Chapter 1 - Health Education
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Chapter 1
Leading a Healthy Life
Section One
Health
and Teens
Health Today (DWT)
What does being healthy mean to you?
Does it mean:
Being physically fit?
Free from disease?
Eating nutritious food?
Health in the past
In 1800s-1900s leading cause of death
was “infectious diseases”
Infectious disease are passed from one
person to another (bacteria).
Examples
Polio
Tuberculosis
Pneumonia
Influenza (The flu)
Advancements in
Medicine
Better living conditions
have helped control these diseases.
“Lifestyle Diseases”
Today, most health problems are a direct
reflection of how we live our lives.
Caused by partly by unhealthy behaviors and
other factors.
Examples are diabetes, heart disease, cancer
(some types)
Health Risk Factors
All health problems have risk factors
A risk factor is anything that increases the
likelihood of injury, disease, or other health
problems.
Risk factors are considered controllable or
uncontrollable.
Risk factors of heart disease
History of heart disease in your family
High-fat diet
Stress
Being overweight
Smoking
Lack of daily exercise
Controllable risk factors
Risk factors that you can do something
about.
Uncontrollable Risk factors
Some risk factors cannot be controlled by
your behavior
Examples include:
Age
Race
Gender
Heredity
Risk factors and your health
Leading causes of death for teens in the U.S.A.
Motor vehicle accidents
Homicide
Suicide
Other accidents
These 4 make up almost ¾ of all teen death
(MVA) are #1 cause of death for children and
infants.
The leading cause of death for adults
between 19-65 years of age is “cancer”
The leading cause of death for adults over
65 years of age is heart disease.
Health Risk Behaviors
There are six types of risk behaviors that cause
the most serious health problems
Sedentary lifestyle
Alcohol and other drug use
Sexual activity
Behaviors that cause injuries
Tobacco use
Poor eating habits
Sedentary lifestyle
Not taking part in some form of physical
activity on a regular basis.
You do not have to be overweight to live a
sedentary lifestyle
Sedentary people raise the risk of heart
disease and diabetes.
Alcohol and other drug use
can lead to liver disease, types of cancer,
heart disease, and brain damage.
They are also major factors in car
accidents, physical fights, depression,
suicide, and mental disorders.
Also big factors in the spread of sexually
transmitted diseases (STD’s)
What are STD’s
Diseases spread through sexual activity.
Examples
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
(AIDS)
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Sexual activity
Risk behaviors include:
Sexually transmitted diseases
Unplanned pregnancy
Behaviors that cause injuries
Can be eliminated, if you decrease the
controllable risk factors
Examples:
Wear helmets on all ATV vehicles
Wear seatbelts while in cars
Do not drink and drive
Tobacco use
Smoking is the single leading preventable
cause of death in the U.S.A.
It is a controllable risk factor for heart
disease, cancer, and respiratory disease.
These are 3 of the leading causes of death for
all age groups.
Poor eating habits
Can increase you chances of developing
many diseases.
Eating foods high in fat increase your risk
of heart disease, cancer, and stroke
You should refer to a food guide pyramid
for a recommended daily dosage of food.
Section 2
Health
and Wellness
Six components of health
To
be truly “healthy” you must take
care of all 6 components.
Physical Health
Physical health refers to the way your
body functions
People with good physical health:
Eat a well-balanced diet
Exercise regularly
Avoids tobacco, alcohol, and drugs
Is free of disease
Emotional Health
Expressing your emotions in a positive,
nondestructive way.
People with strong emotional health can:
Express emotions constructively
Ask for help when sad
Social Health
The quality of your relationships with
friends, family, teachers, and others you
are in contact with on a daily basis.
People with strong social health:
Respects others
Has supportive relationships
Expresses needs to others
Mental Health
Is the ability to recognize reality and cope
with the demands of daily life
People with strong mental health are:
Free from mental illnesses
Have high self esteem
Enjoys trying new things
An example of a mental illness is a phobia.
A phobia is an irrational and excessive fear of
something.
Examples
Fear of closed areas
Fear of heights
Fear of germs etc…..
Spiritual Health
Maintaining harmonious relationships with
other living things and having spiritual
direction and purpose.
People with good spiritual health:
Has a sense of purpose in life
Follows morals and values
Feels a unity with other human beings
Environmental Health
Keeping your air and water clean, your
food safe, and the land around you
enjoyable and safe.
People with strong environmental health:
has access to clean air and water
has a clean and uncrowded living space
recycles used paper, glass products, and
aluminum.
Healthy?
Being “healthy is defined as balance of all
the components of health
Wellness is the achievement of a person’s
best in all six components of health.
Well fluctuates on a daily basis.
The wellness continuum
Represents the idea that a person is
neither completely healthy nor completely
unhealthy.
The higher you reach on the wellness
continuum, the greater chance you have to
reach optimal health.
example
Optimal health
Improved Health
Average Health
Illness
Death
Influences on your wellness
Factors that can influence your wellness
are:
Hereditary Influences
Social Influences
Cultural Influences
Environmental Influences
Hereditary Influences
The traits you inherit from your parents.
These influences are uncontrollable, but
not 100 % guarantee you will get them.
You can help focusing on controllable risk
factors.
Social Influences
Influenced by the relationships you have
with other people (friends)
Cultural influences
Values, beliefs, and practices shared by
people that have a common background.
Environmental Influences
Your surroundings, the area where you
live, and all the things you have contact
with are part of your environment.
Taking charge of your wellness
Three ways you can take charge of your
health are:
Knowledge
Through your lifestyle
Through your attitude.
knowledge
Health literacy: knowledge of health
information needed to make good choices
about your health.
How do you increase your health literacy?
Health classes in school settings
Research health information
Read Journals on health related topics.
Lifestyle
Now you have acquired knowledge on health
issues; therefore, it is time to put it to use, this is
known as lifestyle
Example:
You research that eating healthier can decrease
obesity and cardiovascular disease, so next time
you go to the store, you do not purchase items
that are “unhealthy”
“ Health knowledge is useless without
positive health behavior. You must put
what you know into action for it to work”!!!!
Section 3
Health in your community
Public Health
Is the practice of protecting and improving
the health of people in a community.
4 ways
Medical advances
Technology
Public policy
education
Medical advances
Is conducted through research.
Example is the insulin pump, which is commonly used
with diabetes patients
Implanted insulin pumps replace daily insulin shots,
which are mandatory for the survival of diabetes
patients.
If blood sugar level gets low, insulin pumps
automatically pumps insulin in the body to regulate
the blood sugar level.
Technology
Through computers, lasers, and other
revolutionary technologies.
Ex: glucose meter (diabetes patients)
Drop some blood on the meter and it reads
the amount of glucose in your body and
automatically supplies that number back to
you.
Public Policy
“government policies” to address health
problems
Example: tobacco regulation
The government can place taxes on
cigarettes, age limits for purchasing,
advertisement restrictions, and limitations on
public smoking facilities.
Education
“health education” has been a key factor in the
prevention of disease and illness in this country.
Example: most states require students to participate
in a health education class, while they are in high
school
These classes teach you about heath promotion,
health awareness, and health prevention.
End of Chapter 1
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