Vocabulary
These are the collected beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.
What is culture?
These are the 3 parts to our total health triangle.
What are physical, social, and mental/emotional?
Wearing a helmet while riding a bike is considered practicing this risk reducing technique.
What is prevention?
Knowing how to get health information that is trustworthy and dependable is an important skill.
Information such as scientifically studied, government agency provided, provided by experts.... these are considered this type of information.
what is reliable information?
This is the process of working toward something you want to accomplish.
What is Goal setting?
This is the chance that something bad might happen.
What is risk?
These are traits you might find in a person with good social health.
what are strong family relationships, strong friendships, supporting the people they care about, communicating with respect, and valuing people
This is the definition for when one risk factor adds to another to increase risk.
What is cumulative risk?
Myth vs. Fact
The way you react to stress cannot be changed.
What is a ... Myth
you can change the way you think about stressful situations.
These are the two basic types of goals.
What are long term and short term goals?
This is when you make a conscious, active choice not to participate in a high risk behavior.
What is abstinence?
Improving your physical health might include these elements.
What are eating healthy, visiting the doctor, practicing good hygiene, wearing protective gear, and getting enough sleep.
This type of influence is found in all types of information and can influence you positively or negatively.
What is media?
Learning ways to deal with stress is an important self-management skill. Identifying sources of stress and learning how to deal with them is considered this type of self management skill.
what is stress management?
You can make your goals SMART goals by considering these 5 criteria when developing a plan to accomplish your goal.
What are Specific, Measureable, Attainable, Relevant, and Timely?
Taking action in support of a cause is considered this...
What is advocacy?
This is a way to improve your wellness
what is building good health habits.
such as eating healthy foods, managing stress, moving your body regularly and often, or developing healthy relationships
This is an influence that your peers and friends may have on you. Give an example of how your peers/friends may influence the health decisions you make.
what is negative or positive peer pressure?
These are some influences on your health. Name at least 6
what is family culture, likes and dislikes, environment, friends, curiosity, fears, attitude, and heredity?
This is step 3 in the decision making process as described by Teen Health.
What are weighing the possible outcomes?
These are standards on which you base decisions.
What are criteria?
This is the difference between health and wellness
what is... health changes day to day and wellness is a state of being or balanced health over a long period of time.
This is the passing of traits from parents to their biological children. It is an influence on ones health
what is heredity?
There may be times that you'll be asked to do something you don't want to do. It's important to be able to say no even when you feel pressured by someone.
These are skills that help you say no effectively.
What are refusal skills?
When weighing the possible outcomes of a big decision, you can use the HELP criteria which stands for...
Healthful
Ethical
Legal
Parent Approval