Health

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Health

• Textbooks
• A Guide to Wellness, Glencoe
• Community First Aid and Safety, American Red
  Cross
• Choosing the Best Life

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Units we will cover this semester

• Health and Wellness
• CPR/First Aid
• Mental Health, Emotions, Suicide, Stress
• Alcohol
• Tobacco/Cancer
• Illegal Drugs
• Choking/Rescue Breathing
• Human Sexuality
• ADAP (Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program)

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What is Health?

• The combination of your Physical,
  Mental/Emotional, and Social well-being.

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The 3 Elements of Your Health

• Physical Health the way the parts and systems of
  your body work together.
• Being able to cope with normal everyday stress.
• Having strength and energy to pursue physical,
  mental, emotional and social challenges and
  changes.
• Proper nutrition
• Regular physical activity
• Enough rest and sleep

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Mental and Emotional Health

• Mental and Emotional includes your feelings
  about yourself, how well you relate to others and
  how well you meet the demands of daily life.
• Characteristics of a person with good mental
  health
• Enjoy learning
• See mistakes as opportunities to grow, and change
• Accept responsibility for their actions and stand
  up for their beliefs and values

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A person with good Mental Health

• Is in touch with his or her feelings and
  expresses them in appropriate healthful ways.
• This person can deal with lifes frustrations
  without feeling overwhelmed.

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Social Health

• This involves the way you get along with others.
• The ability to make and keep friends.
• It means to communicate well and showing respect
  for not only others but yourself as well.

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YOUR HEALTH TRIANGLE

• The three elements of health are interconnected,
  like the sides of a TRIANGLE.
• When one side receives too much or too little
  attention, the other sides change as well.
• The whole TRIANGLE can become lopsided and
  unbalanced.
• To be truly healthy, you need to try to keep all
  three sides of the HEALTH TRIANGLE and your life
  for that matter in balance!

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HEALTH TRIANGLE
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The Health Continuum

• A person with a balanced life is said to have a
  high degree of Wellness-an overall state of well
  being, or total health.
• Your health is like a yardstick, there are many
  different points to where your health can be
  located at any given time.
• From day to day, year to year, you experience
  different levels of total health.

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Did you know?????

• In 1995, the top 5 causes of death were
• Heart Disease
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Pulmonary Disease
• Accidents

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Did you know???

• Substance abuse is related to an estimated
  120,000 deaths per year.
• 100,000 caused by alcohol
• 20,000 caused by drugs
• Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of
  avoidable death in the US accounting for more
  deaths than AIDS, traffic accidents, suicides,
  homicides, fires and illegal drugs combined
  nearly 400,000 per year.

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Did you know????

• Homicide and Suicide together claim almost 50,000
  lives per year in the U.S.

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Promoting your health

• Millions of people get sick, become disabled or
  die each year because of the decisions they make
  and the way they live.
• Their decision making skills and personal
  behavior are directly related to their deaths.
• Many of those deaths could be prevented if people
  practiced a few simple health habits.

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Lifestyle Factors

• These are personal behaviors and habits related
  to the way a person lives, that help determine
  his or her level of health.

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Important Lifestyle Factors

• Get between seven and eight hours of sleep per
  night.
• Eat nutritious foods from the various food groups
  each day.
• Refrain from smoking and using tobacco products.
• Eat breakfast daily.
• Exercise regularly.
• Do not use alcohol or other drugs.
• Maintain recommended weight.

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How does your attitude affect your HEALTH?

• Studies have shown that OPTOMISTS, people that
  tend to see the positive in situations, are less
  likely to suffer illness and die younger than
  PESSIMISTS.

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Prevention

• Practicing healthy habits to keep a person well
  and free from disease and other ailments.
• Examples are
• Wearing Seat Belts
• Applying Sunscreen
• Avoiding Unsafe Areas
• Using Protective Gear When Playing Sports

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Health Education

• Providing of accurate health information in such
  a way as to influence people to change attitudes
  so that they take positive actions about their
  health.
• Health Educations Goal to help people live
  long, zestful, and productive lives.
• It gives students tools needed to help them long,
  productive lives.

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Health Literate

• Health Literacy describes an individuals
  capacity to obtain, interpret, and understand
  basic health information and services and use
  such information and services in ways to promote
  his or her health and wellness.

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Characteristics of a Health Literate Person

• A critical thinker and problem-solver
• A responsible, productive citizen
• A self-directed learner
• An effective communicator

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Class Assignment

• Health Terms on pages4, 11, 17
• Lesson 1 Review Page 10
• s 1-4
• 5
• Complete for homework if you dont finish in class