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Understanding Health & Wellness

Understanding Health & Wellness. Taking Charge Of Your Health. You’re responsible for your health Health is the combination of physical, mental/ emotional, & social well-being. Triangle of Health. Physical ~ Mental/Emotional ~ Social. 6 Components of Health.

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Understanding Health & Wellness

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  1. Understanding Health & Wellness

  2. Taking Charge Of Your Health • You’re responsible for your health • Health is the combination of physical, mental/ emotional, & social well-being

  3. Triangle of Health • Physical ~ Mental/Emotional ~ Social

  4. 6 Components of Health • Physical health: the way your body functions • Emotional health: expressing your emotions in a positive, nondestructive way • Social health: quality of relationships with others

  5. 6 Components of Health • Mental health: ability to recognize reality & cope with demands of life • Spiritual health: maintaining pleasant relationships with other living things, having spiritual direction & purpose • Environmental health: keeping air & water clean, food safe, land enjoyable & safe

  6. CLUSTER ACTIVITY • Create a “Cluster of Health” Health

  7. Keeping A Balance • When everything is balanced you have a high degree of wellness (an overall state of well-being or total health) • Healthful behaviors will promote your wellness

  8. What Affects Your Health? • Heredity, environment, attitude, behavior, media, & technology can all influence your behavior • Heredity: all the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents • Can put you at a higher risk for certain health issues

  9. What Affects Your Health? • Environment: the sum of your surroundings • Physical environment: neighborhood & school safety; air & water quality; availability of parks, recreational facilities & libraries; access to medical care • Social environment: made up of all the people around you • Culture: the collective beliefs, customs & behaviors of a group

  10. What Affects Your Health? • Attitude: the way you view situations can have a big effect on your health • Behavior: have full control over this • You can choose to avoid high-risk behaviors, eat healthy foods, exercise daily, ………. • Media & Technology: various methods for communicating information such as the radio, TV, the internet, & print media

  11. Controllable: Risk factors you can do something about Control by your behavior Example: Exercise Smoking Weight Diet Uncontrollable: Out of your control Example: Age Race Gender Heredity 2 Types Health Risk Factors

  12. 6 Health Risk Behaviors • Sedentary lifestyle • Alcohol & other drug use • Sexual activity • Behavior that causes injuries • Tobacco use • Poor eating habits

  13. Promoting Health & Wellness • A health conscious person knows how to find & use reliable health information (a person’s capacity to learn about & understand basic health information & services, & to use these resources to promote one’s health & wellness) • One must…. • Know where to find health information • Decide if the information is correct • Assess the risk & benefits of treatment • Figure out how much medicine to take • Understand test results

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