1. What is Health? What is Wellness? What are Health Risks?
Health and Wellness
What is Health? What is Wellness?
What are Health Risks?

2. Definitions….
What is Health?
What is Wellness?

3. The definition of Health Changes…
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4. What is Health? Health is not just the absence of illness
Health is the overall well-being of your body, mind and relationships with other people
Physical Health
Mental and Emotional Health
Social Health

5. Health Today Life expectancy Quality of Life
Two factors used to evaluate health are:
Life expectancy
Quality of Life
In the US, the average life expectancy is 78 years.
Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.

6. Aspects of Health Physical Health Mental and Emotional Health
Social Health
Spiritual Health
Environmental Health

7. Health Risk Factors Controllable Risk Factors ???
Uncontrollable Risk Factors

8. Health Risk Factors Controllable Risk Factors
Physical activity, smoking, alcohol and other drug use, sexual activity, behaviors that cause injuries, social, tobacco use, poor eating habits (weight, diet)
Uncontrollable Risk Factors
Age, race, gender, heredity

9. Health Risks Heredity Physical Environment Social Environment Culture
Media
Technology
Healthcare
Behavior

10. Risk Factors and Your Health
Leading causes of death for adolescents/young adults in US:
Motor vehicle accidents
Homicide
Suicide
Other accidents

11. Wellness and Quality of Life
Is a state of high level health
Health is a “continuum:” a gradual progression through many stages between one extreme and another
Many of the choices we make on a daily basis affection our position on the Health Continuum
Our Quality of Life refers to our level of overall satisfaction a person gets from life

12. The Health Continuum
Many of the choices we make on a daily basis affect our position on the health continuum
Illness: low energy level, negative outlook on life, isolated from others
Wellness: high energy level, strong sense of purpose, feeling of well-being, enthusiasm for life

13. Taking Charge of Your Wellness
Health Literacy: knowledge of health information
Lifestyle or Health Behavior
Attitude: the way you think about yourself greatly affects your health.
Self esteem
Building character

14. Health at School
Think of two programs that SPS could offer to help improve the overall health of students and teachers.
Write a paragraph explaining your ideas.

15. Health in the Community
Public Health
Medical Advances
Technology
Public Policy
Education

16. “Healthy People 2020”
“Healthy People 2020” challenges individuals, communities, and professionals to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, are enjoyed by all. 
Objectives for Healthy People 2020 include:
Adolescent Health
↳Data 2020 Search ↳ Select the topic you want to review ↳ Adolescent Health ↳Search the data

17. Adolescent Health
Choose ONE data set under Adolescent Health e.g. AH -1
Click on the data set
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18. Goals of Healthy People 2020
Healthy People wants to achieve 2 goals: 
Goal 1: Increase quality and years of healthy life
The first goal of Healthy People 2020 is to help individuals of all ages increase life expectancy and improve their quality of life.
Goal 2: Eliminate health disparities
The second goal of Healthy People 2020 is to eliminate health disparities among different segments of the population.

19. The Longevity Project
Published information about factors that lead to a long, healthy life
Followed 115 people who have lived to age years
What factors do you think are important?

20. The Longevity Project Genes account for only about 30%
Remain “goal-oriented”
Only a moderate amount of “stress” in their life
Engaged in healthy relationships with friends and family

21. Goals for Adolescents - 2020
Improve the development, health, safety, & wellbeing of adolescents/young adults.
Adolescents (10-19) and young adults (20- 24) make up 21 % of the US population. The behaviors established during these developmental periods determine young people's current health status & their risk for developing chronic diseases in adulthood.

22. Risks to Adolescents Homicide Suicide
Motor vehicle crashes, including those caused by drinking and driving
Substance use and abuse
Smoking
Sexually transmitted infections, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Teen and unplanned pregnancies
Homelessness

23. Specific Goals Include:
Reducing the number of new cancer cases as well as the illness, disability, and death caused by cancer.
Promote the health of people with disabilities, prevent secondary conditions, and eliminate disparities between people with and without disabilities in the U.S. population. 
Food Safety: reduce food-borne illnesses.

24. Policies & Programs for Adolescent Health
State graduated driver licensing programs
Teen pregnancy prevention programs
Violence prevention programs
Delinquency prevention programs
Mental health and substance abuse interventions
HIV prevention interventions

25. Be a Healthy Person…. Make Healthy Choices
Make better choices for yourself and your family when choosing doctors, health insurance, online health information, and a healthy lifestyle
basic library of health

26. Be a Healthy Person…
Open the basic library link, enter your information and choose ONE way you can improve your health:

27. Being a Healthy Consumer…
Follow the links below to reliable health information from
basic library of health information
online health checkups
health care decisions
health information by age, gender, race or ethnic origin, and caregiver and family roles
health-related organizations

28. What Health Risks Can You Control?
Your level of physical activity
Your intake of fat, sugar, salt
Your use of tobacco, alcohol, drugs
Your use of protective gear, such as seat belts
Your choice of friends
Your choice of activities

29. The “DECIDE” Process D = define the problem
E = explore the alternatives
C = consider the consequences
I = identify your values
D = decide and act
E = evaluate the results
Example: You are facing a decision whether or not to accept an after-school job. Show how you would use the DECIDE process to determine whether or not you take the job.

30. Assignment
Think about a tough decision that you have made in the past or are facing now.
Use DECIDE to determine what you should do or should have done.
Write up your response in an informative paragraph.

31. Assignment
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32. Review and Quiz 1. Define the term health 2. Define the term wellness
3. Discuss some of the influences on your wellness.
4. How can your attitude affect your health?
5. State two ways you can improve your health.