HEALTH

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HEALTH
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• Health
• A range of states with physical, mental,
  emotional, spiritual, and social components.
• Wellness
• optimal health the top of the range of health
  states

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Group Activity

• Refer to activity 1 (Using page 5 in text)
• Define station
• Add characteristics/ examples to each dimension.
• Evaluate how it would effect you, your family,
  and/ or society.

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Factors that affect Health Status

• Using p. 6-9 in the book, Evaluate how your life
  is impacted by the factors that affect health
  status.

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• Chronological Age actual age in years
• Physiological Age estimated age from bodys
  health and life expectancy

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Life Expectancy

• Complete the How long will you live activity to
  evaluate the impact of internal and external
  factors on you life expectancy (Refer to Activity
  2)

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Quality of Life / Life Expectancy 

• 1. Getting adequate Sleep  
• Newborn needs 17-18 hours
• 5 yrs. 10-12 hours
• avg. young adult needs about 8 hours
• elderly need less REM sleep
• NREM body is slowed down
• REM deep sleep, dreams

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Sleep disorders

• Insomnia difficulty falling or staying asleep
• Narcolepsy when people fall asleep
• suddenly
• Sleep Apnea relaxation of tongue causes
  breathing difficulty

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2. Good Nutrition

• Overweight Obesity

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3. Physical Activity

• 220 your age max heart rate
• Target Heart Rate
• 70 of MHR to 85 of MHR
• It is best to improve cardiovascular and cardio
  respiratory health

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• 4. Avoid tobacco, drugs, and use alcohol in
  moderation (if over 21)
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• 5. Mental Health
• Learn to cope
• Find time to have fun
• spend time with friends/family
• Limit stress
• 6. Avoid Dangerous situations
• aware of accidents, injury and violence
• Aware of STI/STD

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Health Behavior Inventory

• Refer to p. 28-31
• Can help you become aware of healthy behaviors
  that you already practice and discover new habits
  that could improve your health status.

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BEHAVIOR CHANGE

• Motivation the force that moves people to act
• Two types of motivation
• 1. natural (drives or instincts)
•   2. learned
• intrinsic
• extrinsic
• Commitment A long term decision made(a promise
  kept)

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Behavior Change Activity

• Examine an unhealthy behavior
• Explain how you could apply a change in your
  behavior and decision making to improve your
  health

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Being a smart consumer

• When using/buying health products it is important
  to research, become educated, and know how to
  differentiate false advertising from credible
  facts

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Consumer Assessment

• After viewing an advertisement, evaluate the
  impact the advertisement has on the average
  consumer
• Credibility?
• Purpose of Ad?
• Who should buy?
• What psychological approach was used to sell the
  product?
• How would you change the Ad to benefit the
  consumer?

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Environmental Health

• Federal Acts to Regulate the Environment
• Refer to p. 600-606 (charts)
• Scenario
• use the chart to identify the acts that were
  violated and create a more environmental friendly
  alternative

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Safety

• Accidents are the leading cause of death for
• people age 15 - 24
• 2 homicide
• 3 suicide
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• Injuries from preventable accidents claim more
• young lives than do disease.
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• Spontaneity vs. Caution

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Highway Accidents

• One Half of all accidents are car accidents 
• Of all accidents, car accidents is the 1 killer
  in people aged 15 24
• Defensive Driving
•   Every driver will encounter other drivers
• who are careless. Defensive driving saves
• lives.
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Falls

• Falls - 2nd most cause of accidental deaths
• home 
• --- Falls are the leading cause of accidental
  death in older people
• --- Also claims a lot of infants lives
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• Child Safety 
• --- Make sure areas are free of
• hazards that could cause falls.
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• --- There should be no water deep enough for
• a child to drown.
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• --- No sharp objects around (glass)
• --- All guns should be locked away
• (everyone educated)

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• --- Childrens food in small pieces no light
• foods
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• --- Water should not be hot water heaters
• should be less than 120 degrees F
•   Refer to p. 254 ( child sitting)

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Fires and Burns 

• Burns - 3rd leading cause of accidental deaths
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• Fire Escapes
• - alarms
• - rescue and exiting
• Baby-sitters

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Drowning

• Drowning - 4th leading cause of accidental
• death
• 2nd leading cause of accidental death in teens
• Almost 50 of all drownings are alcohol related 
• Personal Flotation Devices - should be present
• on all boats

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Violence

• Refer to p. 657-659

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• Assault - one persons attack on another with the
  intent to do harm
• Rape Prevention
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• Street Rape - sexual assault by a stranger
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• Date Rape/Acquaintance Rape - sexual
• assault with a known person
• Refer to p. 687

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• To Avoid Rape
• - avoid going out alone in the dark
• - running alone is not smart
• - always ask who is at your door
• - carry pepper spray
• - get keys out before you get to your car
• - carry a whistle
• - keep car maintained
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• If Approached
• - scream fire
• - pull a fire alarm
• - break a window
• - key in eyes
• - urinate or vomit
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What not to do when raped?