G-W Ch. 1 Health & Wellness

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Texas Health
Skills
for Middle School

Chapter
1

Understanding
Your Health
and Wellness

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Essential Question

What is the difference between health and wellness?

Lesson
1.1

Learning About Health

and Wellness

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Aspects of Health and Wellness

•Health refers to a state of complete physical, mental and emotional, and social well-being

•Well-being is a person’s overall satisfaction that life’s present conditions are good

•Wellness is an active process that involves becoming aware of an making choices toward improving all aspects of health

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Physical Health

•Physical health refers to how well your

body functions

•It includes having the ability to

•engage in physical activities

•cope with daily stresses of disease,

injury, and aging
•maintain an active lifestyle

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Mental and Emotional Health

•Mental and emotional health has to do with your thoughts and

feelings, and includes being able to

•think clearly and critically

•express thoughts and feelings

•cope with stress

•realize personal skills

•have a positive attitude

•adapt, learn, and grow

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Social Health

•Social health refers to how well

you get along with other people

•It includes having relationships

that are enjoyable, supportive,
honest, and trusting

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Interrelatedness of Health

•The aspects of health

interact with and affect
each other

•Can be both positive

and negative

Mental and

Emotional Health

Physical
Health

Social
Health

Health

and

Well-Bei

ng

Draw

Can you think of other ways to practice wellness? Take some time to draw your favorite way to practice wellness.

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How Healthcare Promotes
Personal Health

•The treatment and prevention of illnesses, injuries, or diseases is

called healthcare

•This includes preventive healthcare, which involves getting an

annual physical exam and regular checkups and screenings
•Healthcare professions: primary care physicians, physician assistants,

nurse practitioners, specialists

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Healthcare Settings

• Hospitals where patients stay while they

receive diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and
therapy

Inpatient
Facilities

• Treat patients who live in the

community and who do not require a
hospital

• Doctor’s offices, private healthcare

clinics, hospital emergency rooms,
urgent care or walk-in clinics, etc.

Outpatient

Facilities

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Health Insurance

•People buy insurance to help pay for healthcare costs

•Two main types of insurance plans:

•HMO (health maintenance organization):

•Pays for basic healthcare services and other specialized services
•Must use services that are members of the HMO network

•PPO (preferred provider organization):

•Pays for healthcare provided by doctors, healthcare providers, and

hospitals
•More flexibility, but more expensive

Multiple Choice

An active process that involves becoming aware of and making choices toward improving aspects of health is called _____.

• Wellness

• Health

• Well-being

Multiple Choice

The ability to express thoughts and feelings is part of which aspect of health?

• Social

• Mental / Emotional

• Physical

Lesson
1.2

Recognizing Factors That Affect

Health and Wellness

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Genetic Factors

•Genes are present in every cell in the body, and

contain the blueprint for the structure and
function of each cell

•Control development and influence personality
•Can determine potential risks for certain

diseases

•Risk factors are aspects of people’s lives that

increase the chance of a disease, injury, or
decline in health

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Environmental Factors

•The circumstances, objects, or conditions that surround you in
everyday life are your environment

•Every environment has both risk factors and protective factors, which
are aspects of people’s lives that reduce risk and increase the
likelihood of good health

•Three main types of environments

•Physical
•Social
•Economic

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Physical Environment

•A physical environment includes

•the places you spend your time

•the region in which you live

•the air you breathe

•the water you drink

•Risk factors vary between individuals,

families, and communities

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Social Environment

•The people around you make up your social environment, including

•family

•friends

•peers (people similar in age to you)

•teachers

•coaches

•neighbors

•people you interact with on social media

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Social Environment and Culture

•Culture (beliefs, values, customs, and arts of a group of people)

and community are also part of your social environment

•Cultural practices that affect health and wellness include

Food and

taste

preferenc

es

Eating
patterns

Religious
or spiritual
practices

Activity

preferenc

es

Medical
treatment

and

customs

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Economic Environment

•Your economic environment includes your family’s and community’s

level of

•education

•income

•resources

•Higher education is linked to higher income, which can lead to better

health

Match

Match the following

• Economic

• Social

• Physical

How much money you make

The people who are close to you

The places you spend your time, the air you breathe & the water you drink

• How much money you make

• The people who are close to you

• The places you spend your time, the air you breathe & the water you drink

Dropdown

The 3 environmental factors are ​

Select answer

​ , ​

Select answer

and ​

Select answer

.

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Lifestyle Factors

•Lifestyle behaviors can become

risk factors for illness or disease

•They can have short-term and

long-term effects on health

•Making healthy lifestyle choices

and practicing healthy behaviors
promote your personal health
today and in the future

Short-Term Effects

Long-Term Effects

Not enough sleep leads to
lack of energy and trouble

focusing the next day

Too much time in the sun
without using sunscreen
can increase your risk of
developing skin cancer

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Health Alert!

Some examples of lifestyle decisions that are risk factors include

Poor personal

hygiene

Getting inadequate sleep at

night

Poor stress management or mental

health

Eating unhealthy food or drinking insufficient

water

Risky behaviors like drinking, using tobacco, or

doing drugs

Dropdown

•What are present in every cell in the body, and contain the blueprint for the structure and function of each cell?​

Select answer

Dropdown

•A person’s culture is part of the person’s _____ environment.​

Select answer

Lesson
1.3

Building Skills for Health

and Wellness

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Making Healthy Decisions

•A decision-making process is a process of making choices by

1.

identifying the problem to solve or decision to be made

2.

brainstorming all possible options

3.

identifying possible outcomes by thinking about best- and

worst-case scenarios for each option

4.

making a decision and acting upon the decision

5.

reflecting on the decision to see if the problem was solved or if a

new decision needs to be made

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Skills Check

•The decision-making process

Identify
the
decision.

Brainstorm options.

Identify
possible
outcomes.

Make a
decision.

Reflect on
the
decision.

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

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Factors That Influence Your Decisions

•Personal needs, wants, values, and priorities are factors that will

influence decision-making

•Collaborating, or working together with others, on decisions can give

you options you may not have considered otherwise

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Setting and Achieving Goals

•Agoal is a desired result of something you plan to do, and can

•motivate you and keep you focused on what you need to accomplish
•help you change a situation you do not like or get you where you wantd

to be
•give you a sense of satisfaction

•Using the acronym SMART can help you guide your goal setting

•Create an action plan, a step-by-step method to reach your goal
and track the progress of your goal

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Skills Check

•Setting SMART goals

S

Specific

Clearly states
what you want
to accomplish

M

Measurable

Has results
that can be

clearly

observed

A

Achievable

Can be

realistically

reached

R

Relevant

Relates to
who you are
and what you

want

T

Timely

Is achievable

within a

reasonable

period of time

Labelling

Label the SMART Goal chart by dragging the box to the correct place on the SMART Goal sheet.

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

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I'll be able to talk with more people

I've learned a language before

I can respond in that language

Learn to speak a new language

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Using Refusal Skills

•A set of skills designed to help someone avoid participating in

unhealthy behaviors are refusal skills

•Can help you respond to peer influences and behaviors without

compromising your own goals, values, and health

•Using refusal skills helps you

•take responsibility for your health behaviors

•make independent, informed decisions despite external influences

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Skills Check - STOP Formula

•Tips for resisting pressure

Watch your

body

language

• Stand up

straight and
make eye
contact

Say how
you feel

• Use a firm

voice to say
“no”

Be honest
and do not

make

excuses

• You have the

right not to
give a reason

Suggest

something
else to do

• Find another

friend who
wants to do
the activity

Stick up for

yourself

• Be prepared

to walk away
to get out of
the situation

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Resolving Conflicts

•Conflict is a normal part of life

•Healthy conflict allows someone to see another point of view and can

help build relationships
•Unhealthy conflict can cause stress and put strain on relationships

•Conflict resolution skills are strategies for resolving

disagreements in a positive, respectful way to promote healthy
relationships

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Think -Pair -Share

•Give an example of a

healthy conflict.

•How can this conflict

become unhealthy?

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Skills Check

•Steps for resolving a conflict

1

2

3

4

5

6

Identify the cause of the conflict.

Ask for solutions from both parties.

Identify solutions both parties can support.

Agree on a solution.

Carry out the solution.

Evaluate the solution and renegotiate, if necessary.

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Serious or Difficult Conflicts

•In some cases, a conflict is too serious or too difficult to manage

alone

•A neutral third party, or mediator, can help

•During mediation, each perspective is shared with the mediator, who

helps both parties reach an agreement

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Accessing and Evaluating
Health Information and Services

•Health literacy is the ability to locate, evaluate, apply, and

communicate information as it relates to your health, and involves

•accessing valid, or accurate, information

•evaluating health information

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Skills Check

•Questions to ask when evaluating health information

Is the source of the
information reliable?

Is the

information

current?

Is the source

making money or

promoting a cause by
publishing the story

or article?

Is the

source of the
information reliable?

Does the article
give the names

of the researchers
and the journal that

published the

original research?

Is the information

relevant to my
life stage and

situation?

Can you find
other reliable
sources with

the same

information?

Does the article
refer to research

published by medical

scientists?

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Communicating Health Information

•You can advocate for, or support, the health of your family and

community by sharing reliable health information with others

•Ways to advocate for community health include

•using community resources such as crisis hotlines, food pantries,

nursing homes, etc.
•getting involved in community service by volunteering

Match

Match the following

• Specific

• Measureable

• Acheivable

• Relevant

• Timely

Clearly states what you want to accomplish

Has results that can be cleary observed

Can be realistically reached

Relates to who you are and what you want

Is acheivable within a reasonable period of time.

• Clearly states what you want to accomplish

• Has results that can be cleary observed

• Can be realistically reached

• Relates to who you are and what you want

• Is acheivable within a reasonable period of time.

Drag and Drop

​ What is the term that means to support?​

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Helping

Favortism

Advocate

Multiple Choice

Using a neutral third party to resolve difficult conflicts is called

• Mediation

• Balancing

• Fighting

• Complaininf

Audio Response

What are ways to advocate for health in your community?

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