**exam Flashcards
For your own physical wellness you need to
Exercise, play games and walk for 30 minutes a week
What are positive personal qualities
- Friendly and Outgoing
- Good at managing money
Health information can be obtained from
- NGO’s
- Clinics
- Other health Institutions
What must one do to achieve one’s plan for life-long learning
Set own goals
Social factors that can lead to substance abuse can be
- Friends one hangs around with
- Role models within the community
- Celebrities in movies
Name 4 factors that influence personal lifestyle choices
- Media - TV and movies influence what we wear and what we do
- Environment - your home and social setting that you live in, influence your choices
- Friends and peers - The people that you hang out with influence how you live your life
- Culture - South Africa is made up of many diverse cultures, what is considered traditional or acceptable in your culture will influence your behavior, values, attitudes and decisions you make
- Religion - your religious beliefs and practices give you guidelines on how to live your life
- Community - people in you community have an effect on your lifestyle choices. Young people model their behaviour on the adults and people around them.
Name 4 factors that protect young people from engaging in high risk behaviour
- Family - your are not born with a set of morals and values. When you are young your family is the most important influence on you. It is not just what they teach you, but also how they behave
- Friends - As you become older, most adolescents begin to spend less time with their families and more time with their friends. Their friendships become an important part of their lives. The behavior of your friends and what they see as acceptable will have an influence on you
- Peers - You and your friends form part of a peer group which has an influence on you whether you are aware of it or not. We all want to fit in and be a part of the group. This is fine when the group’s norms are healthy and encourage a positive way of living. This is not always the case
- Community - The norms that you grow up with and that form part of the community that you spend time in will mould your behavior. What is considered acceptable at your school, by your neighbours and by other people in your community will affect you and how you behave.
How are sexually transmitted infections spread
- infectious diseases are spread between people during sexual activity,
- can affect anyone who is sexually intimate
If you are a passive smoker you (cannot/can) possibly suffer all the same effects as smokers
can
If you were to have 20% chance of having a heart attack one day, you would have a (28% / 35% / 50%) chance if you became a smoker
50%
Smoking causes more than (3% / 33% / 30%) of all deaths from cancer
30%
Smoking causes more than (9% / 29% / 90%) of all deaths from lung cancer
90%
