Chapter 2 Lesson 1 1 Lesson 1 Building

Chapter 2 Lesson 1 1

Lesson 1 Building Health Skills 2

Learning Health Skills • Health Skills – Specific tools and strategies to maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health – aka Life Skills – help manage your health • • • Communication Refusal Conflict Resolution Accessing Information Analyzing Influences Practicing Healthful Behaviors Stress Management Advocacy Decision Making Goal Setting 3

Communication Skills • Good communication is a vital health skill • Carefully choose your words and expressions to clearly say what you really mean • Listening closely to others • Three health skills that deal with how you give and receive information – Interpersonal communication – Refusal skills – Conflict resolution 4

Interpersonal Communication • The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people – Use “I” messages to express your feelings – Communicate with respect and caring – Be an active listener 5

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 • Refusal Strategies that can HELP you say NO to potentially harmful activities: – – – Say NO in a FIRM voice Explain why Offer alternatives Stand your ground Leave if necessary 6

Conflict-Resolution Skills • The process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving – Stepping away from an argument – Allowing the conflict to subside – Using good interpersonal communication skills – Maintaining an attitude of respect for yourself as well as for the other person – Compromise • Both parties give up something but still gain a desired result 7

Influences on Your Health • Accessing Information – Use reliable sources • Health care providers and professionals • Valid Internet sites • Parents, guardians, other trusted adults • Recently published material • Analyzing Influences – Why do you do the things you do? – Personal values – Personal beliefs – Perceptions – Curiosity/Fear – Your family and Culture – Media and Technology – Friends and Peers – School and Community 8

Self-Management Skills • Taking charge of your own health • Protect your health and promote your own well-being • Self-Management Skills: – Practicing Healthful Behaviors (Figure 2. 4) – Managing Stress • Stress – The reaction of the body and mind to everday challenges and demands • Stress Management Skills – Skills that help you reduce and manage stress in your life 9

Advocacy • Taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief • Lets you share your health knowledge • Encourages others 10

Homework • Health Behaviors Checklist • Copy Figure 2. 4 – Which health habits do you practice every day? • List all the healthful strategies you used in the past week to relieve stress. Which ones were most helpful? 11