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Health and Wellness

Health and Wellness. Mrs. Gennaro. Your Total Health. What does health mean to you?. Health. Your Total Health. What health means to me!. Exercise. Good hygiene. Communicate with friends. Health. Responsible Decisions. Enough Sleep. Have Control. Eat Healthy. Positive.

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Health and Wellness

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  1. Health and Wellness Mrs. Gennaro

  2. Your Total Health • What does health mean to you? Health

  3. Your Total Health • What health means to me! Exercise Good hygiene Communicate with friends Health Responsible Decisions Enough Sleep Have Control Eat Healthy Positive

  4. What is health? • Health- is the combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well being. (3 components of health) • Physical • Mental/emotional • Social • Health Education- Providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choices.

  5. Activity

  6. Physical Health • Get eight to ten hours of sleep each night • Eat nutritious meals • Drink eight cups of water each day • Engage in 30-60 minutes of physical activity each day • Avoid the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs • Bathe daily, and floss and brush your teeth every day

  7. Mental/Emotional Health • Enjoy challenges that help them grow • Accept responsibility for your actions • Have a sense of control over your lives • Express emotions in appropriate ways • Can deal with life’s stresses and frustrations • Have a positive outlook • Make thoughtful and responsible decisions

  8. Social Health • Seeking and lending support when needed • Communicating clearly and listening to others • Showing respect and care for yourself and others

  9. Health Triangle Social Physical Mental/Emotional

  10. Your Total Health • What health means to me! Exercise Physical Health Good hygiene Physical Health Communicate with friends Social Health Health Responsible Decisions Enough Sleep Physical Health Mental/ Emotional Health Have Control Eat Healthy Mental/Emotional Health Physical Health Positive outlook Mental/Emotional Health

  11. Wellness and Prevention • What is wellness- An overall state of well-being or total health. • Wellness comes from: • Keeping a balance among the 3 components of health *Friends are the most important of your life (and that’s about it) *Your social health is fine- but your physical and emotional health is suffering • Prevention- Practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury

  12. Activity • Where is your health and wellness? • With a classmate try to figure out where your health and wellness is lacking (or if it isn’t)? Homework: Am I balanced?

  13. What affects your health? • Hereditary- Traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents. • Environment- Your surroundings (peers) • Culture- Collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group. • Media/Technology- Methods for communication- has significant influence on your decisions. • Behavior and Choices- People around you, including our family and peers.

  14. Environment/Social Environment/Culture • How would the environment affect your health? • How would the social environment affect your health? • How would the cultural environment affect your health? • How does it affect you?

  15. Media/Technology • Social Media

  16. Activity • Communication Skills- • With a classmate try to persuade a friend to adopt a positive health behavior.

  17. Homework • Family Genogram • How your family affects your health.

  18. Risk Behaviors • Risk Behaviors- Actions that can potentially threaten our health or the health of others.

  19. Personal Health Risk Factors Behaviors that may contribute to intentional or unintentional injuries • Tobacco use • Alcohol and other drug use • Sexual behavior that contributes to unplanned pregnancy, STI’s, and HTV • Unhealthy dietary behaviors • Physical inactivity *How do your friends influence your willingness to take risks? Do they encourage?

  20. Cumulative Risks • Cumulative Risks- Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk. • Example: Smoking one cigarette- is not likely to result in death. Neither is eating one high-fat meal or getting one sunburn. • However, the negative effects accumulate and lead to serious health consequences. • Cumulative risks may also result from combinations of risk factors. • Example: 1. Driving faster than speed limit 2. Not wearing seat belt 3. Driving in bad weather- The combination of these 3 greatly increases the potential to harm yourself or others.

  21. Abstaining from Risk Behaviors • Abstinence- Avoiding harmful behaviors, including the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs, and sexual activity.

  22. Why to Abstain • Abstaining from drugs and alcohol- • They cause physical and psychological effects • Can cause addiction and seriously harm your body • Can cause death

  23. Why to Abstain • Abstaining from Sexual activity- • Not worrying about unplanned pregnancy or making decisions associated with unplanned pregnancy • Not worrying about contracting sexually transmitted infections (including HIV) • Free of emotional problems that accompany sexual activity

  24. Activity • Each group will be given a different risk factor. • Create an appealing idea that will persuade teens (your classmates) to avoid risk factors. Have these ideas include positive actions teens can take.

  25. Promoting Health and Wellness • Develop personal goals/steps to enhance your personal health and wellness. • Remember to take into consideration outside influences when developing your goals/steps to promote healthy behaviors. • Create 3 goals in sequence to enhance your personal health based on family medical history and outside influences

  26. Decision Making Mrs. Gennaro

  27. Decision Making • What are decision making skills- Steps that enable you to make healthful decision. • H (Healthful) Does this choice present any health risk? • E (Ethical) Does this choice reflect what you value? • L (Legal) Does this option violate any local, state, or federal laws? • P (Parent Approval) Would your parents or guardians approve of this choice?

  28. 5 step model of decision making • ABCDE • A- Assess the problem • B- Brainstorm alternative solutions • C- Consider the consequences • D- Decide and act • E- Evaluate the consequences

  29. Goals • Goals- Things you aim for that take planning and work. • Short-term goal- Goal that you can reach in a short period of time. • Long-term goal- Goal that you plan to reach over an extended period of time. • Action Plan- Strategies to achieve your goals.

  30. Developing an Action Plan • Set specific, realistic goal, and write it down • List the steps you will take to reach your goal • Identify sources of help and support • Set a reasonable time frame for reaching your goal • Evaluate your progress by establishing checkpoints • Reward yourself for achieving your goal

  31. Teen Brain • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/view/?utm_campaign=viewpage&utm_medium=grid&utm_source=grid

  32. Activity • Steps and Goals • Homework • Goal Setting • Introduce Magazine project

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