Lifestyles and Attitudes Flashcards
Academic success:
Linked to healthy youth
Mission of schools:
For students to stay healthy.
Emphasis on today’s health care:
Improving resiliency skills in students
Childhood obesity:
Tripled in the past 3 decades
Demographic obesity:
1:3 children obese
African American and Hispanic children are nearly 40% higher
Wellness is also known as:
Health
Health:
An integrated method of functioning oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable.
Types of health:
Spiritual: includes as meaning/purpose of life, self awareness, connectedness with self, others and reality. Can involve imagery, meditation, and group support activities.
Social: ability to interact successfully with people and one’s personal environment. Ability to develop and maintain intimacy with others. To have respect/tolerance for those who are different.
Physical: ability to carry out daily tasks, develop cardiovascular/muscular fitness, maintain adequate nutrition/proper weight, no drug/alcohol abuse, and no tobacco,
Health (con’t):
Environmental: safe water, food, and air. A safe emotional and physical environment by which one can live and carry out daily activities.
Emotional: control stress and to express emotions appropriately and comfortably. Involves the ability to recognize/accept feelings and not to be defeated by setbacks and failures.
Intellectual: ability to learn/use info effectively for personal/family and career development. Striving for continued growth/learning to deal with new challenges effectively.
Internal locus of control:
The sense that one is primarily in control of the factors impacting the quality of his/her own life.
External locus of control
The sense that one is primarily not in control of the factors impacting the quality of his/her life.
Health Education:
Learning that enables people to make informed decisions, and modify and change social conditions in ways that are health enhancing.
Health Promotion:
Any combination of health education and related organizational, political, and economic intervention designed to facilitate behavioral/environmental changes conducive to health. Broader in scope than health education.
Many components of health:
Assume responsibility of own health/healthcare with active participation
Respect benefits of medical technology without failing to question use
Try new behaviors/modify others
Skeptical of health fads and trends
Ask questions, seek evidence, evaluate info about health matters
Strive for self reliance in personal health matters
Voluntarily adopt practices consistent with a healthy lifestyle
Cognitive aspect of health education:
Sequential: instructions should be provided from K-12. Curriculum based on what’s been previously learned and used as a basis for curricula in future years.
Planned: based on goals, outcome related objectives/evaluation criteria and never used as a substitute for regular curriculum.
Comprehensive: instructions should include all of the identified health content areas and taught by qualified health teachers.
CDC:
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
STI:
Sexually transmitted infections
HIV:
Human immunodeficiency virus
AIDS
Autoimmune deficiency syndrome
CPR:
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
CHSE:
Comprehensive School Health Education System
YRBSS:
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
SDFSCA:
Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities (1994)
Healthy People 2020:
Adolescent health Health Education Immunization and infectious diseases Injury and Violence Prevention Mental Health Nutrition and Weight Status Physical Activity Sleep Health Substance Abuse Tobacco Use
