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Lesson 1
Building Health Skills
Taking responsibility for your health begins with a
commitment to take charge of your actions and behaviors
in a way that reduces risks and promotes wellness.
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Lesson Objectives
In this lesson, you will learn to:
Demonstrate communication skills in building and maintaining
healthy relationships.
Demonstrate refusal strategies and conflict resolution skills.
Apply self-management strategies.
Analyze influences on behavior.
Develop evaluation criteria for health information.
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Building Health Skills
Health Skills
The first step in taking responsibility for your health is to develop
health skills.
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Interpersonal Skills
Interpersonal Communication
One of the traits of a health-literate individual is having effective
communication skills. Interpersonal communication involves not
only making yourself heard but also being a good listener.
Effective communication skills involve:
Clearly saying what you mean.
Paying attention to how you say something.
Being a good listener.
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Interpersonal Skills
Refusal Skills
Refusal skills can be used to handle situations in which you are
asked do something that you know is harmful or wrong.
Sometimes you must reinforce your decision to say no.
Say NO in a firm voice.
Explain why.
Suggest alternatives.
Use appropriate body language.
Leave if necessary.
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Interpersonal Skills
Conflict Resolution Skills
In addition to practicing effective refusal skills, it is important
to develop and apply strategies for dealing with conflicts or
disagreements and avoiding violence.
The key to conflict resolution is respecting others’ rights and
your own.
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Interpersonal Skills
Steps When Dealing with a Conflict Situation
Take time to calm
down and think
through the situation.
When discussing the
conflict, speak calmly
and listen attentively,
asking questions when
appropriate.
Use a polite tone and
try to brainstorm
solutions where no
one loses respect.
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Self-Management Skills
Practicing Healthful Behaviors
Eat nutritious foods.
Get regular medical and
dental checkups.
Express your feelings in
healthful ways.
Build your self-esteem.
Maintain healthy
relationships.
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Self-Management Skills
Managing Stress
Stress, the body’s and mind’s reactions to everyday demands,
is a natural part of life.
Learning stress management will become increasingly
important as you assume more responsibility for your health
and take on additional roles as an adult.
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Analyzing Influences
Factors Influencing Your Health
Internal Influences
External Influences
Internal influences include your knowledge, values,
likes, dislikes, and desires.
These are based on your experiences and your
perspective on life.
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Accessing Information
Reliable Sources of Health Information
Parents, guardians, and other
trusted adults
Library resources
Reliable Internet sites
Newspapers and magazines
Government agencies and health
organizations
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Advocacy
What Is Advocacy?
Advocacy enables you to positively influence the health of
those around you.
You can help others become informed and publicly support
health causes that concern and interest you.
Encouraging family, friends, peers, and community members to
practice healthful behaviors is one way to practice health
advocacy.
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Quick Review
Choose the appropriate option.
Q. _____ is a responsible role in
which you influence others’ health
behaviors.
1. Stress
management
2. Character
3. Interpersonal
communication
4. Advocacy
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Quick Review - Answer
A. Advocacy is a responsible role in which you influence
others’ health behaviors.
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Quick Review
Provide a short answer to the question given below.
Q. List five refusal strategies.
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Quick Review - Answer
A. Five refusal strategies:
1. Say NO in a firm voice.
2. Explain why.
3. Suggest alternatives.
4. Use appropriate body language.
5. Leave if necessary.
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Quick Review
Provide a short answer to the question given below.
Q. What is stress management? Identify three ways to reduce
the effects of stress.
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Quick Review - Answer
A. Stress management is a way of dealing with or overcoming
the negative effects of stress. Some strategies for managing
stress are:
Engaging in physical activity
Listening to soothing music
Managing time effectively
Taking a warm bath
Laughing
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Quick Review
Provide a suitable explanation.
What are two ways you could show support for a health cause or
organization?
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Quick Review - Answer
A. Correct! Advocacy is a responsible role in which you
influence others’ health behaviors.
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Quick Review - Answer
You have answered the question incorrectly. Go back to try
again, or click Next to view the correct answer.
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Analyzing Influences
Factors Influencing Your Health
Internal Influences
External Influences
External influences come from outside sources.
These include your family, your friends and peers,
your environment, your culture, laws, and the
media.
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Building Health Skills
Health Skills
The first step in taking responsibility for your health is to develop
health skills.
A health skill is a
specific tool and
strategy that helps you
maintain, protect, and
improve all aspects of
your health.
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Interpersonal Skills
Interpersonal Communication
One of the traits of a health-literate individual is having effective
communication skills. Interpersonal communication involves not
only making yourself heard but also being a good listener.
Effective communication skillsInterpersonal
involve:
communication is the
Clearly saying what you mean.
exchange of thoughts,
feelings,
and
beliefs
Paying attention to how
you say
something.
between two or more
Being a good listener.people.
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Interpersonal Skills
Refusal Skills
Refusal skills can be used to handle situations in which you are
asked do something that you know is harmful or wrong.
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your body
values.
Leave if necessary.
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Interpersonal Skills
Conflict Resolution Skills
In addition to practicing effective refusal skills, it is important
to develop and apply strategies for dealing with conflicts or
disagreements and avoiding violence.
The key to conflict resolution is respecting others’ rights and
your own.
Conflict
resolution is the
process of ending a
conflict through
cooperation and
problem solving.
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Self-Management Skills
Managing Stress
Stress, the body’s and mind’s reactions to everyday demands,
is a natural part of life.
Learning stress management will become increasingly
important as you assume more responsibility for your health
and take on additional roles as an adult.
Stress
management is a
way of dealing with
or overcoming the
negative effects of
stress.
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Advocacy
What Is Advocacy?
Advocacy enables you to positively influence the health of
those around you.
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others become
informed and publicly support
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health causes
that
concern and interest you.
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