Journal 8/13

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Journal 8/13

• Think back to yesterday. Starting when you woke
  up, write down all of the choices you made
  throughout the day. After you have written all
  of them down, put a check mark next to the
  choices you made that are related to Health.
  Explain how they are related.

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Chapter 1Health and Wellness A Quality
Of Life
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Myths and Misconceptions

• If you are physically fit, you are perfectly
  healthy.
• Some people are physically fit but are not
  socially, mentally, emotionally, or spiritually
  healthy.
• Heart disease and cancer just run in some
  families theres nothing that can prevent it.
• While the risks of developing some types of
  cancer are highly influenced by genetic makeup,
  there are also lifestyle risk factors that
  influence them.
• Because of advances in medicine, todays teens
  are much healthier than teens were in the early
  20th century.
• In some respects this is true. However, teens
  today face different health problems, and some
  new ones are life threatening.

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Describing Health

• Health is a state of well-being that comes from a
  good balance of the 3 aspects of health.
• The 3 Aspects of Health are
• Physical Health
• Mental Health / Emotional Health
• Social Health

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Physical Health

• Your physical characteristics and the way your
  body functions.
• Physical Health covers those aspects of health
  related directly to your body.
• Your Weight
• Your Strength
• The way your body functions.
• The absence of disease.

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Social Health

• Interactions with people to build satisfying
  relationships.
• Development started when you were born.
• Influenced by your social networks and the
  support that you get from the people that you
  care about and love.
• Being considerate of others, sharing your true
  feelings, serving your community, and asking for
  help when you need it are all parts of social
  health.

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Mental Health

• The ability to recognize reality and cope with
  the demands of daily life.
• Being mentally healthy means
• You can accept new ideas.
• You recognize the reality of a situation.
• You have a sense of self worth.
• You are tolerant of different things.
• You can cope with stress because you know that
  stress is a part of life that you can handle.

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Emotional Health

• Expressing feelings in an appropriate way.
• Being emotionally healthy means
• You can overcome difficult times.
• You enjoy life.
• You see hardships as a challenge.
• You can express anger without violence, sadness,
  or without serious depression.

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Health and Wellness

• Health
• State of well being that comes from a good
  balance of the three aspects of health.
• Wellness
• Optimal ( overall well being ) health in each of
  the three aspects of health.

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Health Concerns in the United States

• In groups, name the 5 most pressing health issues
  facing teens today. Every person in the group
  needs to write all of the issues down.
• On your own, take one of the issues on your
  groups list and write how that issue could affect
  you.

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Teen Health Issues

• In the early 1900s, the biggest health issue
  facing teens was early death due to communicable
  diseases.
• Communicable diseases-a disease that is passed
  from person to person by an organism.
• Today, 1 in 5 teens in the United states has at
  least 1 serious health issue.

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Developing Life Skills

• Developing life skills helps you learn how to
  handle specific situations you experience in
  life.
• Examples of these life skills are
• Solving Problems
• Coping
• Setting Goals
• Resisting Pressure
• Assessing your Health
• Using Community Resources Effectively
• Communicating Effectively
• Being a Wiser Consumer
• Making Responsible Decisions
• Practicing Self Care
• Intervention Strategies