1. Chapter 2
Taking Charge of Your
Health

2. 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)

3. 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

4. Communication…
Interpersonal Communication:
exchange of thoughts, feelings, and
beliefs between two or more
people.
 Helps build strong relationships

5. 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

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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*

9. Analyzing Influences
Why do you do the things you do?
 Personal Values
 Beliefs
 Perceptions
 Curiosity/Fear
 Family/Culture
Media/Technology
 Friends/Peers
 School and Community

10. Self-Management Skills
 Self-Management: taking charge of your
own health to promote your own well-being
 Practice healthful behaviors
 Manage Stress

11. Managing Stress
Stress: 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

12. 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?

13. 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!

14. 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.

15. Decision Making Process
H.E.L.P.
H- Healthful
E- Ethical
L- Legal
P- Parent Approval

16. 6 steps of Decision Making
1. 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

17. 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.

18. Reaching your Goals
 Action Plan: a multi-step strategy to
identify and achieve your goals.

19. 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

20. Hidden Messages in
Advertising
Bandwagon
 Example: Group of people using a
product or service
 Hidden Message: Everyone is using it, and
you should too

21. Rich and Famous
 Example: Product displayed in expensive
homes
 Hidden Message: It will make you feel rich
and famous

22. Free Gifts
 Example: Redeemable coupons for
merchandise
 Hidden Message: It’s too good a deal to
pass up

23. Great Outdoors
 Example: Scenes of nature
 Hidden Message: If it’s associated with
nature, it must be healthy

24. Good Times
 Example: People smiling and laughing
 Hidden Message: The product will add fun
to your life

25. Testimonial
 Example: People for whom a product has
worked
 Hidden Message: It worked for them, so it
will work for you too

26. Evaluating Products
Comparison shopping: judging the
benefits of different products by
comparing several factors, such as
quality, features, and cost.

27. Evaluating Products
 Cost and Quality
 Features
Warranty
 Safety
 Recommendation

28. Managing Consumer Products 2.4
 Health Fraud Terms:
 Natural
 Toxic
 Money-back guarantee
 Scientific breakthrough
 Testimonials
 No-risk
 Ancient remedy
 Miraculous cure

29. Resolving Consumer Problems
Consumer 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

30. Health Fraud
Health 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’.

31. 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