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General Health
The Health Continuum
Your Health
Influences
Miscellaneous
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What is Health?
Health is the combination of your physical, mental/emotional, and social wellbeing.
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What is Wellness?
an overall state of well-being, or total health.
100
How can you prevent deaths from being unhealthy?
Decision making skills and personal behavior skills are directly related to preventable deaths. Many of preventable deaths each year could have been ceased through practice of a few simple health habits
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What are three influences on your health?
Heredity, Enviorment, Behavior
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What are risk factors? Name 3 examples
Risk factors are actions or behaviors that representa potential health threat. Tobacco use, alcohol, drug, sexual behaviors, unhealthy eating behaviors,physical inactivity
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What happens when one side of the health triangle gets too much attention?
When one recieves too much attention the other sides change.
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Where do most people land on the health continuum?
Most people function below the midpoint of the continuum
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What is the definition of lifestyle factors?
Lifestyle factors are personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives, that help determine his or her level of health.
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What are differen types of enviroments?
Physical, Social, and cultural enviorments
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What are some protective factors?
Positive role models, positive values, abstinence (etc.)
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What are three elements of your health?
Physical Health, Mental Health, Social Health
300
How do the people on the right side of the continuum act?
People of the right side of the continuum usually exhibit a high degree of responsibility, discipline, and positive direction in life. They accept responsibility for maintaining their own health
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What are some lifestyle factors? Name four.
7-8 hours of sleep, eat nutritious foods from the various food groups each day, refrain from smoking and using tobacco products, 20-30 minutes of vigorous activities 3 times a week, do not use alcohol or other drugs, maintain your recomended weight.
300
What is heredity? What are its main traits?
It is all the traits and properties that are passed along biologically from both parents to child. Most obvious traits are hair color, eye color, shape of nose, and body size. Intellectual abilities.
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What are risks that increas gradually and may add up to a total that is greater than expected?
Cummulative Risks
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What is physical, mental/emotional, and social health?
Physical Health:is the way the parts and systems of your body work together. Mental Health: the feeling about yourself, how well you relate to others, and how well you meet the demands of everyday life. Social Health: The way you get along with others.
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How do th people on the left side of the continuum act?
People on the left side of the continuum usually do not take responsibility for maintaining their own health
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What are some healthy habits to keep a person well and free from illness?
Wearing a seatbelt,using protective gear, applying sunscreen, avoid unsafe areas. (etc.)
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What is behavior?
the way one choosing to act within an enviroment
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What is the importance of health education?
Not just about learning health facts, goal is to give the tools needed to achieve and maintain total well-being. it is about gaining health literacy.
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What do you need to maintain your mental/emotional health?
Use your mind to develop thinking skills, enjoy learning, learn through mistakes, accept responsibility, keep in touch with your feelings, express feeling in an appropriate manner (etc.)
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What are the seven aspects of the health continuum?
Premature death, chronic disorders, lack of energy/inattention/minor aches and pains, free from aches and pains, moderate level of energy, optimal level of energy/feeling of well-being, high level of health.
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How does your attitude affect your health?
Problems begin to develop physically, mentally, socially. You must believe thar there is some benefit for you from practicing these habits.
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What is enviroment?
Enviroment is the sum of your surrondings- your family, where you grew up, where you live, and all your experiences.
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Name the 4 types of health literate people?
Critical Thinker and problem solver. Responsible, productive citizen. Self-directed citizen. Effective communicator