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