1. Health and Wellness
Day 6
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Let’s refresh our memories with the
continuums!
Go over homework sheets.
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Family history

2. I can…
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Understand and apply my knowledge of risk factors
(hereditary, behavioural, environmental) to my own
assessment of health.
Identify important influences on my health and describe:
a) why it is an important influence;
b) what effect this influence has on adolescents and;
c) what this means for me personally (i.e. awareness and
prevention).
Summarize and assess their behaviour Inventory and propose
SMART ways to improve.

3. “WELLNESS CONTINUUM”
ILLNESS
WELLNESS
SYMPTOMS RISK FACTORS ELIMINATE RISKS ADOPT HEALTHY
LIFESTYLE
DISABILITY
OPTIMAL
HEALTH
DEATH
„AVERAGE‟
HEALTH
(no discernible illness or wellness)

4. Risk Factors affecting Health
Risk Factor
Explanation
Examples
Hereditary
The traits passed
biologically from
parents to child
Carrying
Environmental
The influence of the
physical and social
conditions
surrounding a person
Quality
Behavioural
Conditions resulting
from a person‟s
actions and decisions
Smoking
genes that
increase the risk of
mental illness, cancer,
diabetes, alcoholism
of drinking
water
Exposure to tobacco
smoke
Influence of friends,
family, or culture
Not
wearing seat belts
High-fat diet
Keeping feelings
“bottled up”

5. Health Behaviour Inventory
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Genetic, Behavioural, Environmental
What behaviours do you exhibit? Check
out this questionnaire…

6. …What can you do to
improve your behavioural
risk profile?

7. After the questionnaire…
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Please write a few sentences for each
dimension that talks about your behaviour
in each dimension.
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What did you score and why?
How can you improve?

8. What are the factors that influence our health
behaviour?
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We have explored the cultural influences on our health...
Brainstorm, discuss in pairs, and list in your books other
influences.
Internal Influences: Thoughts and emotions, such as likes and
dislikes, curiosity, fears and hereditary factors, what you feel is
right or wrong.
External Influences: Situations or settings, such as family
members, media/advertising, peers, culture/ethnicity,
geographical location, societal pressure and technology.

9. Influences
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What are you most influenced by?
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How do you influence others’ health?

10. 
What are your environmental risk factors?

11. “Miss Representation”
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Media
Gender stereotypes…

12. HW
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Study for Wellness Test

13. Summative Assessment: Wellness Test
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Dimensions of Health
Cultural Differences of Health
Wellness Continuum
Risk Factors – behavoural, environmental, hereditary
Influences on our health – internal, external