Transcript Lesson 1 Wellness

Wellness + Decision Making
Lesson #1
Health Status: The condition of a person’s
body, mind, emotions, and relationships.
1. A person’s heredity
2. The quality of the environment in which a
person lives
3. The random events that occur in a
person’s life
4. The health care a person receives
5. The behaviors and situations a person
chooses
Health Status (cont.)
6. The quality of the relationships a person
has
7. The decisions a person makes
8. A person’s ability to use resistance skills
9. The kinds of risks a person takes
10. The degree to which a person is resilient
Behaviors / Factors
Healthful Behavior: action that a person chooses
that promotes health, prevents injury or illness,
and improves the quality of life.
Risk Behavior: action a person chooses that
threatens health, can cause injury or illness, and
destroys the environment.
Protective Factor: something that increases the
likelihood of a positive outcome.
Risk Factor: something that increases the
likelihood of a negative outcome.
Relationships
Healthful Relationship: positive behaviors
Harmful Relationship: negative behaviors
Communication: very important to be skilled
in this for your relationships.
Decisions
Responsible Decisions: choice that leads to
positive outcomes.
Wrong Decisions: choice that leads to
negative outcomes.
Situations
Healthful situation: positive circumstance
that promote health and prevent injury,
illness, or premature death.
Risk situation: negative circumstance that
threatens health and can cause injury,
illness, or premature death.
Risks
Risk: unknown outcome
Calculated Risk: Careful
consideration of the
possible outcomes
Unnecessary Risk:
Chance that is not
worth taking
How to take responsibility for your
health
• Quality of Life: is the degree to which a
person lives to the fullest capacity.
• Wellness: is the quality of life that results
from a person’s health status.
• The wellness scale: scale that shows the
ranges in quality of life.
The Wellness Scale
Premature
Death
Major
Illness
or
Injury
Minor
Illness
or
Injury
Average
Wellness
High Level
Wellness
Optiomal
Wellness
Wellness is the quality of life that results from your health status.
The Wellness Scale
Risk Behaviors in Teens
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Unintentional and intentional injuries
Tobacco use
Alcohol and other drug use
Sexual behaviors that result in HIV
infection, other STDs, and pregnancy
5. Diet choices that contribute to disease
6. Lack of physical activity
Dimensions of Wellness (6)
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Environmental Wellness
Emotional Wellness
Physical Wellness
Social Wellness
Spiritual Wellness
Intellectual Wellness
Guess the areas of wellness?