What is Health?
Influences on Health
Taking Responsibility
100

These are the 4 aspects of health

physical, social, mental, emotional

100

Traits that are passed biologically from parents

heredity

100

Taking action to avoid disease, injury or negative health outcomes

prevention

200

The number of years a person is expected to live

Life expectancy

200

All of the physical and social conditions that surround you

environment

200

Steps taken to help achieve goals

action plan

300

The degree of overall satisfaction from life

Quality of life

300

The beliefs and patterns of behavior shared by a group of people and seem to continue for generations to come

culture

300

Being in support of something positive or healthy

advocacy

400

This type of health deals with how you react to life's events

emotional health

400

An action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury, illness, disease or other negative outcome.

Risk factor

400

Standards and beliefs that are important to you

values

500

A gradual progression from one extreme to another

continuum

500

An action or condition that reduces the risk of injury, illness, disease, or other negative outcome

protective factor

500

A process in which you look at possible outcomes or consequences with placed in a sometimes difficult situation.

DECIDE process

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