Health & Wellness Basics
This term means a person’s overall physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.
What is health?
This type of factor is made up of your personal choices, behaviors, and habits.
What are individual factors?
A specific, realistic thing you want to achieve that can guide your choices is called this.
What is a goal?
This type of health involves thoughts, feelings, and how you handle stress.
What is mental/emotional health?
This term means using a drug or substance in a way that is unsafe or harmful.
What is substance abuse
This term means actively making choices and taking actions to be your best in all areas of life.
What is wellness?
This type of factor includes your home, school, neighborhood, and community conditions.
What are environmental factors?
A goal you can reach in days or weeks is called this; one that takes months or years is called this.
What are short-term and long-term goals?
Name one healthy coping strategy for stress that was mentioned by the mental health guest speakers.
Any appropriate strategy (for example: “What is talking to a trusted adult, exercising, journaling, or using deep breathing?
Name one reason a teen might feel pressure to try drugs, alcohol, or vaping.
Any realistic reason (for example: “What is wanting to fit in?
Name two parts of the health
What are any two of: physical, mental/emotional, social?
Name two individual factors that can improve a teen’s health.
Any two (for example: “What are exercising regularly and eating nutritious foods?”).
Name one step in a healthy decision-making process (for example, the first or last step).
Any correct step used in your curriculum (identify the problem, think about options, consider consequences, choose and act, reflect, etc.).
In Maslow’s hierarchy, this level includes food, water, sleep, and shelter.
What are basic/physiological needs?
Name one short-term effect that substance use can have on a teen’s health or life.
Any correct effect (for example: “What is impaired judgment or problems at school?”)
Give one example of a healthy habit and one example of an unhealthy habit for a ninth grader.
Any reasonable healthy/unhealthy pair
example: “What are getting enough sleep and vaping?
Name two environmental factors that might make it harder for a teen to stay healthy.
Any two (for example: “What are peer groups that use substances and lack of safe places to be active?”).
This type of skill involves saying no firmly but respectfully when someone tries to get you to do something unhealthy.
What is a refusal skill?
In Maslow’s hierarchy, this level includes feeling loved, accepted, and connected to others.
What are belonging/love needs?
Name one resource or strategy that was shared by the youth drug coalition guest speaker to help prevent youth substance use.
Any local program, support group, campaign, or strategy they mentioned.
Explain how one part of the health triangle can affect another part (for example, how physical health can affect mental health).
Any reasonable cause–effect explanation.
Give one example of something you can control and one thing you cannot control that affect your health, and explain briefly.
Any reasonable pair with explanation.
Give an example of what you could actually say to resist peer pressure to drink, vape, or use drugs.
Any realistic refusal statement.
Give one sign that a friend may be struggling with mental health and needs support, and one appropriate way to help.
Any reasonable warning sign plus safe action (talk, listen, encourage them to see a counselor, tell a trusted adult).
Describe one warning sign that someone might have a substance problem and one way they could get help.
Any realistic sign plus safe help option (talk to counselor, hotline, treatment program, trusted adult).