Influences on Health

__ are a collection of things that can affect a person's health either positively or negatively.

• Attitudes

• Health Continuum

• Dynamics

• Influences

The process of passing genes from parents to children.

• Heredity

• Gene

• Traits

• Media

Characteristics that are passed from parents to children such as eye color and hair color.

• Heredity

• Gene

• Traits

• Media

This includes medical conditions or diseases that your family members have/had.

This is something your doctor may ask you.

• Heredity

• Family Health History

• Genes

What is hemophilia?

• A blood disorder

• A heart condition

• A birth defect

How does a person get hemophilia?

• They get infected with a contaminated needle.

• It runs in the family/They're born with it.

• They develop it after a high fever.

The PEOPLE around you.

• Physical Environment

• Social Environment

• Culture

The THINGS around you.

• Physical Environment

• Social Environment

• Culture

The WATER CRISIS is an example of how __ can influence health.

• Physical Environment

• Social Environment

• Culture

SAD is an example of how __ can influence health.

• Physical Environment

• Social Environment

• Culture