Health 3RD NINE WEEKS EXAM Flashcards
The number of years a person can expect to live
Life expectancy
the overall well-being of your body, your mind, and your relationships with other people
Health
The degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life
Quality of life
How well your body functions : diet, regular exercise, adequate sleep, medical and dental care
Physical health
The state of being comfortable with yourself, with others, and with your surroundings : mind is alert, can learn from your mistakes, and recognize your achievements
Mental health
How you react to events in your life: happy when the feelings you experience are appropriate responses to events
Emotional health
How well you get along with others : how well you get along with people, loving relationships, understanding the rights if others, excepting health
Social health
All the traits that are passed biologically from parent to child
Hereditary
What are 2 examples of heredity
Skin color
Breast cancer
The physical and social conditions that surround a person and can influence that person’s health including your outdoor and indoor surroundings
Physical environment
What are two examples of a physical environment
Air we breathe
Water we drink
The people you spend time with - your family, friends, classmates, and other people in your community
Social environment
What are 2 examples of social environment
Teammates
Friends
The beliefs and patterns of behavior that are shared by a group of people and passes from generation from generation
Culture
What are 2 examples of culture
Stories passed down
Food
Forms of communication that provide news and entertainment
Media
What are two examples of media
Television
Magazines
Computers, machines, websites, and social media that can all have negative or positive effects on someone’s health
Technology
What are two examples of technology
MRI machines
The medical services provided by doctors, nurses, dentists, therapists, and the places they work : need health insurance so you can afford the necessary treatments
Healthcare
What are two examples of healthcare
Dental clean
Mammograms
The decisions you make and the actions you take : a habit is a behavior that is represented so often that it becomes almost automatic
Behavior
What are two examples or behavior
Biting your nails
Brushing your teeth
What are the 8 influences on health
Hereditary Physical environment Social environment Culture Media Technology Healthcare Behavior
Any action to condition that increases the likelihood of injury, disease, or other negative outcome
Risk factor
What are three ways you can evaluate a risk factor
Consider short and long term consequences
Analyze possible benefits and risks of the decision
Decide whether or not you can control it
What does the first D in DECIDE stand for
Define the problem
What does the first E in DECIDE stand for
Explore the alternatives
What does the C in DECIDE stand for
Consider the consequences
What does the I in DECIDE stand for
Identify your values
What does the second D in DECIDE stand for
Decide and act
What does the second E in DECIDE stand for
Evaluate the results
Taking action to avoid disease, injury, and other negative health outcomes
Prevention
The standards and beliefs that are most important to you
Values
A series of specific steps you can take to achieve the goal
Action plane
Using communication to influence and support others in making positive health decisions
Advocacy
The ability to gather, understand, and use health information to improve his or her health
Health literacy
What are 3 steps you can take to help meet your personal health goals
Gaining awareness
Gaining knowledge
Building skills
Being able to recognize a health problem
Step one to help meet your personal health goals
Gaining awareness
Learn about the problem and how it can be prevented or treated and possible risk factors
Step two to help meet your personal health goals
Gaining knowledge
Apply skills to knowledge then take action to create healthy habits
Step three to help meet your person health goals
Building skills
What are the 7 ways you can build health skills
Analyzing influences Accessing information Communicating Making decisions Setting goals Practicing healthful behaviors Advocacy
This is important because to promote health you need to recognize the influence culture, media, and friends have on your health habits
Analyzing influences
this is important because you need to know how to find and evaluate health information
Accessing information
This way to build health skills is important because it helps you maintain close relationships, resolve conflicts, and show charming and respect for others by expressing your feelings
Communicating
This way to build health skills is important because it teaches you to identify your alternatives, think about the possible outcomes of a decision, and consider your values
Making decisions
This way to build health skills is important because you need to maintain healthy life-long behaviors and reduce risky ones
Practicing healthful behaviors
This way to build health skills is important because the goals you set help you translate knowledge into behavior and action
Setting goals
This way to build health skills is important because it can help you influence others to make positive health decisions
Advocacy
The behaviors, attitudes, feelings, and ways of thinking that make you an individual
Personality
Person who studies how people think, feel, and behave
Psychologist
When children copy the behaviors of others
Modeling
Friends who are about the same age and share similar interests
Peer group
An individual’s sense of self
Identity
What are five central traits to describe how people behave, relate to others, and react to change?
Extroversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Emotional stability Openness to experiences
How much you like being with other people
Outgoing
Talkative
Sociable
Extroversion
Your tendency to relate to other people in a friendly way
Cooperative
Good-natured
Forgiving
Agreeableness
How responsible and self-disciplined you are Dependable Male good decisions Organized Deliberate
Conscientiousness
Tendency to be relaxed, secure, and calm even during difficult situations
Focus on the positive side of things
Emotional stability
Tendency to be curious, imaginative, and creative
has a wide range of interests and may be less predictable
Openness to experiences
Personality traits are influenced by what 2 things
Heredity
Environment (family, friends, culture)