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Solution Manuals for Access to Health, 12E Rebecca J. Donatelle

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Accessing Your Health Overview Health and wellness are active states that are deeply affected by one’s style of living. Being healthy requires us to make choices about our lives. These choices... include deciding which of our behaviors we should change and which of our behaviors should be maintained in order to maximize our health. Chapter 1 introduces us to a basic understanding of the concept of health, describing the six dimensions of health and helping the reader to understand how they relate to form a dynamic process of achieving one’s health potential. A major focus of Chapter 1 is the concept of healthy decision making. Several theories are discussed, including Prochaska and DiClemente’s “Stages of Change” model, and the Health Belief Model. These models are used throughout the text to help the student make healthy choices. Learning Objectives 1. Describe the immediate and long-term rewards of healthy behaviors and the effects that your health choices may have on others. 2. Compare and contrast the medical model of health and the public health model, and discuss the six dimensions of health. 3. Identify several personal factors that influence your health and classify them as modifiable or nonmodifiable. 4. Explain how aspects of the social and physical environment influence your health. 5. Discuss the importance of a global perspective on health, and explain how gender, racial, economic, and cultural factors influence health disparities. 6. Compare and contrast three models of behavior change. 7. Identify your own current risk behaviors, the factors that influence those behaviors, and the strategies you can use to change them. Lecture Outline I. Why Health, Why Now? A. Choose Health Now for Immediate Benefits 1. The subtle choices you make daily influence your life, your future, and the well-being of others. 2. Health is intimately linked to—and i [Show More]

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