1. Chapter 1: Living a Healthy Life
Intro to Health
Chapter 1: Living a Healthy Life

2. What is Health?
The combination of physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social well-being
The state of being free from illness or injury
Striving to be the best you can be at any given time

3. Wellness An overall state of well-being, or total health
Achieving wellness requires an ongoing, lifelong commitment to physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social health

4. The Health Continuum
*Health can be measured on a sliding scale, many fall just below the wellness point
High Level of Health
Premature Death

5. Promoting Your Health
Make responsible decisions about health and develop good healthy habits
LIFESTYLE FACTORS (habits) – factors that affect:
Overall health
Happiness
Longevity – how long you live
Prevention – practicing health & safety habits to remain free of disease & injury.
Ex: wearing sunscreen to protect skin from cancer

6. 10 Lifestyle Factors (habits)
8-10 hours a sleep
Healthy breakfast!
Variety of nutritious foods
Physically active for at least 20 min/day
Maintain healthy weight
Avoid tobacco, alcohol, & drugs
Abstain from sex before marriage
Manage stress
Positive relationships
Be safe to prevent injuries

7. Becoming Health Literate
Healthy literacy – to learn and understand health information & services & to use resources to promote health

8. A health-literate individual needs to be a(n)…
Critical thinker & problem solver
Responsible, productive citizen – promotes health in community & chooses safe, healthful, legal behaviors
Self-directed learner – seeks reliable, accurate, and current information
Effective communicator – expresses health knowledge

9. Health “Triangle” Physical Health – how well body functions
ENERGY & resist DISEASE
Mental Health – learning new things, enjoy challenges
Mistakes = growth & change
Emotional Health – respect feelings & express them
Can respond well to others’ emotions

10. Health “Triangle” Social Health – way you get along with others
Making FRIENDS
Communicating
Confidence & trusting yourself
Compassion for others
Spiritual – explore relationship w/God
Own divinity
Greater purpose
Outside physical realm

11. Influences on Health Environment – sum of surroundings
Physical Environ – crime, smog
Social Environ – PEOPLE!
Peers – people of the same age who share similar interests
CHOOSE POSITIVE PEOPLE!!!
Culture – collective beliefs, customs, & behaviors of a group
Language, food, traditions, religion

12. Influences on Health
Heredity – all the traits that were biologically passed on from parents
Hair color, height
Attitude – views
positive or negative view on challenges
Behavior - choose healthy habits!

13. Influences on Health
Media – various methods of communicating information
Delivery of information
Technology
Advances in medical technology are positive
Negative if people watch TV instead of being active

14. VOCABULARY CARDS Health/Wellness Prevention Health Literacy Heredity
Environment
Peers
Culture

15. Chapter 2: Building Health Skills & Character
Intro to Health
Chapter 2: Building Health Skills & Character

16. Interpersonal Skills Interpersonal Communication Refusal Skills
Conflict Resolution

17. Interpersonal Communication
The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between 2 or more people
Clearly say what you mean: use “I” messages to state your position
Pay attention to how you say something: tone of voice, facial expressions, & body language
Be a good listener: don’t interrupt, nod head & ask questions when appropriate

18. Refusal Skills
Communication strategies that can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are:
Unsafe
Unhealthy
Go against your values.

19. Refusal Strategies Say no in firm voice Explain why
State your feelings, goes against values/beliefs
Suggest alternatives
Healthy activity instead
Use appropriate body language
Use eye contact
Leave!
Just walk away

20. Conflict Resolution
The process of ending a conflict through cooperation & problem solving
Take time to calm down & think through the situation
Speak calmly & listen, ask questions when appropriate
Work to resolve conflict peacefully using a polite tone when discussing solutions

21. Advocacy
Taking action to influence others to address a concern or to support a belief

22. Goals Something you aim for that takes planning & work
Short-term goal: a goal you can reach in a short period of time
Ex: getting an ‘A’ on your test this week
Long-term goal: a goal you plan to reach over an extended period of time
Ex: to graduate from college

23. Achieving Your Goals
Make an action plan - steps to identify & reach goals
Set specific, realistic goal & write it down
List the steps to reach it
Identify sources of support
Set a reasonable time frame for reaching your goal
Evaluate your progress by setting checkpoints
Reward yourself for achieving your goal

24. Character
Distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, & behaves

25. Traits of Good Character
Trustworthy – honest, loyal, reliable
Respect – considerate, tolerant, manners
Responsible – self control, consider consequences
Fair – play by rules, share
Caring – kind, compassionate, help people
Citizenship – obey laws & rules, respect authority, good neighbor

26. Role Model
Someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for others

27. VOCABULARY CARDS Interpersonal communication Refusal skills
Conflict resolution
Advocacy
Goal
Short-term & Long-term
Character
Role model