Chapter 2Taking Charge of Your Health

Building Health Skills 2.1 Health Skills: specific tools and strategies

to maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health

Health Skills are also known as Life Skills

*Communication Skills (next slide)

HEALTH SKILL BENEFIT TO YOUR HEALTH

Communication Share ideas/feelings, listen when others share

Refusal Say no to unhealthy behaviors

Conflict Resolution Resolve problems (+)

Accessing Information Locate valid resrouces/services/products

Analyzing Influences Influence:media,tech, peers, culture

Practicing Healthful Behaviors Reduce risks and protect yourself against illness/injury

Stress Management Healthy ways to reduce/manage stress

Advocacy Work to improve personal health and others

Decision Making Use step-by-step process to evaluate options for healthy decisions

Goal Setting Set goals and develop action plan to achieve

Communication…

Interpersonal Communication: exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people.

Helps build strong relationships

Strengthen Interpersonal Communication: Use “I” messages to express your feelings

Ex: I feel upset when I am left out of our plans”

Communicate with respect and care. Calm voice, respectful tone

Be an active listener Pay attention while others are talking

Refusal Skills

Refusal Skills: communication strategies that can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe or unhealthful, or that go against your values.

Examples of Refusal Skills Say “NO” in a firm but calm voice.

Explain Why. State your feelings

Offer Alternatives. Suggest a safe/healthful activity instead.

Stand your Ground. Do not give in.

Leave if Necessary.

Conflict Resolution

Conflict Resolution: process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving.

*In a compromise, both parties give up something but still gain a desired result*

Analyzing InfluencesWhy do you do the things you do?

Personal Values Beliefs Perceptions Curiosity/Fear Family/Culture Media/Technology Friends/Peers School and Community

Self-Management Skills

Self-Management: taking charge of your own health to promote your own well-being

Practice healthful behaviors Manage Stress

Managing StressStress: The reaction of the body

and mind to everyday challenges and demands.

Stress Management Skills: skills that help you reduce and

manage stress in your life. Examples: exercise, relaxation

techniques, time management

Advocacy Advocacy: taking action to influence

others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief.

Name examples of how to advocate?

Making Responsible Decisions and Setting Goals 2.2

Making decisions and settings goals means: You are now taking responsibility

in determining your life’s purpose and direction!

Decision Making Small vs. Big

What do I eat today vs. What college will I go to

Values: ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live.

Decision Making ProcessH.E.L.P.

H- Healthful

E- Ethical

L- Legal

P- Parent Approval

6 steps of Decision Making1. State the Situation

2. List the Options

3. Weigh the Possible Outcomes

4. Consider Values

5. Make a decision and Act on it

6. Evaluate the Decision

Goal Setting Goals: Something you aim for through

planning and work.

Types of Goals: Short Term- a goal you can reach in a short

amount of time. Long-Term- goal you plan to reach over an

extended period of time.

Reaching your Goals

Action Plan: a multi-step strategy to identify and achieve your goals.

Being a Health-Literate Consumer 2.3

Health Consumer: someone who purchases or uses health products or services (to make informed buying decisions)

Advertising: written or spoken media message designed to interest consumers in purchasing a product or service

Hidden Messages in Advertising

Bandwagon

Example: Group of people using a product or service

Hidden Message: Everyone is using it, and you should too

Rich and Famous

Example: Product displayed in expensive homes

Hidden Message: It will make you feel rich and famous

Free Gifts

Example: Redeemable coupons for merchandise

Hidden Message: It’s too good a deal to pass up

Great Outdoors

Example: Scenes of nature

Hidden Message: If it’s associated with nature, it must be healthy

Good Times

Example: People smiling and laughing

Hidden Message: The product will add fun to your life

Testimonial

Example: People for whom a product has worked

Hidden Message: It worked for them, so it will work for you too

Evaluating Products

Comparison shopping: judging the benefits of different products by comparing several factors, such as quality, features, and cost.

Evaluating Products Cost and Quality

Features

Warranty

Safety

Recommendation

Managing Consumer Products 2.4

Health Fraud Terms: Natural Toxic Money-back guarantee Scientific breakthrough Testimonials No-risk Ancient remedy Miraculous cure

Resolving Consumer ProblemsConsumer Advocates: people or

groups whose sole purpose is to take on regional, national, and even international consumer issues.

Local, state, and federal government agencies work to protect consumer rights.

Malpractice: failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards

Health FraudHealth Fraud: the sale of worthless

products or services that claim to prevent disease or curve other health problems

Claims: ‘secret formula’, ‘miracle cure’,

‘overnight results’, ‘all natural’, ‘hurry, this offer expires soon’.

Health Fraud Protection

Ask a health professional or Doctor

Talk to family and friends

Check with Better Business Bureau for complaints

Check with a health organization