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38 Cards in this Set
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Which lifestyle factors is the leading preventable cause of death for americans?
A. alcohol consumption B. Cigarette smoking C. obesity |
B. cigarette smoking
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The terms health and wellness mean the same thing?
True/false |
False
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Which of the following health related issues affects the greatest number of college students each yr?
A. stress B. colds/ flu/ viruses C. sleep problems |
A. stress
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A persons genetic makeup determines whether he or she will develop certain diseases ( such as breast cancer), regardless of that persons health habits?
True/ false |
false
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the overall condition of a person's body or mind and to the presence or absence of illness or injury
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Health
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Refers to optimal health and vitality- to living life to its fullest.
Largely determined by the decisions you make about how you live. Not static. |
Wellness
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What are the 6 dimensions of wellness?
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Physical, Emotional, Intellectual, Interpersonal, Spiritual, and Environmental
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Includes not just your body's overall condition and the absence of disease but your fitness level and your ability to care for yourself.
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Physical Wellness
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Eating well, exercise, avoiding substances harmful to your body, and avoiding injuries.
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Physical Wellness
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Reflects your ability to understand and deal with your feelings. Involves attending to your thoughts and feelings, monitoring reactions, and identifying obstacles.
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Emotional Wellness
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Include optimism and trust, self-esteem, ability to understand and accept ones feelings, and ability to share feelings with others
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Emotional Wellness
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Constantly challenging their minds. They detect problems, find solutions, and direct behaviors.
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Intellectual Wellness
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These people never stop learning, they are curious, open to new ideas, and think critically.
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Intellectual Wellness
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Defined by your ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive relationships.
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Interpersonal Wellness
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Include communication skills, capacity for intimacy, ability to cultivate support system of friends and family
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Interpersonal Wellness
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To possess a set of guiding beliefs, principles, or values that give meaning and purpose to your life, esp in difficult times.
Religion, nature, art |
Spiritual Wellness
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Include compassion, forgiveness, altruism, and a sense of meaning and purpose
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Spiritual Wellness
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Defined by the livability of your surroundings (clean, safe environment)
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Environmental Wellness
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Include abundant clean natural resources, sustainable development, recycling, reducing pollution and waste as much as possible
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Environment Wellness
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The 6 dimensions of wellness are _____, meaning each has an effect on the others. they are continuously influencing and begin influenced by one another.
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Interrelated
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What were the life expectancies in 1900 and in 2000?
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1900- 47 yrs
2000- 77 yrs |
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a disease that can spread from one person to person, caused by microorganisms such as bacteria ad viruses.
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Infectious disease
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What were the 3 leading causes of death in the 1900's?
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Infectious disease (pneumonia, TB, or diarrhea), poor environmental conditions (water pollution, poor sanitary systems), and poor maternal health problems
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of the 78.1 years of life expectancy, how many are healthy and how many are impaired?
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66.4- healthy
11.7- impaired |
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What are the 3 leading causes of death in the US today?
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Heart disease, cancer, and stroke
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Accidents (motor or other), homicide, suicide, and cancer
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The top leading causes of death in Americans, ages 15- 24
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Tobacco, obesity,alcohol, microbial agents, toxic agents, motor vehicles, and firearms.
What are these? |
These are the key contributors to death among americans
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Their mission is to have a society in which all people live long, healthy lives. There are 42 topic areas, include Nutrition and weight, sleep health, and cancer
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Healthy People 2020
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Their goals:
1. attain high quality, longer lives free of disease, disability, injury, and premature death 2. achieve healthy equity, eliminate disparities 3. social and physical environment that promotes good health |
Goals of Healthy People 2020.
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What are some health issues for diverse populations?
disease rates can vary in different populations |
Ethnicity, sex and gender, income and education, disability status, geographic location, and sexual orientation
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Health habits and behaviors, cultural influences, heredity and family history, environment, access to health care, and family's income are all facts that influence what?
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They influence health wellness
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The belief in one's ability to take action and perform a specific task
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Self- efficacy
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This model helps you move through distinct stages as you work to change your target behavior
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Stages of Change
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What are the stages of change?
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Precontemplation
Contemplation Preparation Action Maintenance and Termination |
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How do you build motivation to change?
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Examine pros and cons, boosting self-efficacy (visualization and self talk), and identifying and overcoming change
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1.Monitor behavior and gather data
2. analyze data and identify patterns 3. Be 'SMART' about setting goals 4. devise plan of action 5. make personal contract |
Steps in developing skills for change: Creating a personalized plan
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What is the 'SMART' criteria?
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S-specific (avoid vague goals)
M-measurable (progress will be easier to track if goals are quantified) A-attainable (set goals within limits) R-realistic (manage expectations) T-time frame specific (give yourself reasonable time to reach goal) |
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To start and maintain a behavior change program you need 4 things, what are they?
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Commitment, well-developed plan, social support, and a system of rewards
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