Health Skills Handbook

1. HealthSkillsHandbook TeenHealth(Nevada Edition)Pages HSH-2 through HSH21 Mr.McCarthy Rogich MS

2. This Set of Lessons Will Cover: • Part 1: Health and Wellness (HSH- 2, 3 & 4) • Part 2: Health Influences, Risks, and Skills (HSH- 5 through 14) • Part 3: Decision Making (HSH- 15 & 16) • Part 4: Goal Setting (HSH- 17)

3. Health Skills Handbook – Part 1Health andWellness

4. WhatIsHealth?

5. What do you think of when you hear the word Health?

6. Perhaps you think of someone who is in shape or an athlete

7. Maybe you think of vegetables or a healthy food

8. You might even think of someone who knows a lot about medicine or anatomy

9. So … how do wedefine Health ?

10. The definition of Health: Health is: a combination of physical, mental, & social well-being

11. We represent this definition by using theHealth Triangle TheHealthTriangle Mental & Emotional Physical Social

12. Do youknow what the words Physical, Mental & Emotional, and Social mean? Mental & Emotional Physical Social

13. Physical Health: Your Body: • Height, weight • In shape or not • Sickness, disease • Heart, lungs, organs Physical Mental & Emotional Social

14. Mental &Emotional Health: • Thoughts & feelings • What you know • How you think & feel • Self-esteem • Attitudes Mental & Emotional Physical Social

15. Social Health: Relationships with: • Family • Friends • Authority Figures • Boyfriends & girlfriends Physical Mental & Emotional Social

16. Being “healthy” means well-being in allthreesides of the Health triangle Mental & Emotional Physical Social

17. Being “healthy” means having a balancedhealth triangle Mental & Emotional A balance of a healthy body, healthy feelings and attitudes, and healthy relationships! Physical Social

18. Not Balanced !!! Mental & Emotional Physical Social

19. Not Balanced, either !!! Physical Mental & Emotional Social

20. Nope !!! Mental & Emotional Physical Social

21. Much Better Balanced !! Mental & Emotional Physical Social

22. Let’s examine the Health Triangle a bit deeper: Physical Mental & Emotional Social

23. Do all three sides of the triangle touch each other? Physical Mental & Emotional YES !!! A change on one side of the triangle will affect the other two sides. Social

24. For example, how would a bad physical injury, like a broken leg, affect all three sides of the Health Triangle? Mental & Emotional Physical Social

25. Or, how would something negative Socially affect all three sides of the triangle ? Mental & Emotional Physical Social

26. Better yet, how would something positive Mentally and Emotionally affect all three sides of the Health Triangle? Mental & Emotional Physical Social

27. In other words, you have a “Mind-Body Connection” • Your emotions affect your physical health and overall health • Your overall health affects your emotions

28. Consider this: Your health triangle changes from day to day. Physical Mental & Emotional Social

29. Consider this: One day, your triangle may be balanced and strong Physical Mental & Emotional Social

30. Consider this: The next day, it might be weak on one or more sides Mental & Emotional Physical Social

31. Even though your health changes from day to day, you should try daily to have a strong, balanced Health Triangle

32. We have a word for trying to be as healthy as you can be … We use the term “wellness”

33. Wellness: • A state of well-being or balanced health over a long period of time • Balancing and improving your health over weeks or months • Should be a part of your daily routine

34. Each day, try to do something positive for eachside of your Health Triangle!

35. During this Health class, we will explore ways to keep our Health Triangles strong and balanced!

36. We will examine things which may harm or damage your health and well-being…

37. We will also examine things which may improve and protect your health and well-being…

38. Try to apply what we discuss in Health class to your daily lives.Make good decisions!

39. There’s No Need To Fear… Health Class Is Here