Health 9 - Chapter 1• Understanding Health and Wellness• Pages 4 - 31

Lesson 1 - What is health?

• Health is the combination of your physical, mental/emotional and social well-being.

The three elements of Health that creates the health triangle.

Physical health – all about how well your body functions. This includes having enough energy to perform daily activities, deals with stresses and injury.

Mental/Emotional Health

• Is about your feeling and thoughts. It’s a reflection of how you feel about yourself, how you meet the demands of your daily life and how you cope with problems that occur in your life

People who are mentally and emotionally healthy:

• Enjoy challenges that help them grow.• Accept responsibility for their actions.• Can express their emotions

in appropriate ways.• Usually can deal with life’s

stresses and frustrations• Generally have a positive outlook.• Make thoughtful and responsible decisions.

Social Health• Getting along with others.• Your social network includes family, friends, teachers,

and other members of your community.• You do not have to have a lot of friends

to have good social health. Sometimes afew special people you can share your

thoughts and feelings with is enough.

Good Social health involves:• Seeking and lending support when needed.• Communicating clearly and listening to others.• Showing respect and care for yourself and

others.

Wellness• An overall state of well-being or total health.• Comes from making decisions and practicing

behaviors that are based on sound health knowledge and healthful attitudes.

The Health Continuum

In-class Assignment• Lesson 1 – Your Total Health Handout (p.8)

• Show teacher when you are finished.

Lesson 2 - Influences on your health• Heredity – all traits that were biologically

passed on to you from your parents.• Attitudes – or the way you view health

situations.• Environment – the sum of your surroundings– Physical, social, culture (the collective beliefs,

customs, and behaviors of a group.)

Influences Continued• Behavior – choices you make.• Media - the various methods for

communicating information.• Technology – the way media is

delivered such as radio, television, the Internet, newspapers and magazines.

In-class Assignment

• Lesson 2 – What affects your health handout, (p.14)

• Show teacher when you are finished.

Lesson 3 – Health Risks and Your Behaviors

• Risk behaviors - actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.

Six identified risk behaviors of young people under the age of 24.

1. Tobacco use2. Unhealthy dietary behaviors3. Inadequate physical activity4. Alcohol use or other drug use5. Sexual behavior that may result in HIV

infection, or other sexual transmitted diseases (STD’S), or unwanted pregnancies

6. Behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence.

How to avoid risks

• Prevention – taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.

• Abstinence – a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors. This includes: alcohol, drugs, tobacco and sexual activity

Lifestyle Factors

• Get 8-10 hours of sleep each night.• Eat nutritious meals, especially breakfast• Drink 6-8 glasses of water each day.• Engage in 30-60 minutes of exercise a day.• Bathe daily, floss and brush your teeth everyday. • Avoid tobacco, alcohol and other drugs.

In-Class Assignment

• Lesson 3 – Health Risks and Your Behavior(p17)

• Show teacher when you are finished.

Lesson 4Do NOW – copy these notes

• Healthy people – a program to prevent disease.• Health Literacy – ability to locate and

understand health information.• Health disparities – differences in health

outcomes between groups.• Health education – provides accurate

information to let people make healthy decisions.

In-class Assignment

• Lesson 4 – Promoting Health and Wellness (22)

• Show teacher when you are finished.

Reviewing for Chapter 1 Test • Work on Chapter 1 Understanding Health and

Wellness – Vocabulary Practice (p26)• The date of the test will be …