Resisting Pressure
What is peer pressure
Influence from people your age to behave or make choices in a certain way.
What is health information?
Information about health, diseases, prevention, treatment, and wellness.
What is conflict?
Disagreement or argument that occurs do to misunderstandings or different priorities, values, goals, or needs.
What is an individual factor?
Characteristics or behaviors unique to an individual that can influence health.
What is an environmental factor?
Something in a person's surroundings that can influence health.
What are strategies for handling peer pressure?
Focus on yourselves, build respectful relationships, use refusal skills, support others, ask for help.
Why should you check the source of health information?
To determine whether the information is trustworthy and accurate.
Conflict is a normal part of everyday life, even in healthy relationships. True or False?
True
How can your personal choices affect your health?
Choices such as nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and substance use can affect health.
How can air pollution affect health?
It can irritate the lungs and increase the risk of respiratory problems.
What is positive peer & negative pressure?
Positive: contribute to good health and can be beneficial.
Negative: encourages unhealthy behaviors or is not respectful.
What makes health information reliable?
It comes from a credible source, is supported by evidence, and is current.
What are two examples of causes of conflict?
Different priorities, values, goals, needs, misunderstandings
How can heredity influence your health?
Heredity can influence a person's likelihood of developing certain diseases or health conditions.
Name one environmental factor that can influence wellness.
Air quality, water quality, pollution, housing, noise, neighborhood safety, or access to parks.
A friend pressures you to participate in something unsafe. You say no, but they continue. What is your next step?
Remove yourself from the situation and seek help from a trusted adult if needed.
Why is it important to compare health information from multiple sources?
Different sources can provide additional information and help you identify inaccurate or misleading claims.
What are the two components of having strong conflict-resolution skills?
Communication Skills and Negotiation
How can your behaviors influence your risk for disease?
Behaviors such as smoking, poor nutrition, inactivity, or unsafe choices can increase health risks.
How can your community environment influence your health?
Access to safe housing, healthy food, recreation, transportation, and safe neighborhoods can influence health.
Why is being assertive more effective than being aggressive when resisting pressure?
You stand up for yourself while still respecting others.
Explain how using inaccurate health information could affect a person's health decisions.
Inaccurate information can lead someone to make unsafe choices, delay appropriate care, or use an ineffective treatment.
Using the first word of each phrase, what are the six steps of healthy negotiation?
Identify the cause. Ask for solutions, Identify the solutions, Agree on the solution, carry out the solution, evaluate the solution
Explain how individual factors and personal behaviors can work together to influence overall wellness.
Genetics, age, knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and other personal characteristics can interact to influence overall health.
Explain how both the natural and built environments can affect health and wellness.
The natural environment includes things such as air, water, and climate; the built environment includes things such as housing, roads, schools, and parks. Both can affect health behaviors and outcomes.