WARM UP
• Write out the following quote and respond
by telling me what you think it means and if
you agree with it or not and tell me why.
• “We are free to choose our paths, but we
can't choose the consequences that come
with them.”
Sean Covey The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Teens
BEHAVIORS
• Behavior
• The way you act or choose to act in a situation.
• Behaviors can be healthful, or they can put you or
others at risk.
• They can be learned and become habit.
• Healthful behaviors
• Behaviors that promote health, prevent injury and
premature death, and improve the quality of the
environment.
• It is more beneficial to your health status to learn
and practice healthful behaviors.
IDENTIFYING HEALTH RISKS
• Every day you are faced with some degree
of risk.
• What kinds of risks do you face on a daily basis?
• Risk behaviors – actions that can potentially
threaten your health or the health of others.
• It is important to recognize that you can control most risk
behaviors.
• By understanding the risks associated with
certain behaviors, you can make safe and
responsible decisions about which risks to
avoid.
RISKS AND CONSEQUENCES
• Risk behaviors carry significant consequences.
Both the short-term and long-term consequences
can harm your health.
• Before you engage in risk behaviors, its important to
evaluate the consequences.
• For example, smoking can have immediate health
consequences, such as bad breath, yellow teeth, and
headaches. The long-term consequences of smoking can
include lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease.
• Risks can add up over time. Cumulative risks are
related risks that increase in effect with each added
risk.
• For example, eating an occasional high-fat meal at a fast
food restaurant probably won’t permanently affect your
overall health. However, if you regularly eat high-fat meals,
the negative affects accumulate and could lead to serious
health problems.
RISKS & CONSEQUENCES
• Cumulative risks also increase when several
risk factors are combined.
• For example, using a cell phone while driving carries risks.
So does speeding. If an individual engages in both of these
risk behaviors, the chance of getting into a car accident
becomes even greater.
• What are other examples of cumulative risks?
• “You have freedom of choice, not freedom
of consequence.”
• Nick Saban, Alabama Head Coach
TOP TEN TEEN RISK BEHAVIORS
Alcohol
Eating Disorders
Tobacco
Drug Abuse
STD’s
Teen Pregnancy
Obesity
Anemia
Depression
Diabetes
RISK BEHAVIORS
1.
This item causes more problems than any other and has
tremendous consequences to society (dependency,
accidents, violence, and many deaths).
 Alcohol
2.
This addicting drug affects 30% of the population, and 90% of
users begin by the age of 19. It is the leading contributing
factor to death in the United States.
 Tobacco
3.
Every year 2.5 million teens contract this disorder, which
leads to many health problems, including sterility, cancer,
latent diseases, and death.
 STD’s
RISK BEHAVIORS
4. Studies show that around 30% of American teens suffer from
this health problem, which leads to heart disease, cancer,
diabetes, and stroke. The amount of exercise and diet are
the key factors.
 Obesity
5. This serious problem often goes unrecognized in teens but is a
major contributing factor to fatigue, personality disorders,
and even suicide.
 Depression
6. This health risk pertains mostly to females (90%) and is the
third most common form of mental illness. Eventually it
causes metabolism and digestive tract problems, and about
12% of those who have it die.
 Eating Disorders
RISK BEHAVIORS
7.
This health problem has genetic tendencies that eventually lead to
three terrible outcomes: jail, hospital care facility, or death.
 Drug abuse
8.
About a million teenagers a year suffer from this situation, which
leads to medical problems like anemia, situation-induced
hypertension, predisposed diabetes, cervical trauma, and a high
rate of miscarriage.
 Teenage pregnancy
9.
This health problem occurs from frequent dieting, sporadic eating,
and a diet low in iron. Symptoms include chronic fatigue, irritability,
dizziness, shortness of breath, and headaches.
 Anemia
10. This is the newest high-risk disorder to appear among teenagers. Its
occurrence is directly related to the amount of refined sugars in the
teenage diet. This overload in the blood cannot be neutralized by
the person’s own insulin production.
 Diabetes
RECOGNIZING RISK BEHAVIORS
• The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has identified six risk
behaviors that account for most of the deaths and disability
among young people under age 24.
• These risk factors can lead to heart disease, cancer, and other
serious illnesses later in life:
• Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and
violence
• Sexual behaviors that contribute to unintended pregnancy
and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV infection
• Alcohol and other drug use
• Tobacco use
• Unhealthy dietary behaviors
• Inadequate physical activity
HOW TO AVOID OR REDUCE RISKS
• You can take action to reduce your exposure to
health risks.
• You can reduce health risks through prevention:
• Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting
worse.
• For example, getting regular medical exams and dental checkups.
HOW TO AVOID OR REDUCE RISKS
• You can also reduce health risks through
abstinence:
• A deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors,
including sexual activity and the use of tobacco,
alcohol and other drugs.
• All areas of your health triangle benefit when
you prevent and abstain from high risk
behaviors.
• You protect yourself from injury and chronic
diseases, you feel good about yourself, which
strengthens your mental/emotional health and
social relationships.
WHERE DO YOU STAND IN TERMS
OF YOUR HEALTHFUL BEHAVIOR?
• Health Behavior Inventory
• Each of you will assess your present health
status in 10 categories described by current
research.
• Because the assessment is 100 questions, it is
fairly accurate. The more elements an
assessment has the more accurate it is likely
to be.
• The most comprehensive medical
evaluations include 600 or more questions.
• This health appraisal uses several questions
from other appraisals and simplifies them.
TOTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS
1. Take your time and be honest.
2. At the end of each section you should
tally your score in that particular section.
3. At the end of the assessment, create a
bar graph and graph your scores.
• The idea behind the graph is to see whether any
area of your health is greatly out of alignment
with the others.
• Balance in all areas of health is the ultimate goal.
4. After you finish your graph answer the
questions on the back.
TOTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT
GRAPH EXAMPLE