Unit One - What is Health

What factors affect our health and have an influence on our health? be able to give examples.....

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

What are the 3 main stages of the stress response and what occurs in each stage?

1. Alarm: Your mind and body go on high alert. This reaction is sometimes referred to as the "fight-or-flight" response because it prepares your body either to defend itself or to flee from a threat. 2. Resistance: If exposure to a stressor continues, your body adapts and reacts to the stressor. You may preform at a higher level and with more endurance for a brief period. 3. Fatigue: If exposure to stress is prolonged, your body loses its ability to adapt. You begin to tire and lose the ability to manage other stressors effectively.

What are ways to reduce risks?

1. Practicing positive health behaviors 2. Prevention - taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse. 3. Abstinence

What are characteristics of good mental/emotional health?

1. Sense of belonging 2. Sense of Purpose 3. Positive outlook 4. Self-sufficiency 5. Healthy self- esteem

What are the 6 steps in the goal setting process?

1. Set a specific, realistic goal and write it down. 2. List the steps you will take to reach your goal 3. Identify sources of help and support. 4. Set a reasonable time frame for achieving your goal. 5. Evaluate your progress by establishing checkpoints. 6. Reward yourself for achieving your goal.

What are the 6 steps in the decision making process?

1. State the situation 2. List the options 3. Weigh the possible outcomes 4. Consider values 5. Make a Decision and Act on it. 6. Evaluate the Decision

What are the 6 traits of good character?

1. Trustworthiness - you are honest, loyal and reliable. 2. Respect - you are considerate of others and accept their differences. 3. Responsibility - You use self control 4. Fairness - You play by the rules, take turns, and share. 5. Caring - A caring person is kind and compassionate. 6. Citizenship - advocate for a safe and healthy environment at school and in your community.

Personality

A complex set of characteristics that makes you unique.

Spiritual Health

A deep-seated sense of meaning and purpose in life. Spiritual health involves having a feeling of purpose and a sense of values.

Abstinence

A deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.

Integrity

A firm observance of core ethical values.

Short-term goal

A goal that you can reach in a short period of time.

Long-term goal

A goal that you plan to reach over an extended period of time.

Action plan

A multistep strategy to identify and achieve your goals.

Healthy People

A nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the United States.

Health Literacy

A person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services, and to use these resources to promote one's health and wellness.

Psychosomatic response

A physical reaction that results from stress rather than from an injury or illness.

Illness - Wellness Continuum

A sliding scale that spans the complete range of health, from a loss of health and wellness at one end to high-level wellness at the other.

How has quality of life changed from past to present day?

Achieving a high level of wellness means a higher quality of life for each individual. Today the expense of health care could be avoided if people made healthier decisions.

Risk Behaviors

Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.

Heredity

All the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents.

Chronic Disease

An ongoing condition or illness such as heart disease, obesity, and cancer.

Wellness

An overall state of wellbeing or total health. Wellness comes from making decisions and practicing behaviors that are based on sound health knowledge and healthful attitudes. Keeping a balance among the three components of health.

Stressors

Anything that causes stress.

What are ways to manage one's stress? How can you build resiliency?

Avoiding and limiting stress: Use refusal skills, plan ahead, Think positively, avoid tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. Handling stress and reducing its effects: Practice relaxation techniques, Redirect your energy, Seek support. How to build resiliency: Get adequate rest, Get regular physical activity, Eat nutritious foods.

Refusal skills

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.

Health Disparities

Differences in health outcomes among groups.

Social Health

Getting along with others is as important to your overall health and wellness as having a fit body and mind. Your social network includes your family, friends, teachers, and other member of your community. Maintaining healthy relationships is one way to care for your social health.

In the 3rd step, what does HELP stand for?

H: Healthful - Does this choice present any health risks? E: Ethical - Does this choice reflect what you value? L: Legal - Does this option violate any local, state, or federal laws? P: Parental Approval - Would your parents or guardians approve of this choice?

Self-esteem

How much you value, respect, and feel confident about yourself.

What is important for physical, mental/emotional, & social health?

It is important to pay attention to all three areas of your health triangle. If you concentrate too much or too little on one area, the triangle can become unbalanced.

Describe and explain Maslow's hierarchy of needs (there are 5 levels)

Level one - Physical: Need to satisfy basic needs of hunger, thirst, sleep, and shelter. Level two - Safety: Need to be secure from danger. Level three - Belonging - Need to love and be loved, need to belong. Level four - Need to achieve, need to be recognized. Level five - Reaching potential: Need for self-actualization.

Peers

People of the same age who share similar interests, also include your friends.

Physical Health

Physical Health is all about how well your body functions. Having a high level of physical health means having enough energy to preform your daily activities, deal with everyday stresses, and avoid injury.

Health Education

Providing accurate health information and teaching health skills to help people make healthy decisions.

Cumulative Risks

Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.

Stress management skills

Skills that help you reduce and manage stress in your life.

Role model

Someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for you.

Health skills

Specific tools and strategies to maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health.

Decision-making skills

Steps that enable you to make a healthful decision.

Chronic stress

Stress associated with long-term problems that are beyond a person's control.

Advocacy

Taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief.

Prevention

Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.

Culture

The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.

Health

The combination of physical, mental/ emotional, and social well-being

Character

The distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.

Interpersonal communication

The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people.

Values

The ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live.

How do risk factors affect the illness-wellness continuum? Be able to describe the illness-wellness continuum

The leading risk factors for many chronic diseases are smoking, lack of physical activity, poor nutrition, being overweight, and lack of health screenings. These essential decisions and risks we have taken and made will effect our future place on the continuum. The illness wellness continuum is a scale that spans the complete range of health from a loss of health and wellness at one end to a high-level wellness at the other.

Lifestyle Factors

The personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives.

What is healthy people 2010? 2020? What are some of its goals?

The plan is revised every ten years. Its title changed according to the year to which the plan's goals apply. Healthy people 2010 has objectives for the year 2010. One of their goals is to reduce the overweight and obesity rates in America. They provide a common plan for everyone to follow. Their two general goals for the future: increase the quality and length of a healthy life for all Americans, and remove differences in health outcomes that result from factors such as gender, race, education, disability, and location. The health goals that are guiding early development of Healthy People 2020 include, 1. Promote the best possible health in order to end preventable death, illness, injury, and disability, 2. Eliminate health disparities, 3. Make wellness a way of life and enhance quality of life for individuals and communities, 4. Promote healthy places and environments.

Conflict resolution

The process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving.

Stress

The reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands.

Self-actualization

The strive to be the best you can.

Environment

The sum of your surroundings, including the physical places in which you live and the people who make up your world, as well as the culture you live in.

Media

The various methods for communicating information.

Mental/Emotional Health

This is about your feelings and thoughts, It's a reflection of how you feel about yourself, how you meet the demands of your daily life, and how you cope with the problems that occur in your life.

Goals

Those things you aim for that take planning and work.

Personal identity

Your sense of yourself as a unique individual.

Technology

radio, television, and the internet.