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1 What is Health & Technology?

2 What is Health & Technology Health is all about feeling good. There are 3 sides to health. This is called the HEALTH TRIANGLE. Social Physical Mental

3 The Health Triangle All 3 sides of this triangle must be ‘IN PLACE’ for you to be HEALTH. That is you must have GOOD SOCIAL HEALTH, GOOD MENTAL HEALTH and GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH. MENTAL HEALTH – describes how you feel in your head/mind.

4 The Health Triangle con’t Social health describes how you interact/communicate with people. Physical Health describes anything you do with your body. Any activity you carry out using the parts of your body. If any 1 of these sides is removed, the triangle would collapse.

5 Cont’d SocialMentalPhysical

6 Which Side???? Communicating Well Coping with stress Taking exercise Eating well Being happy Achieving your full potential

7 Measurement low tech high tech Heart beat stethoscope heart monitor Pulse ratestopwatch pulsometer Blood pressuresphygmomanometer digital blood pressure meter Breathing rate observation spirometer Body fat skin callipers tracer analysis Temperature thermometer digital thermometer Muscle strengthdynamometer dynamic sensor Breath alcoholbreathalyser digital Alco meter

8 Advantages & Disadvantages of High Tech Advantages: –Very Accurate –Quick Disadvantages –Expensive –Harder to use & maintain

9 Advantages & Disadvantages of Low Tech Advantages –Cheap –Easy to use & maintain Disadvantages –Not very accurate –Slower


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