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Risk Factors and Protective Measures
Directions – For each of the influences below, list one factor that can affect your personal health. In the next
column, list one protective behavior you could take to counteract that influence.
Influences on your health
Risk Factor
Protective Factor
Culture
The collective beliefs,
customs, and behaviors of
a group.
Media
Radio, TV, Internet
Peers
People of similar age with
similar interests.
Environment
The sum of your
surroundings.
Heredity
The traits that were
biologically passed on to
you from your parents.
On the other side of this paper, DRAW a visual representation of what
you have written in the table.