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The state of well-being in which all of the
components of health-physical, emotional,
social, mental, spiritual, and environmental-are
in balance
Compare your definition to Webster’s
What does being healthy mean to you?
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Physical Health-refers to the way your body
functions
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Eating right, exercise, free from diseases and
sickness
Emotional Health-expressing your emotions in
a positive, nondestructive way
Social Health-the quality of your relationships
with your friends, family, and others.
Occupational Health-Level of satisfaction with
what you do, your productivity, the
environment you work in, and your
compensation.
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Mental Health-is the ability to recognize reality and
cope with the demands of daily life
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Spiritual Health-is maintaining harmonious
relationships with other living things and having
spiritual direction and purpose
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Strongly influenced be emotional health
Religious beliefs or purpose in life
Values: a strong belief or ideal
Environmental Health-is keeping your air and water
clean, your food safe, and the land around you
enjoyable and safe
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In the 1800’s and early 1900’s, the leading
causes of death in the US were infectious
diseases
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Infectious diseases- diseases caused by pathogens,
such as bacteria
 Can be passes from one person to another
 Ex: polio, tuberculosis, pneumonia, and the flu
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Advances in medicine, living conditions, etc.
have put infectious diseases under control
Today, most health problems are related to our
lifestyle
Lifestyle diseases -are caused by unhealthy
behaviors and other factors
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Ex: diabetes, heart disease, types of cancer
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Risk Factor: is anything that increases the likelihood of
injury, disease, or other health problems.
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Ex:
 Family history
 Stress level
 Overweight and obesity
 Smoking
 Lack of exercise
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Risk factors that you can do something about
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Controlled by your behavior
 Physical activity, smoking, weight, diet
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Factors that are unable to be changed
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Age, race, gender, heredity
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Sedentary Lifestyle -not taking part in physical
activity on a regular basis
Alcohol and other drug use
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Can cause liver disease, cancer, heart disease, and brain
damage
Sexual Activity
Behaviors that cause injury
Tobacco Use
Poor Eating Habits
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You can protect your health by focusing on
controllable risk factors that you can change through
your behavior.
What behaviors should you focus on?
Let’s take a look at the the leading causes of death for
teens…
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Motor vehicle accidents (33%)
Homicide (16%)
Suicide (12%)
Other accidents (13%)
Other causes (26%)
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As you can see, many of the components of health can
be affected by the other components. One weak
component can affect a person’s overall health, thus
“balance” is included in the definition of health.
Wellness-is the achievement of a person’s best in all 6
components of health.
**Personal Health Assessment
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Hereditary Influences
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Heredity- traits you inherit from your parents
 Examples?
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Social Influences
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The relationships you have with other people
 Examples?
 Abstinence: stay away from/don’t engage in
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Cultural Influences
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Culture-is the values, beliefs, and practices shared by people that
have a common background
Environmental Influences
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Your surroundings
1. Knowledge
Health Literacy-the knowledge of health
information needed to make good choices about your
health
2. Lifestyle
behavioral changes--there is a difference between
knowledge and behavior
3. Attitude
by changing your attitude, you can act in ways that
work to make you a healthier person
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Public Health is the practice of protecting and
improving the health of people in a community
Medical Advances
Technology
Public Policy
Education
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A message created to educate people about an
issue.
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In a small group:
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