Health- Chapter 1

STUDY DECISION TABLE

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Four questions for making quick decisions.

1. Can you tell your parents? 2. Is it legal? 3. Could you or anyone else get hurt? 4. Does it hurt your reputation with people who think the world of you?

Men's life expectancy

80

Women's life expectancy

85

Action Plan

A series of specific steps you can take to achieve your goal.

Environment

All of the physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person's health.

Heredity

All the traits that are passed biologically from parent to child.

Warranty

An offer to repair or replace the product if their is a problem.

Health Skills

Analyzing influences, accessing information, communication, making decisions, setting goals, practicing healthful behaviors, advocacy.

Risk Factor

Any action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcomes.

Two ways to improve your social health?

Be involved in extra-curricular activities, make an effort to meet new people.

Habit

Behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes almost automatic.

Short term consquences

Behaviors that have an immediate effect on your health.

Examples of social health.

Being able to make and keep friends, having loving relationships, respect the rights of others, and give and accept help.

Gaining awareness

Being able to recognize a health problem before you can do anything about it.

Culture

Beliefs and patterns of behavior that are shared by a group of people and passed from generation to generation.

Reasons for increase in life expectancy in the US?

Better healthcare, nutrition, sanitation, and working conditions.

Consumer

Buys products or services for personal use.

How to avoid health fraud.

Carefully evaluating the claims made about a treatment or product.

Long term consqences

Consequences that are not immediate.

Three ways to evaluate a risk factor.

Consider short and long term consequences, decide whether you can control the risk factor, analyze the possible benefits and risks of the decision.

Quality of Life

Degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.

Examples of good physical health.

Enough energy to go to school, enjoy spare time, and take care of responsibilities at home. Able to carry out daily tasks without becoming tired.

Risk factors you can't control.

Environment, heredity, etc.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission

Establishes safety standards for consumer goods and takes dangerous products off the market.

Bandwagon Approach

Everyone is using the product. You should, too.

Examples of emotional health.

Feelings you experience are appropriate responses to events,s able to take time to relax, and able to share your feelings with others.

Media

Forms of communication that provide news and entertainment.

Front part of brain

Frontal cortex

Three steps to help you meet your personal health goals?

Gaining awareness, gaining knowledge, and building skills.

Continuum

Gradual progression through many stages between one extreme and another.

Two ways to improve physical health.

Healthy diet, exercising.

Important for physical health.

Healthy diet, regular exercise, adequate sleep, proper medical and dental care.

What are the different factors that can influence health?

Heredity, environment, media, technology, healthcare, and behavior.

Examples of wellness on the health continuum.

High energy level, enthusiasm for life, strong sense of purpose, feeling of well-being, supportive relationships.

How to complain

Identify the problem, decide on your goal, collect documents, identify the person in charge.

Most important part of decision making?

Identifying your values.

Healthy People 2010's goal

Increase the years of healthy life for each American, eliminate differences in health bases on race, ethnic group, or income.

Advocacy

Involves using communication to influence and support others in making positive health decisions.

Questions to ask when evaluating information?

Is the source qualified to speak on the topic? Does the source bring a bias to the topic? Are there other reliable sources that reach the same conclusion? Is the information current and up to date?

Factors to consider before buying a product?

Its safety, cost, warranty, and consumer testing.

Gaining knowledge

Learning about causes, warning signs, and possible outcomes. Know how the problem can be prevented or treated. Learn about the risk factors.

Lying by omission

Leaving something out.

Fraud

Lies told to obtain money or property, an illegal act.

Two factors used to evaluate your health?

Life expectancy and quality of life.

Examples of illness on a health continuum.

Low energy level, frequent aches and pains, prolonged illness, negative outlook on life, isolated from others.

What affects your health on the health continuum?

Many of the choices you make on a daily basis.

Healthcare

Medical services provided by doctors, nurses, dentists, and therapists.

What is the difference between mental and emotional health?

Mental health- thoughts/self-confidence/thought process. Emotional health- how you express those thoughts and feelings.

Examples of mental health.

Mind is alert, able to learn from you mistakes, and recognized achievements.

How do you evaluate health information?

Need to evaluate the source of information.

Middle of continuum

Not sick but not enjoying the full benefits of overall health either.

Why are both life expectancy and quality of life used to evaluate overall health?

People in the US all have the same life expectancy but you can have a difference quality of life that affects your overall health.

Aspects of health that are important to overall well-being?

Physical health, mental/emotional health, and social health.

The Federal Trade Commission

Prevents unfair or deceptive advertising.

Quacks

Promise that a treatment or product will bring about a miracle cure or at least greatly improve a person's health.

The Food and Drug Administration

Protects public from sale of unsafe foods, drugs, and cosmetics.

Advertising

Public promotion of a product or a service.

Social Health

Refers to how well you get along with others.

Physical Health

Refers to how well your body functions.

Emotional Health

Refers to how you react to events in your life.

Health

Refers to the overall well-being of your body, your mind, and your relationships with other people. Does not mean just the absence of illness.

Leading cause of death in young people?

Related to their behaviors.

Goal

Result that a person aims for and works hard to reach.

Rights as a customer.

Right to information, the right to consumer protection by government agencies, and the right to complain.

Risk factors you can control.

Risk factors related to your behaviors, level of physical activity, level of physical activity, intake of fat/sugar/salt, use of tobacco/alcohol/other drugs, use of protective gear, choice of friends.

Scientific Studies

Scientific tests prove the product is effective.

Quackery

Selling useless medical treatments or products, a health fraud.

Factors that increase the likelihood that a person will take advantage of available healthcare?

Service must be in a location that is easy to get to, service should be open on weekends and evenings for people with busy schedules, and people need some form of health insurance so that they can afford the costs of necessary checkups and treatments.

What health skill are you applying when you develop an action plan?

Setting goals.

Warning signs of quackery.

Someone claims that a product is the only possible cure for a health problem, the promised results seem too good to be true, a product or treatment is said to cure many ailments, a product is said to contain "special" or "secret" ingredients.

Values

Standards and beliefs that are important to you.

Mental Health

State of being comfortable with yourself, with others, and with your surroundings.

Wellness

State of high-level health.

Prevention

Taking action to avoid disease, injury, and other negative health outcomes.

Government Consumer Agencies

The Federal Trade Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, the Consumer Product and Safety Commission.

Health Literacy

The ability to gather, understand, and use health information to improve health.

Life Expectancy

The number of years a person can expect to live.

Social enviornment

The people you spend time with- family, friends, classmates, and other people in the community.

Price appeal

The product gives you more for your money.

Testimonial

The product is effective because trustworthy people recommend it.

Comparison to other products

The product is more effective than others.

Emotional Appeal

The product is safest for you and your family.

What to include in a letter of complaint

The product's model and serial number, the location and date of purchase, your specific complaint and suggested resolution, your name/address/phone number/best time to contact you, a summary of any conversations you had in person, a reasonable date by which you expect action to be taken.

What do ads not let you know?

They rarely provide the information needed to make wise choices.

Two ways to improve emotional health.

To not hide your feelings, express feelings in a positive way.

How to decide which risks are worth taking?

Weigh the risks of an action against the possible benefits.

Questions you should ask when choosing a service.

What kind of education the person has? Does the person have the required educational degree, license, or certification? Does the person have any references? Have any complaints been filed with your state's Attorney General?

What can ads let you know?

What products and services are available?

Gender

Whether you are male or female.

What do you need to do when you evaluate a service?

You need to find out whether the person who will perform the service is qualified.