good decisions
People don’t always behave in a way that shows they know what is healthy!
Healthy People 2020 Goals: Increase quality and length of life for all Americans & remove health disparities- differences in health outcomes among groups (race, gender, education, location)

17. Becoming Health Literate
How to…
Know where to find the info
Is it correct?
Assess risks & benefits of treatment
How much medicine is enough
Understand the results
Qualities….
Be a critical thinker
A responsible, productive citizen
Self-directed learner
Effective communicator

18. Health concerns in the U.S.
Communicable disease: A disease that is passed from person to person by an organism
Health concerns for teens
Early 1900’s vs. today
1900’s- Communicable diseases
Today- Lifestyle factors
Your choices and behaviors are part of your lifestyle and the development of habits (both good & bad)
Therefore…CHOICES #1 in what your
health will be like!

19. Health – Then & Now
Crisis Health- not taking action about your health until something happens…
illness or injury
then seeking medical help
Preventative Health- taking action to maintain a high level of wellness so there is little risk of illness/injury.
Prevention: eating right, stress management exercise, adequate sleep, support

20. overall causes of death
Teen Health Issues O
overall causes of death

21. Teen Health Issues
One in five teens in the U.S. has at least one serious health problem
Each year 3 million teens are infected with a STD

22. Teens at risk Each action you take has a consequence
Some actions have greater risk than others
-driving drunk, talking on cell, etc.

23. National Health Risks Causes of death in the U.S. today
33% heart disease
23.9% cancer
18.2% other causes
6.6% stroke
4.3% accidents
4.2% COPD
3.5% Pneumonia and influenza
2.3% diabetes
1.5% HIV infection
1.4% Suicide
1.2% Homicide
Underlying causes of death in the U.S. in one year
Tobacco use 400,000
Poor diet/inactivity 300,000
Alcohol & other drugs 120,000
Microbial agents 90,000
Toxic agents 60,000
Firearms 35,000
Sexual behavior 30,000
Motor vehicles 25,000

24. Leading Causes of Death Among Teens
Younger Teens (10-14 yrs.)
Older Teens (15-19 yrs.)
College Age Adults (20-24 yrs.)

25. National Health Risks
Most of the premature deaths in the U.S. can be prevented.
If people would exercise regularly, eat properly, have periodic medical exams, avoid the use of tobacco, and manage stress, more premature deaths could be avoided

26. Continuous Health Assessments
“Health knowledge is
useless without
positive health behavior.
You must put what you
know into Action
for it to Work!”