health final! Flashcards
what does being truly healthy mean?
being truly healthy is known as wellness.
what are the 6 components of health?
physical, mental, environmental, emotional, spiritual, and social.
what does physical health mean?
physical health is meant for how your body functions.
what does emotional health mean?
expressing your emotions in a positive, nondestructive way.
what does social health mean?
social health is the quality of your relationships with your friends, family, teachers, and others you are in contact with.
what does mental health mean?
mental health is the ability to recognize reality and cope with the demands of daily life.
what does spiritual health mean?
spiritual health is maintaining harmonious relationships with other living things and having spiritual direction and purpose.
what does environmental health mean?
environmental health is keeping your air and water clean, your food prudent, and the land around you enjoyable and safe.
what does wellness mean?
wellness is the achievement of a person’s best in all six components of health.
what are life skills?
life skills are tools needed to build a healthy life.
what are the 10 life skills?
- Assessing Your Health.
- Communicating Effectively.
- Practicing Wellness.
- Coping.
- Being a Wise Consumer.
- Evaluating Media Messages.
- Using Community Resources.
- Making GREAT Decisions.
- Using Refusal Skills.
- Setting Goals.
what will learning about assessing your health do?
it will help you evaluate your health. it will also help you to evaluate how your actions and behaviors affect your health. it will enable you to find out what you can do to improve your health.
what will learning about how to communicate effectively do?
it will teach you good communication skills, such as how to listen and speak effectively. this will help improve your relationships with the ones you contact.
what will practicing wellness teach you?
it will teach you how to practice healthy behaviors daily so that you can have good life-long health.
what is coping?
coping is dealing with troubles or problems in an effective way.
what will coping help you with?
it will help you with difficult times and situations with emotions such as anger, depression, and loss of a loved one.
what is a consumer?
a consumer is a person who buys products (such as food, CDs, or clothing) or services (such as medical care or auto repair).
what will being a wise consumer help you do?
it will help you make good decisions when buying health products and services. it will also show you how to decide what is appropriate for your health.
what are the media?
the media are public forms of communication, such as TV, radio, movies, newspaper, the Internet, and advertisements.