Health Choices and Behavior

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Health Choices and Behavior

• Wellness and Your Choices

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Health and Wellness

• Health- a range of states with physical, mental,
  emotional, spiritual, and social components.
• Wellness- maximum well-being the top of the
  range of health states

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Physical Health Yesterday and Today

• Infectious Diseases- Diseases that are caused by
  infecting organisms
• Examples smallpox and polio
• Lifestyle Choices- Diseases that are made likely
  by neglect of the body
• Examples heart disease, cancer, diabetes
• Lifestyle Diseases Choices made daily of how to
  treat the body and mind
• Examples what we eat, and when to exercise

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Portrait of a Well Person

• Emotional, Mental, and Spiritual
• Maintains a strong self
• Is willing to accept new ideas and try new
  behaviors
• Handles setbacks without loss of self-esteem
• Feels life has meaning
• Lives by a set of strong values

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• Physical Health
• Sleeps enough to function well
• Maintains appropriate weight
• Does not abuse any drugs including alcohol and
  tobacco

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• Social Health
• Develops supportive friendships
• Effectively resolves conflicts
• Can form a successful long-term partnership
• Socializes well with the others without the
  influence of drugs and alcohol

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Making Behavior Changes

• Motivation- the force that moves people to act
• Drives- motivation that comes naturally from
  instincts
• Examples Hunger, thirst, fear

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Motivation Shaped by 4 factors

• The value of the reward- how big is the reward
• Its timing- how soon will the reward come
• The costs- what will be the risk or consequences
  of seeking the reward
• Its probability- how likely is the reward, and
  how certain the price

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Action Goal Setting

• 6 Steps to goal setting
• Pick a goal
• List three behaviors
• Preparation
• My time commitment
• How Ill measure my progress
• Reward

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Commitment

• Commitment- a decision adhered to for the
  long-term
• Will- a persons intent which leads to action
• Self-efficacy- a persons belief in his or her
  ability to succeed at the task at hand