Health Introduction Chapter 1 Making Healthy Decisions

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Health Introduction- Chapter 1Making Healthy
Decisions

• Chapter Objectives

• Why are there more aspects besides physical
  health?
• Why is it important to counteract risk factors?
• How will setting goals increase my health?
• How do my choices affect my health?

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Three aspects of overall health
Mental and Emotional Health
Physical Health
Social Health
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• Physical Health

• How well your body functions
• Ability to carry out everyday tasks without
  getting overly tired
• You need sleep, healthy diet, exercise, medical
  check-ups

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Three aspects of overall health
Mental and Emotional Health
Physical Health
Social Health
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• Mental and Emotional Health

• Mental Health
• Being comfortable with yourself, with others, and
  surroundings
• Being alert
• Learning from your mistakes
• Recognize your achievements

• Emotional Health
• Feelings are appropriate to the situation
• You need relaxation and to share your feelings

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Three aspects of overall health
Mental and Emotional Health
Physical Health
Social Health
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• Social Health

• How well you get along with others
• You have to work at getting along with peers and
  being involved in school and community events

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• The choices you make effect your movement along
  the health continuum.

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What factors influence your health?
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Factors influencing your health

• Heredity- what you inherited from your parents
• Environment- indoor and outdoor surroundings,
  people you associate with
• Media
• Culture- what is right and wrong in your culture
• Technology
• Health care- what is available for you?
• Your behavior- choices, habits

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Evaluating risk factors

• Risk factor any condition that increases the
  likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative
  outcomes

• To evaluate risk factors you should

• Consider the short and long term consequences
• Will this effect my health immediately and/or
  long term?
• Identify is you can control it or not
• You can control risk factors related to your
  behavior!
• Analyze the benefits and risks of the situation
• Decide if the benefits outweigh the risks
  pros/cons

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• Who To Believe?

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Healthy people 2010

• What is it?

• TWO GOALS

• Created by the Department of Health and Human
  Services
• Major focus is PREVENTION

• Increase the years of healthy life for each
  American.
• Eliminate differences in health based on race,
  ethnic group, or income

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• Create your own health goals-
• Write an obtainable personal health goal for at
  least two aspects of health (physical,
  mental/emotional, and/or social health) that you
  will work towards during the semester or near
  future.
• You must come up with action plans to go along
  with your goals. The action plan must have at
  least 3 specific and practical steps.
• Finally, write why you chose the goals that you
  did. How will your goal going to contribute to
  improving their overall health?

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• Goal 1 (physical, mental/emotional, social)
• Action step 1
• Action step 2
• Action step 3
• Goal 2 (physical, mental/emotional, social)
• Action step 1
• Action step 2
• Action step 3

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• Candy Madness

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• In a group of 2 or 3, answer the objective
  questions.
• You must discuss and write down the same answer.
• My approval is required.