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1 Your Personal Responsibility B.E. Pruitt, Ed.D. Texas A&M University

2 Defining Health Health A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being World Health Organization’s (WHO) recognition of health as a measure of well-being and not simply the absence of disease established a new paradigm. The WHO definition has become a guidepost for health promotion worldwide.

3 Defining Health Holistic Health The concept of health involving physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual, and environmental aspects of an individual as well as of the community. Taking a holistic approach to your health means that the whole is greater than the individual parts.

4 Defining Health

5 Wellness A description of health that includes the human potential for a high level of well-being while taking into consideration environmental and personal limitations This concept of wellness goes beyond the WHO definition by viewing one’s personal health potential on a illness/wellness continuum.

6 Defining Health

7 Becoming Healthy You become healthy through developing healthy behaviors. This assumes that you are healthy and that you move to a stronger position of health by taking health-promoting actions. You become more healthy through behavior change. You undergo a change in lifestyle or take specific actions that result in a healthier state.

8 Becoming Healthy Health Knowledge The accumulation of factual information that influences health decision making.

9 Becoming Healthy Health Skills Abilities that influence health development, health status, and health maintenance. Health skills are categorized as: Motor skills Intellectual skills Emotional skills Social skills

10 Becoming Healthy Health Behavior Consists of actions and habits that may lead either to enhancement and protection of a person’s health status or to its decline Preventive Behavior consists of actions taken by a person who is essentially healthy in order to remain healthy. Illness Behavior consists of actions taken by a person who has reason to believe that he or she is not well. Sick-Role Behavior consists of actions taken by a person who has been diagnosed as sick.

11 Assessing Your Personal Health Self-Assessment occurs when an individual collects and interprets his/her own health-related baseline data. Establish a baseline (what is “normal” for you) through periodic assessments. Medical Assessment is conducted by a medical professional and focuses on diagnosing a disease or other medical condition.

12 Assessing Your Personal Health Self-Assessment Self-assessment involves the observation of three crucial markers: Body temperature Pulse rate Body weight

13 Assessing Your Personal Health Medical Assessment Three different assessments used by medical professionals are: Health History: includes a variety of measures including past and current diseases, injuries, other health-related experiences, allergies, tetanus status, family history. Physical Examinations: through auscultation (listening) and palpation (touching), a physician can discover abnormalities that indicate the likelihood of disease. Laboratory Tests: involve examining materials taken from the body, such as blood and urine.

14 Assessing Your Personal Health Defining Health Risks Health Risks refer to the likelihood of having a certain health condition. Risk Factors are conditions or habits that put a person in danger of negative health occurrences; identified as modifiable (controllable) or not modifiable (uncontrollable).

15 Assessing Your Personal Health Keeping Good Health Records Establish an accurate and accessible record-keeping system that includes: Vaccination record Disease diagnoses Prescriptions Health-promoting activities: Exercise schedule (how much, how often) Dietary record (fat intake) Sleep patterns

16 Establishing a Personal Health Style Health Style The sum of health knowledge, health skills, and health behavior. Health style is most easily observed in personal health decisions.

17 Establishing a Personal Health Style Health Value Something of importance that is related to health Health Attitude A behavioral intention concerning health, usually expressed in positive or negative terms Health Belief A health-related concept thought to be true whether supported by evidence or not Health Momentum A perception of movement toward or away from good health that results from decisions and health behaviors of the past

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21 Prevention: The Best Alternative Prevention Taking health-promoting action to reduce the risk of disease and injury

22 Prevention: The Best Alternative Preventive Behaviors Positive actions that consistently contribute to a healthier and longer life. They include six behaviors: 1. Avoid the use of tobacco. 2. Exercise on a routine basis. 3. Maintain normal body weight. 4. Drink alcohol in moderation. 5. Practice safer sex. 6. Wear a seat belt.

23 Prevention: The Best Alternative Your health is your responsibility. Acting responsibly involves: Common-sense decisions made by a health-literate person The use of health skills that develop with practice Health behaviors that enhance rather than compromise health


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