HEALTH AND WELLNESS

Health IQ

1. Which of the following defines good emotional health?

A. Getting plenty of exerciseB. Being a dependable and loyal friendC. Accepting your strength and weaknessesD. Accepting new ideas and concepts

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2. Mental health is the way that you A. Recognize and cope with feelingsB. Cope with the demands of daily lifeC. Interact with peopleD. All of the above

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3. Which of the following influences is NOT an environmental influence on your health?

A. Peer pressureB. PollenC. Microscopic organismsD. Air quality

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4. A set of behaviors by which you live is your

A. AttitudeB. HeredityC. Life skillsD. Lifestyle

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5. Which of the following activities is part of good hygiene?

A. Brushing your teethB. Getting plenty of exerciseC. Avoiding drugs and alcoholD. Eating a health diet

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6. Which of the following activities is an example of preventive healthcare?

A. Taking aspirin for a headacheB. Taking antibiotics to prevent infectionC. Wrapping a twisted ankleD. Eating nutritious meals

Health IQ Answers

1. C2. B3. A4. D5. A6. D

Health and Wellness

Health is a condition of your physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being.

It is important that each part of your health is in balance because they are all equally important.

Physical Health

Physical health is part of health that describes the condition of the body.

Emotional Health

Emotional health is the way you recognize and deal with your feelings.

Mental Health

Mental health is how you deal with life’s demands.

Social Health

Social health is how well you get along with other people.

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1. Getting 8 hours of sleep

2. Getting plenty of physical activity

3. Being considerate of other people and their needs

4. Practice good hygiene.

5. Avoiding drugs, alcohol, and tobacco.

6. Expressing your emotions in words rather than acting them out.

7. Showing self-control, and thinking before your act.

8. Eating nutritious foods and a balanced diet

9. Accepting your strengths and weaknesses, and respecting yourself.

10. Recognize and deal with stress in a positive way

11. Accept new ideas

12. Effectively solve problems

13. Showing respect to others

14. Being dependable

15. Supporting people you care about when they make the right choices

16. Expressing your true feelings

17. Dealing with sadness appropriately and in a timely manner.

18. Imagining how you would feel if you were in another person’s place

19. Asking for help when you need it.

20. Knowing your personal standards and values when it comes to dating.

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Did you notice how some of the items could fit into more than one area of health?

This is because there is no definitive line for each category.

Sometimes the areas of health will overlap and share different aspects.

Often times people focus only on the physical part of their health.

But it is important that all four parts remain balanced.

Health and Wellness

Wellness is the state of good health achieved by balancing your physical, mental, emotional, and social health.

Health Assessment

One of the best ways to evaluate your health is to take a health assessment.

A health assessment is a set of questions that allows you to evaluate each of the four parts of your health.

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Let’s see how you fare on a personal health assessment.

In your journal answer each item. Give yourself: 4 points for each “almost always” 2 points for “some time” 0 points for “almost never”.

There are no wrong answers. Be honest with yourself so you can see at what level your personal health is at and in what areas you can improve upon.

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Health Habit Almost Always

Some Time

Almost Never

1. I am physically active regularly.

2. I eat a variety of foods, including fruits and vegetables.

3. I find it easy to relax and express my feelings.

4. I have close friends or relatives in whom I can confide.

5. I prepare for events that I know will be stressful to me.

6. I avoid risky behavior.

7. I practice good hygiene.

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Add up your scores. How did you do?

Scores 23-28 means you have great health habits

Scores 15-22 means your health habits are good overall, but there is room for improvement.

Scores 7-14 indicates that many of your health habits need work.

Scores 0-6 mean that you taking unnecessary risks with your health.

Living to Be 100

Complete the worksheet

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In your journal I want you to analyze your health assessment data.

Answer the following questions using complete sentences. Remember to restate the question in your own words in your response.

For example if the question was – How did the assessment help you to

understand your personal health? Your response could be something like this:

The health assessment helped me to see that I have room to improve upon when dealing with stress and in expressing my feelings.

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1. How did the health assessment help you to better understand your personal health?

2. In what area(s) are you doing well?3. In what area(s) do you need to focus

more attention?4. How could assess your health on a

regular bases help you to maintain good personal health?

Factors of Health

What are factor of Health or what general things in your life that determine your health?

Factors of Health

Heredity: the passing down of traits from a parent to child. You can not control what traits

are passed down to you, but you can control how you deal with those traits.

For example, if one of your parents wears glasses, you might have to wear glasses.

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There are many things that influence your personal health.

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Environment: is everything around you, including the things you cannot see. The following are

examples of how the environment can affect your health.

Pollution Pollen that leads to

allergies Second Hand Smoke

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Peers: Someone who is the same age or is in the same grade as you and who has similar interest Peers can have both

positive and negative affects on your health.

For example, peers can help you make good decisions in difficult situations (positive influence) or they can push you into making a poor decisions (negative influence)

Factors of Health

o Media: The media is a major source of information about health. Newspaper, television, radio, and the web are just some examples of media.

o Not all media messages are beneficial or should be believed.

o For example, products that promise that you can lose a lot of weight in a short amount of time would not be an accurate source of information.

Factors of Health

Your lifestyle is a set of behaviors by which you live. For example, choosing

whether of not you will exercise today is a lifestyle choice.

Another example would be choosing not smoke.

Both examples have an affect on your body, one has a short term effect while the other has a long term effect.

Factors of Health

Your attitude is the way you act, think, or feel that causes you to make one choice over another. Having a healthy

attitude will help you make better choices and gain confidence.

Factors of Health

Preventive healthcare is taking the steps necessary to prevent illness or accidents Some examples would

be yearly health check ups, buckling your seat belt, and wearing a helmet when riding a bike or skate boarding.

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PositivesHeredity

1. Having genes that are good with math.

2. Being tall. 3. Having straight

teeth.

NegativesHeredity

1. Having been born with Cystic Fibrosis.

2. Skin cancer runs in the family.

3. Not being able to spell.

You need to list at three positive and negative health issues in each categories of heredity, environment, peers, media, lifestyles, attitude, and preventive health care. When you are done there should be 21 positives and negative listed.

Goal Setting

Smart Goals

S – Specific (or Significant).

M – Measurable (or Meaningful).

A – Attainable (or Action-Oriented).

R – Relevant (or Rewarding).

T – Time-bound (or Trackable).

Example Complete Masters I will get a certificate I can go to university

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increase job outlook I start in 2 years. I

need my level 2 first

Who’s fault is it?

Blame Responsibility