This story illustrates a paradigm shift.

4. This story illustrates a paradigm shift. A paradigm shift is a new way of looking at a situation and/or problem that is completely different from the way you viewed it in the past. How are we experiencing a major paradigm shift in health today?

5. In the 1800s and early 1900s infectious (communicable) diseases such as influenza, tuberculosis, and diphtheria were the leading causes of death. In the 20th century these have been replaced with the chronic (lifestyle) diseases; accidents, suicide, heart disease, cancer (malignant neoplasms), and stroke.

6. When infectious diseases were the leading causes of death, health care was more of a mechanistic model. Mechanistic means that you basically live your life until something breaks down and then go see a doctor and get it fixed.

7. Now that the leading causes of death are lifestyle diseases, a preventative modelis more critical. suggests that health is a culmination of your lifestyle choices.

8. What do you think is the leading cause of death among teenagers? Soooooo…

9. #1 Motor Vehicle Accidents From 2006-2010, about 18,000 teens in the United States aged 16–19 were killed and  more than 350,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes.1,2 Teens represent less than 10 % of the U.S. population. However, they account for nearly three times as many accidents as people aged 20 and older.3

10. While unintentional injury is listed as the #1 cause of death with 7137 deaths, of those deaths 5522 are from motor vehicle accidents so we consider motor vehicle accidents as the #1 cause of death among 15 – 19 yr. olds.

11. # 2 Homicide Although other teens are responsible for many of the homicides of teens below age 18, two-thirds of the murderers are eighteen or older.4   Gang involvement has been associated with many teen murders; in 2002, nearly three-quarters of homicides of teens were attributed to gang violence.5  Although school-related homicides receive substantial attention, they account for less than 2% of all children homicides.

12. #3 Suicide Teen suicide results in approximately 4600 lives lost each year. The top three methods used in suicides of young people include firearm (45%), suffocation (40%), and poisoning (8%).

13. #4 Malignant Neoplasms(cancer) Malignant neoplasm implies a lesion that can invade and destroy the adjacent tissues and spread to the distant sites(Metastasize) and cause death, Malignant tumor are also called CANCER

14. #5 Heart Disease Most of the risk factors that affect children can be controlled early in life, lowering the risk of heart disease later in life. Other risk factors are usually passed down through family members (they are hereditary) or they are the result of another illness or disease. These risk factors usually can be controlled. Congenital heart disease (heart defects you are born with) cannot be changed, but better tests and treatments are now available for children with these types of heart problems.

15. How has health care changed in the past 100 years?

16. 6 Components of Health Do you know what they are?

18. Emotional Health

19. Emotional Health • Expressing emotions in a positive, nondestructive way. • Being able to cope with unpleasant emotions and not get overwhelmed by them

20. Do we put ourselves in positions to get hurt? Do we have control over our emotions???? Do others have an effect on our emotions?

21. Social Health

22. Social Health ~ Quality of your relationships with others ~ Respecting others ~ Avoid others who don’t treat you with respect and tolerance

23. Mental Health

24. Mental Health : The ability to recognize reality and cope with demands of daily life. : Having a high self-esteem about yourself. : Your mental health can be strongly influenced by your emotional health.

25. Who is most effected by mental health problems? How serious do we take our mental health?

26. Spiritual Health

27. Spiritual Health • Maintaining harmonious relationships with others • Having directions and purpose in your life • Living according to one’s ethics, moral & values. • For some it means religion, for others it is understanding their purpose in life

28. What are things we can do to make us better people? Who ultimately controls your Destiny? Can you make a change in someone else's life?

29. Environmental Health

30. Environmental Health • Made up of living and non living things • Includes air, water and land • Keeping your “environment” enjoyable and safe. • Recycling • Cutting down on pollution

31. Physical Health

32. Physical Health • Refers to body functions • Eating right • Exercise • Being at recommended weight • Avoiding drugs & alcohol • Being free of disease & sickness

33. How does each component of our health effect each other? Is there one product that can make us healthy in every area of our life?

34. WHEEL Activity: How would you rate your physical, emotional, social, environmental, mental & spiritual health? What are some things you can do to give yourself a better wheel?