Your Health Triangle
Skills for Building Health
What affects your health?
Building Good Character
Decision Making and Goal Setting
100
This is a state of well-being or balanced health over a long period of time.
What is wellness?
100
This is when a source is trustworthy and dependable.
What is reliable?
100
An example of this kind of goal is graduating college in four years.
What is an example of a long-term goal?
100
This is when one risk factor adds to another to increase the danger.
What is a cumulative risk?
100
This is the process of making a choice or solving a problem.
What is decision making?
200
You keep this part of your health triangle balanced by being friendly, open and supportive of other people. It describes how you relate to all the people around you.
What is social health?
200
Using the HELP criteria can help you when you are doing this.
What is decision making?
200
You receive half of these from your mother, and half from your father. They are the basic units of heredity.
What are genes?
200
Wearing a helmet when riding a bike is an example of this.
What is prevention?
200
This describes when you choose to take the right action. You feel good about making these kind of decisions.
What is ethical?
300
Going to a doctor for regular check-ups is one of the ways to keep this part of your health balanced.
What is physical health?
300
This is the chemical that makes your heart beat faster in order to give you more energy to deal with danger.
What is adrenaline?
300
This type of environment includes your neighbors and your family members.
What is your social environment?
300
Practicing abstinence can benefit this/these parts of your health triangle.
What is physical, mental/emotional and social health?
300
The help criteria is made up of these four questions.
What is: Healthful - What are the risks? Ethical - Is this decision right, according to my core ethical values? Legal - Is this breaking any kind of rule or law? Parental Approval - Would my parents/guardians approve of this?
400
This kind of health is balanced when you can face challenges in a positive, yet realistic way.
What is mental/emotional health?
400
Having strong research skills is important for this building block of good health.
What is accessing information?
400
Eric wants to become a veterinarian, so he volunteers at an animal shelter. Volunteering could an example of this. (Hint - he is volunteering as a step to becoming a vet)
What is an example of a short-term goal?
400
These are two things that shape your character.
What are life experiences and role models?
400
This is the last step from the six steps of decision making.
What is evaluate the decision?
500
An example of this is when your hands get sweaty and you get butterflies in your stomach before you have to give an oral presentation. (Your nervousness is causing the sweating and butterflies)
What is the mind-body connection?
500
These are tips when you are using this building block of good health. 1. Take a time-out to let everyone calm down. 2. Allow each person to tell his or her side of the story. 3. Let each person ask questions of the other. 4. Keep thinking of creative ways to resolve the disagreement.
What are conflict-resolution skills?
500
These are five examples of what can influence your health choices.
What are family, friends, media, culture, religion?
500
These are 3 examples of core ethical values.
What is trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, honesty?
500
These are the five steps of creating a goal plan.
What are: 1. Set a realistic goal and write it down. 2. List the steps you need to take to reach that goal. 3. Find others who can help and support you. 4. Set checkpoints to evaluate your progress. 5. Reward yourself after reaching the goal.