1. Today’s Agenda Hand in Syllabus Health Baseball
Intro to Health and Wellness
Dimensions of Health Activity
Journal Reflection

2. The Dimensions of Health and Wellness

3. How do you define health?
“Healthy” is a word thrown around everyday, ALL THE TIME! But what does ‘health’ really mean?

4. “The healthiest nation in one generation” Discussion
What different aspects of health were discussed?
WHO was responsible for a healthy upbringing?

5. Health (noun):
A state of well-being not described purely by the presence or absence of disease.

6. What is Wellness?
*Wellness is a balance of physical, emotional, intellectual and social health.
Your well-being is your state of health and wellness. How do you feel currently, are you positive, do you enjoy life, do you have a sense of purpose?
Social
Emotional
Intellectual
Physical

7. What is Health Education versus Health Literacy?
Health Education: Being able to provide information to people in order to help promote health and prevent disease.
Health Literacy: the ability to locate, interpret and apply information pertaining to your health. You build and use what you have learned.

9. Also: Physical Mental/Emotional Social Spiritual Occupational
Environmental
Physical
Mental/Emotional
Social

10. Physical Health: How well your body functions.
Physical Activity
Exercise
Sports
Hygiene
Presence or absence of disease
Sleep

11. Mental/Emotional Health: How do you feel about yourself, mood and views.
Stress management/ Effective coping
Body Image
How you cope
Outlook on life, purpose
Overall happiness
Do you set goals

12. Social Health: How well you get along with others.
Interactions with others
Relations with others
Communication skills
Support systems
Do you help others
Do you participate in your community
Spend time with family

13. Intellectual Health: involves your ability to think clearly and critically and solve problems.
Enjoy exploring new ideas
Face problems and challenges
Adapt and learn
Growing as a person
Positive attitudes
Optimistic

14. Can One Area of Wellness Affect Another?
1- Sue didn’t like the way she was looking in her clothes so she so she stopped eating as much as she could.
2- Sam got into a fight with his brother this morning and is now having a hard time concentrating in math class.
3- Mary is feeling overwhelmed by all her school work so she’s stopped spending time with her friends.
4- Pat doesn’t get enough sleep during the week and as a result is always dozing off in his 9th period class.

15. Why do we want to be healthy?
Improved concentration and thinking abilities
More productive
Better quality of life
To be HAPPIER! ?

16. Health and Wellness Baseball
Directions: Everyone begins standing. After each statement is read, remain standing if the statement is true. If it is false, sit down and then stand back up- this is a strike! 3 strikes, and you’re out! When you’re out, you are to remain sitting.

17. THINK ABOUT IT!! Factors affecting health
Income and social status
Education
Physical environment
Social support networks
Genetics
Health Services
Gender
What
else can affect someone’s health status?

18. Activity
In Groups of 4 you will circulate around the room to the different stations and read the article. While reading the article identify with your group the different characteristics, behaviors or elements of physical, emotional, social and intellectual health you find.
You will have 4 minutes at each station a timer will go off when you are ready to move.

19. Exit Ticket
Journal:
Create your own functional definition of health and a separate definition for wellness.

20. Activity: Wellness Wheel
Evaluate your current health standing in each dimension of health.
HOLD ONTO THIS WELLNESS WHEEL! It will be a part of your final exam.