Health Vocabulary

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Health Vocabulary

• Overall Health physical, emotional and social
  health of a person
• Wellness Quality of life that results from a
  persons health status
• Risk factor- Something that increases the odds of
  a negative outcome
• Protective Factor- Something that increases the
  chances of a good outcome
• Quality of life Degree to which a person lives
  life to the fullest capacity
• Habit- is a pattern of behavior that you follow
  almost without thinking.

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Health Vocabulary

• Physical health- Condition of a persons physical
  state
• Mental emotional health- Condition of a persons
  mind and the way that person expresses feelings
• Family social health- Condition of a persons
  relationship with family members and others

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The Health Triangle
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10 Factors effect health statusHealth Status
The overall sum of positive and negative
influences on a persons health.

• 6. Decisions made
• 7. Advocacy
• 8.Heredity
• 9. Quality of environment
• 10. Random events

1. Health knowledge
2. Access to info
3. Behaviors
4. Respond to influences
5. Communication skills

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10 Leading health indicators

• Health Indicator
• Directly measurable variable that reflects the
  health status of a person or population.
• 1.Physical activity
• 2.Overweight obesity
• 3.Tobacco use
• 4. Substance abuse
• 5.Responsible sexual behavior
• 6.Mental health
• 7. Injury violence
• 8. Environmental quality
• 9.Immunization
• 10.Access to health care

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Dimensions of Wellness Wellness Quality of
life that results from a persons health status

• 1. Family-Social
• 2.Physical
• 3. Mental-Emotional
• 4. Intellectual
• 5. Environmental
• 6.Spiritual
• 7. Career
• Financial

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Social Wellness

• The process of creating and maintaining healthy
  relationships through the choices we make.

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Physical Wellness

• The process of making choices to create flexible,
  cardiovascular fit, energetic and strong bodies.

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Emotional Wellness

• The process of accepting our worth, creating,
  recognizing and expressing feelings in
  appropriate and healthy ways.

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Intellectual Wellness

• The process of using our minds to create a
  greater understanding and appreciation for the
  universe. Thinking outside the box while
  respecting opinions and judgments made by those
  around us.

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Environmental Wellness

• Making appropriate choices that positively
  effect our physical surroundings. Includes the
  improvement and maintenance of air, water and
  other physical resources that can be left for
  later generations.

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Spiritual Wellness

• Developing a personal meaning for life through
  guiding values and principals.

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Occupational / Financial

• Career Occupational Wellness A persons level of
  satisfaction derived from their own work.
• Financial Wellness Satisfaction with current and
  future financial situations

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Six behaviors that contribute to our wellness

• Be physically active
• Choosing a healthy diet
• Maintain a healthy body weight
• Manage stress
• Avoid Drugs, Tobacco and Alcohol
• Protect yourself from disease and injury

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Wellness Continuum

• Health falls somewhere on a line (continuum) from
  a high level of health to a low level of health.
• Your CHOICES determine whether YOU have a High or
  Low level of health.

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Risk Taking chance that has a random
outcomeHealth Concept General understanding of
health knowledge.
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What is your change?

• To improve our health and wellness we must select
  or identify behavior changes that must be made to
  create BALANCE.
• Target Behavior- An isolated behavior selected as
  the object for a behavior change

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What do you want to change?

• Six stages of change
• Pre-contemplation
• Contemplation
• Preparation
• Action
• Maintenance
• Termination of old life habit
• What does each look like?
• My challenge to you

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Review

• Name 6 stages of change
• Pre cont, cont, preparation, action, Maintenance
  and Termination
• What is something that increases the chance of a
  negative outcome?
• Risk Factor
• What are the 3 sides of the Health Triangle?
• Family social, Physical and Emotional
• What is the degree to which someone lives life to
  the fullest capacity?
• Quality of life