Chapter 2 Taking Charge of Your Health Lesson 1 Building Health Skills

1. Chapter 2 Taking Charge of Your Health Lesson 1 Building Health Skills

2. Learning Health Skills Health skills help you manage your health. Health skills are also called life skills,

3. Learning Health Skills • You will have opportunities to practice health skills throughout the rest of the book. Health skills

4. Learning Health Skills The Health Skills Refusal Analyzing Influences Practicing Healthful Behaviors Decision Making

5. Communication Skills Good communication is a vital health skill.

6. Communication Skills • Three health skills—interpersonal communication, refusal skills, and conflict resolution—deal with how you give and receive information. Interpersonal communication

7. Communication Skills • Communication helps you build strong relationships with others. It involves:

8. Communication Skills Interpersonal Communication Skills Use “I” messages to express your feelings. You can use these methods to strengthen your interpersonal communication skills.

9. Communication Skills These refusal strategies can help you say no to potentially harmful activities.

10. What You Can Do • Developing strong refusal skills helps you say no firmly, respectfully, and effectively. Communication strategies that can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe or unhealthful, or that go against your values

11. Conflict-Resolution Skills • Conflict resolution skills can help people resolve problems in ways that are agreeable to everyone involved. Conflict resolution

12. Accessing Information Use reliable sources of health information. Knowing how to find and evaluate health information will help you

13. Accessing Information • To decide whether health information is valid,

14. Accessing Information Valid sources of health information Internet sites from government agencies and professional health organizations Parents, guardians, and other trusted adults

15. Analyzing Influences Understanding what influences you helps

16. Analyzing Influences • The more aware you are of the various influences in your life and how they affect you,

17. Analyzing Influences Influences on Your Health Perceptions Your Family and Culture Curiosity/Fears Media and Technology

18. Analyzing Influences

19. Analyzing Influences These positive behaviors can contribute to all aspects of your health.

20. Self-Management Skills • When you practice healthy behaviors and manage stress, Practicing healthy habits will protect your health.

21. Self-Management Skills • Self-management means taking charge of your own health. These are self-management skills:

22. Self-Management Skills • Exercising, relaxation, and managing time efficiently are some effective ways to manage stress. Stress

23. Self-Management Skills • Stress is a normal part of life, but too much unrelieved stress can lead to illnesses. That’s why it’s important to learn stress-management skills. Stress management skills

24. Advocacy Advocacy lets you share your health knowledge.

25. Advocacy • Advocacy allows you to share health knowledge and promote healthful behaviors. Advocacy

26. After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • Define the term health skills.

27. After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • What are two interpersonal communication skills that can reduce your health risk?

28. After You ReadReviewing Facts and Vocabulary • What is advocacy?