Analyzing Influences
This external group includes your parents and grandparents, who strongly share your early eating habits and hygiene routines.
Who is my family?
This communication skill involves making eye contact, nodding your head, and repeating back what you heard to show you care.
What is active listening?
Before making a final health choice, this is the very first step you must take to understand your situation.
What is identifying the problem?
A goal that you plan to achiever within a few days or weeks, like drinking more water this week, is called this type of goal.
What is a short-term goal?
This basic daily self-management habit requires rubbing soap and warm water together for at least 20 seconds.
What is washing your hands?
Creating a colorful poster for the school hallway that encourages classmates to eat fruit is a form of this health skill.
What is advocacy?
Fast-food commercials on TV often use bright colors and fun toys to create this type of external influence on your cravings.
What is advertising or media?
Saying a firm no, walking away, or suggesting a safer alternative are all examples of this specific relationship skill.
What are refusal skills?
These are the results or effects of our actions, which can be either positive or negative.
What are consequences?
This is a visual tool, like a checklist or calendar, used. to see your daily progress toward a fitness milestone.
What is a goal tracker ( or chart/log)?
Putting this safety device on your head before riding a bike or scooter is a key way to protect your brain without being reminded.
What is a helmet?
When you advocate for health, your message should always be based on scientific facts rather than this type of personal belief.
What is an opinion?
Your own personal thoughts, fears, curiosity, and values, represent this type of influence on your health choices.
What are internal influences?
To prevent arguments, starting a sentence with this letter to share feelings without blaming others.
What is an I message?
This group of trusted adults at school including teachers, nurses and principals - can help you make tough choices or decisions.
Who is school staff?
These unexpected problems or difficulties can slow down your progress and require you to adjust your action plan.
What are roadblocks (or obstacles)?
Taking deep breaths, stretching or writing in a journal are great self-management ways to handle this overwhelming feeling.
What is stress?
This is the specific group of people you are trying to reach when you design a health message or anti-bullying campaign.
What is the target audience?
This is the specific type of pressure you feel when people your own age try to get you to do a dangerous stunt or break a rule.
What is peer pressure?
Crossing your arms, rolling your eyes or tapping your foot angrily are forms of silent communication.
What is non verbal communication or body language?
when predicting the outcome of a decision, you should think about how it affects your physical safety, your grades, and this group of people you hang out with.
Who are my friends (or family)?
Rather than just saying " I want to be healthy,' a good goal must be this, meaning it has exact numbers or dates.
What is specific or measurable?
Self-management means taking care of your body yourself, rather than relying on this group of people to do it for you.
Who are parents for guardians/ adults?
Asking a friend at recess to put on their safety gear before skateboarding is a way to advocate for this specific health topic.
What is injury prevention ( or safety)?
What are notifications?
When two friends disagree, this process allows both sides to compromise and resolve the problem peacefully.
What is a conflict or negotiation?
this is the final step in the decision-making process, where you look back at your choice to see if it worked out well.
What is evaluating the decision ( or reflecting)?
this is the written description of the exact steps, resources, and timeline you will use to achieve a large health goal.
What is an action plan?
5th grades need between 9 and 11 hours of this nightly activity to keep their immune system and brain functioning properly.
What is sleep?
The first step in a school advocacy project is identifying a specific health problem, while the second step is researching to make sure your information is this.
What is accurate ( or reliable/valid)?