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Taking Charge of Your Health
Chapter One
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Wellness: The New Health Goal
• Wellness – Optimal health and vitality…
• The Dimensions of Wellness– Social – Physical– Emotional– Career– Intellectual– Environmental– Spiritual– Multi-cultural
• The eight dimensions of wellness interact continuously influencing and being influenced by one another.
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New Opportunities, New Responsibilities
• 1900’s versus Today
• Infectious disease– A disease that is communicable from
one person to another…
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Health Issues for Diverse Populations
• Sex and gender• Ethnicity• Income and Education• Disability• Geographic Location• Sexual Orientation
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Factors That Influence Wellness
• Health habits• Heredity/Family history• Environment• Access to Health care
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A Wellness Profile• Sense of responsibility• Managing stress• Mentally healthy• Relationships/sexuality• Toxins• Diet/Exercise• Health care system• Understanding illness• Natural process of aging• Understanding the environment
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Getting Serious About Your Health
• Examine current health habits• Choose a target behavior• Obtain information about your target
behavior• Find outside help
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Building Motivation for Change
• Examine the pros and cons of change• Boosting self-efficacy
– Locus of control• Internal control versus external control
– Visualization– Self-Talk– Role models and social support
• Identify and overcome key barriers to change
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Developing Skills for Change: Creating Personalized Plan
1. Monitor your behavior and gather data2. Analyze the data and identify patterns3. Set realistic and specific goals4. Devise a strategy or plan of action
– Supplies– Modify you environment– Rewards
5. Make a commitment by signing a personal contract
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Putting Your Plan Into Action
• Staying with it• Social influences• Levels of motivation and
commitment• Choice of techniques and level of
effort• Stress barriers• Games people play
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Being Healthy For Life
• Making changes in your world• What does the future hold?
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