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Wellness & Health
Vocab and other information about Wellness
Question | Answer |
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Health | combination of physical, mental/emotional and social well-being. |
Self Assessment | careful examination and judgment of your own patterns of behavior |
Wellness | is a state of well-being, or balanced health |
Health Goals | are healthful objectives or aims that you take steps to achieve through healthful actions |
Life Skills | are abilities that help you maintain and improve your health. |
Healthful Behaviors | are actions that promote health; prevent illness, injury and premature death and improve the quality of the environment. |
Risk Behaviors | are actions that threaten health; increase the likelihood of illness, injury and premature death and harm the quality of the environment. |
Abstinence | means choosing not to engage in any risks behavior |
Health Literacy | is the desired outcome of the study of health |
Physical Health | involves the condition of your body |
Mental/Emotional Health | relates to your thoughts and feelings. |
Social Health | involves the ways in which you relate to other people. |
Steps to practice healthful behaviors | Learn about a healthful behavior Practice the healthful behavior in the correct way. Ask for help if you need it. Make the healthful behavior a habit. |
Categories of risk behaviors for teens | Behaviors that result in unintentional and intentional injuries Tobacco use Use of alcohol and other drugs Sexual activity Dietary choices that contribute to disease Lack of physical activity |
Effective communication | is a skill in expressing knowledge, beliefs, emotions and ideas |
Self-directed learning | is a skill in gathering and using knowledge. |
Critical thinking and problem solving | is a skill involved in evaluating information from reliable sources and using it to make responsible decision. |
Responsible citizenship | means practicing responsible behavior that are safe and legal. |
Wellness Scale | a range between illness and wellness |
Ways to improve your physical health: | Diet, physical activity, rest, health screenings, avoid drugs & alcohol, and avoid unnecessary risk |
Ways to improve your mental & emotional health: | positive & realistic outlook express feelings appropriately use talents effectively to achieve goals Patient with new skills Take responsibility for your actions |
Ways to improve your social health: | Value members of your family open attitude toward other people Be a good but truthful friend Agree to disagree Don't insult or put others down |