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YOUR HEALTH

• The quality of life, including physical, mental-emotional, and family-social, is health.

PHYSICAL HEALTH

• The condition of a person’s body is physical health.

• FACTORS IN GOOD PHYSICAL HEALTH ARE:• Eating well balanced meals• Being physically active• Getting enough rest and sleep• Getting regular medical exams

MENTAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH

• Definition: The condition of a person’s mind and the ways that a person expresses, or shows, feelings is mental and emotional health.

• Factors that are included in having good mental-emotional health:• Accepting yourself• Expressing emotions the right way• Managing stress

LIST 2 WAYS TO MAINTAIN MENTAL-EMOTIONAL HEALTH:1._____________________________________________________________________

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LIST 2 WAYS TO MAINTAIN MENTAL-EMOTIONAL HEALTH:• Reading

• Having challenging conversations

• Understanding your feelings

• Expressing your feelings in healthful ways

• Meeting your needs without interfering with the rights of others

TAKE A BREAK:

Walk and talk with a partner for 5 minutes.

FAMILY-SOCIAL HEALTH

• Definition: • The condition of a person’s relationships with family members and

others

Physical health

Mental-emotional healthSocial health

HEALTH TRIANGLE

RISK

What does it mean to take a risk?

A chance that has an unknown result

• Calculated risk• A chance that a person takes after carefully considering all of the

possible results

RANDOM EVENTS

Definition: an incident over which a person has little or no control.

When random events occur, it is important that you do not take any unnecessary risks

HEALTH STATUS

Definition: the sum of the positive and negative influences on a person’s health and well-being is health status

Ten factors that can influence your health status have been identified…..

WORKSHEET ON FACTORS

RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH

Wellness is the quality of life that results from a person’s health status.

COMPREHENDING HEALTH CONCEPTS

• A general idea formed from an understanding of health knowledge is a health concept• Health concepts help you apply general ideas to real-life situations • They help you you know what to do with information related to

health promotion and disease prevention

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HEALTH LITERACY

• A person who demonstrates the skills of effective communication, self-directed learning, critical thinking (and problem solving), and responsible citizenship is a health-literate person.

• HOW TO ATTAIN HEALTH LITERACY• Everyone can learn to be a health literate person…• Effective communication• Expressing your health knowledge, beliefs, and ideas is an effective

communicator. • Self-directed learning• Taking personal responsibility for gathering and using health-related

information • Critical thinking• Evaluating facts and examining possible outcomes before making

decisions • Responsible citizenship• Behaving in ways that improve your home, school, community,

nation, and world

HOMEWORK FOR LESSON 1

• Chart worksheet

• Worksheet packet

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