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Chapter 2Taking Charge of Your Health
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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)
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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
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Communication…
Interpersonal Communication: exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people.
Helps build strong relationships
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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
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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.
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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.
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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*
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Analyzing InfluencesWhy do you do the things you do?
Personal Values Beliefs Perceptions Curiosity/Fear Family/Culture Media/Technology Friends/Peers School and Community
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Self-Management Skills
Self-Management: taking charge of your own health to promote your own well-being
Practice healthful behaviors Manage Stress
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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
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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?
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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!
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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.
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Decision Making ProcessH.E.L.P.
H- Healthful
E- Ethical
L- Legal
P- Parent Approval
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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
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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.
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Reaching your Goals
Action Plan: a multi-step strategy to identify and achieve your goals.
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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
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Hidden Messages in Advertising
Bandwagon
Example: Group of people using a product or service
Hidden Message: Everyone is using it, and you should too
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Rich and Famous
Example: Product displayed in expensive homes
Hidden Message: It will make you feel rich and famous
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Free Gifts
Example: Redeemable coupons for merchandise
Hidden Message: It’s too good a deal to pass up
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Great Outdoors
Example: Scenes of nature
Hidden Message: If it’s associated with nature, it must be healthy
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Good Times
Example: People smiling and laughing
Hidden Message: The product will add fun to your life
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Testimonial
Example: People for whom a product has worked
Hidden Message: It worked for them, so it will work for you too
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Evaluating Products
Comparison shopping: judging the benefits of different products by comparing several factors, such as quality, features, and cost.
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Evaluating Products Cost and Quality
Features
Warranty
Safety
Recommendation
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Managing Consumer Products 2.4
Health Fraud Terms: Natural Toxic Money-back guarantee Scientific breakthrough Testimonials No-risk Ancient remedy Miraculous cure
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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
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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’.
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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