Health Education Concepts

Health Continuum

• Dynamic means always changing.

Lifestyle Factors

• Decisions impacting health, made daily.
• Examples include getting enough sleep and eating healthy breakfasts.

Health Literacy

• Understanding health information and using it for well-being.

Critical Thinking

• Evaluating information objectively to form a judgment.

Habit

• Repeated action becoming automatic.

Physical Health

• Includes sleep, nutrition, water, and physical activity.

Mental Health

• Feelings about oneself, dealing with life, and processing information.

Social Health

• Interactions with others, friendships, cooperation, communication, respect, and self-care.

Holistic Health

• Interconnectedness of physical, social, and mental health.

Health Triangle

• Balanced physical, social, and mental health.

Health Education Components

• Attitude and behavior are crucial.

Personality

• Factors include heredity, environment, and personal behavior.

Risk Behaviors

• Actions potentially harming health.

Cumulative Risk

• Building negative consequences from prolonged risk behaviors.

Health Skills

• Skills promoting, maintaining, and improving all aspects of health.

Interpersonal Communication

• Exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs.

Effective Communication

• Clear expression, attention to delivery, and active listening.

Refusal Skills

• Skills to decline unhealthy or unwanted requests.

Priorities

• Perceived importance of tasks or things.

Reliable Health Information Sources

• Government websites (.gov or .org) and reputable sources like WebMD.

Decision-Making Process

• Steps for making healthful decisions.

H.E.L.P. Acronym

• Healthy, Ethical, Legal, Parent Approval.

Ethics

• Reflecting personal and family values in choices.

Values

• Ideas, beliefs, and attitudes guiding life choices.

Prejudice

• Rejection based on stereotypes.

Goal

• Aim requiring planning and effort.

SMART Goals

• Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-bound.

Good Character

• Outward expression of inner values, positively impacting others.
• Demonstrating good character includes actions impacting the home, school, and community.

Positive Role Model

• Their success or actions serve as an example.

Advocacy

• Taking action to influence others about health concerns or beliefs.
• Ways to advocate: speak up, research, educate, volunteer, contact officials, support organizations.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

• Meeting lower-level needs first for achieving self-actualization.
• Physiological needs are fundamental.

Self-Actualization

• Reaching one's full potential.

Warranty

• Company agreement for product repair/replacement/refund.

Fraud

• Selling worthless products claiming to address health issues.

Self-Concept

• Personal view of oneself.

Self-Directed Learner

• Criteria for health information (reliable, accurate, current).

Malpractice

• Failure by health professionals to meet accepted standards.

FDA Oversight

• Ensuring food, drug, and cosmetic safety.

World Health Organization

• Global health promotion.

Hospice

• Care and support for terminally ill patients and families.

Primary Care Physician

• Regular checkups.

Specialists

• Medical doctors specializing in specific conditions or diseases.

Explore the essential concepts of health education, including the dynamic nature of health, lifestyle factors, and critical thinking in health literacy. This quiz covers various dimensions of health—physical, mental, and social—highlighting the importance of a holistic approach. Test your understanding of how these components interact to contribute to overall well-being.