Healthy People 2020 has four broad goals: Eliminate differences in health based on race, ethnic group, or ________________.

Healthy People 2020 has four broad goals: Create social and physical environments that promote ______________ health.

Healthy People 2020 has four broad goals: Promote healthy behaviors, health development, and quality of life across __________ life stages.

Healthy People 2020 includes a set of smaller goals aimed at reducing ______________ health behaviors.

A major focus of Healthy People 2020 is on prevention—taking action to __________ disease, injury, and other negative health outcomes.

Which of the following is the leading cause of death for young people according to the bar graph?

According to the bar graph, which cause of death has the lowest percentage among young people?

There are three steps you can take to help meet your personal health goals: o Gaining ________________ o Gaining knowledge o Building ________________

Gaining Awareness: You must first be able to ____________________________ a health problem before you can do anything about it.

The next step is to ____________________ about the problem.

Most importantly, you need to learn about risk factors, especially those ________________ to behavior.

Building Health Skills: Knowledge isn’t very useful if you do not have the skills to ________________ it.

Accessing Information → You need to know how to ________________ and evaluate health information.

Building Health Skills: Communicating → Good communication skills allow you to ________________ conflicts.

Making Decisions: This skill teaches you to consider your ________________.

Your values are the standards and ________________ that are most important to you.

Setting Goals: The goals you set help you ________________ knowledge into behavior.

Once you set a goal, you can develop an action plan. An action plan is a series of specific steps you can take to ________________ the goal.

You need to develop strategies for maintaining healthy behaviors and reducing ____________________ behaviors.

Advocacy is a skill that involves using communication to influence and ____________________ other in making positive health decisions.

A person with health literacy has the ability to gather, understand, and use health information to ____________________ his or her health.

MAKING HEALTHY CONSUMER CHOICES A consumer buys products or services for personal _________________ .

As a teen, you are making more decisions about your health, including which ________________ and services to use.

You need to know how to ________________ the products, services, and information you are offered.

Some factors to consider ________________ buying a product are its safety, cost, warranty, and consumer testing.

What should you do to determine the contents and possible safety issues of a product?

Check to see if there are other brands or other products that will give you the same results at a lower ________________.

Is there a warranty, an offer to repair or replace the ________________ if there is a problem?

Some government agencies and private groups ________________ a wide range of consumer products. They publish their results and recommendations.

When you evaluate a service, you need to find out whether the person who will perform the service is ________________.

What kind of education and experience does the person have? Does the person have the required educational degree, ________________, or certification?

Does the person have references? Ask for the names and telephone numbers of people who have used their service. Check online ________________.

To evaluate health information, you need to evaluate the ________________ of the information.

Is the source qualified to speak on the ________________?

Does the source bring a ________________ or slant, to the topic? For example, are they trying to sell a product, service, or idea?

Are there other reliable sources that reach the ________________ conclusion?

Is the information ________________ and up to date?

Advertising is the ________________ promotion of a product or service.

Ads ________________ on television and radio, in newspapers and magazines, on billboards, in movie theaters, and on social media outlets.

Ads can let you know what products and services are available, but they rarely provide the information you need to make ________________ choices.

If a person tells lies to obtain money or property, the person is guilty of an illegal ________________ called fraud.

People who sell ________________ medical treatments or products are engaged in health fraud, or quackery.

One danger of quackery is that it can keep someone from receiving ________________ medical care.

People can avoid health fraud by carefully evaluating the claims made about a treatment or product. These are some warning ________________ of quackery:

Someone claims that a product or treatment is the only possible ________________ for a health problem.

The promised results seem too ________________ to be true.

A product or treatment is said to cure many ________________ ailments.

A product is said to contain “special” or “secret” _________________.

Notify your state’s Office of the Attorney General about any health ________________ you uncover in your state.

As a Consumer you have the right to information, the right to consumer protection by government agencies, and the right to ________________.

The Right to Information: You need enough information to make an informed judgement about whether a product or service will be ________________ and effective.

The Consumer Protection: Some agencies ________________ products before they can be sold to consumers. Other agencies take action against deception. Some agencies remove ________________ products from the marketplace.

Identify the Problem: Be as ________________ and specific as possible about what is wrong.

Decide on a ________________ way to resolve your complaint.

Collect Documents: Gather sales receipts, warranties, canceled checks, contracts, or repair ________________ to back up your complaint.

Find out who has the ________________ to deal with your problem.

A letter of complaint should include: the product’s model and serial ________________

A letter of complaint should include: the location and ________________ of purchase

A letter of complaint should include: a reasonable date by which you expect ________________ to be taken

HOW CANCER AFFECTS THE BODY • Cancer is a group of diseases that involves the rapid, uncontrolled __________ and spread of abnormal cells.

HOW CANCER AFFECTS THE BODY • Cancer harms the body by destroying __________ body tissues.

HOW CANCER AFFECTS THE BODY • Cancer cells typically form a mass of tissue called a __________.

HOW CANCER AFFECTS THE BODY • The word malignant (muh LIG nunt) is used to describe a cancerous __________.

HOW CANCER AFFECTS THE BODY • The __________ of cancer from where it first develops to other parts of the body is called metastasis (muh TAS tuh sis).

Some people inherit __________ that have a tendency to change, or mutate, into forms that allow cells to reproduce too rapidly. A normal gene that has changed into a cancer-causing gene is called an oncogene (AHN kuh jeen).

The environment contains cancer-causing agents known as carcinogens (kahr SIN uh junz). Carcinogens can cause mutations in genes that control _______ reproduction.

Cancer can occur in almost any part of the _________________________.

A cancer is named according to the part of the body where it ________________ develops.

Other cancers are ________________ to detect early in their development and pose a bigger challenge for treatment.

DETECTING AND TREATING CANCER - The key to curing cancer is __________________________ detection and treatment.

What is one of the Seven Warning Signs of Cancer?

What is one of the Seven Warning Signs of Cancer?

What is one of the Seven Warning Signs of Cancer?

What is one of the Seven Warning Signs of Cancer?

What is one of the Seven Warning Signs of Cancer?

What is one of the Seven Warning Signs of Cancer?

What is one of the Seven Warning Signs of Cancer?

Screening tests, such as mammograms, chest X-rays, and endoscopies can __________ cancers before any symptoms appear.

If cancer is suspected from screening test results, surgeons may remove a small piece of the tissue in question to examine it for __________________________ of cancer.

This procedure is called a __________ (BY ahp see).

Cancer treatments depend on the __________ of cancer, its location, and its stage of development.

Surgery can remove a malignant __________________________.

Radiation therapy can kill cancer __________________________ and slow tumor growth.

Immunotherapy uses drugs to stimulate the body’s immune system to __________________________ cancer cells.

Regularly examining your skin and other body parts for abnormal lumps or __________________________ is a good habit to start.

Do not use any form of __________________________ alcohol.

Choose a ________________ low in saturated fat and cholesterol.

________________ regularly and maintain a healthy weight.

Avoid unnecessary ________________________, especially during pregnancy.

Avoid known carcinogens.

________________ is one of the biggest factors in the ________________________ of disease and illness. This method involves analyzing information and using your critical thinking skills to create a specific plan.

Increase your _____________________________.

Step 2: ____________________________ change

Identify a ____________________________ behavior.

Assess your ____________________________ and ____________________________ to change.

Set a ____________________________ goal: A realistic goal is one that you truly can achieve.

Anticipate barriers to change, such as: o ____________________________ goals

Anticipate barriers to change, such as: o ____________________________ beliefs and attitudes

Anticipate barriers to change, such as: o Failing to accurately assess your ____________________________ state of wellness