The providing of health information so as to influence people to change attitudes so that they take positive action about their health.

The point is to teach you so that you can make better informed choices in regard to your own health.

​Health Education

The state of total physical, mental, & social well-being; not just freedom from sickness or ailments.

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Healthy people still get sick - those are usually communicable diseases/viruses.

​HEALTH

​There are 2 main factors that contribute to your total health. Those are influences & your environment.

An INFLUENCE is the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, & opinions of others.

​​Influence

​Your environment is everything around you. The places you go - where you live - where you go to school - places you are frequent. Those places are contribute to decisions you will make or avoid.

​​Environment

​Values are people or things one considers important; Something or someone that matters greatly to you.

Values

Morals - Principles or habits with respect to right or wrong.

Beliefs - confidence, faith, or trust in something.

Morals & Beliefs

Watch this short video about values.

Here's the link to copy if the actual link isn't working: https://youtu.be/te_h08znkz4

One of the biggest contributions to your health are the decisions you make every day. You are ultimately in charge of your health - especially as you age. It is your responsibility to value your own health and make decisions that reflect a healthy lifestyle and pathway.

​Eventually - you won't have anyone to blame but yourself if you make poor health choices.

​Decisions

Watch this video on decisions - then answer the questions that follow.

https://youtu.be/FfkNMUjwsHY

What are tough decisions in your own life? How will they affect your health (Mental/Social/Physical)?

You are a direct reflection of the decisions you make.

Have you ever heard - Show me your friends & I'll show you who you are? Or You are what you eat?

These sayings come from this topic. Your decisions are directed by what YOU BELIEVE is right or wrong for you - based on your values and morals as well as on your environment and influences. All of that combined will guide the choices you make.

Optional VIdeo about being the best version of yourself and the decisions you make.

This involves the decisions you make with your physical body. The choices and substances you allow yourself to ingest and do. It's also about what your choose not to do physically.

​​Physical Health

​Mental & emotional health is a person’s condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being.

Mental Health

​It is an individual's ability to handle and act based on different social conditions. This involves choices you make regarding who and what you allow yourself to be around.

Social Health

Wellness

​An overall state of well-being, or total health.

Often health & wellness are merged together - they are very similar in meaning. Health & Wellness by definition mean overall or total healthiness. Having positive and progressive choices made regularly in each aspect of the health triangle: physical- mental - social health.

What area of the Health triangle is most difficult for you to regularly make healthy choices within?

Precaution

A planned, preventative action taken BEFORE an event to increase the chances of a safe outcome.

Example: Taking a rain jacket with you if you know it could rain that day.

Decision

The act of making a choice or coming to a solution.

We make tons of decisions every single day. Sometimes choosing NOT to do something is our decision as well.

Risk

a behavior with an element of danger that could cause injury or harm.

Most decisions we make include a risk factor & you have to weigh the risk vs. reward of each action you take.

​Watch this video about risks....