Taking Charge of Your Health

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Learning Health Skills

Specific tools and strategies to maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health

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Communication

You share your ideas and feelings and listen carefully when others express theirs

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Refusal

You say no to unhealthy behaviors

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Conflict Resolution

You resolve problems with others in healthy way

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Accessing Influences

You locate valid sources of health information, products, and services

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Analyzing Influences

You understand the many influences on your health, including peers, family, culture, media, and technology

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Practicing Healthful Behaviors

You act to reduce risks and protect yourself against illness and injury

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Stress Management

You use healthy strategies to reduce and manage stress in your life

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Advocacy

You work to improve your own health and the health of your family and community; taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belie

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Decision Making

You use a step-by-step process to evaluate your options and make healthy choices

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Goal Setting

You set goals and develop a plan to achieve them

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“I” Messages

Expressing your feelings in a way that focuses on your emotions instead of blame on the other person

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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

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Steps to the Decision-Making Process

Steps that enable you to make a healthful decision

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HELP Strategy

  • H (Healthful): Does this choice present any health risks?

  • E (Ethical): Does this choice reflect what you value?

  • L (Legal): Does this option violate any local, state, or federal laws?

  • P (Parent Approval): Would your parents or guardians approve of this choice?

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SMART Goal Setting

  • Specific: Identify your reasons for wanting to achieve this goal

  • Measurable: Determine how long it will take you to achieve the goal

  • Attainable: Be honest with yourself. Are you capable of attaining the goal?

  • Relevant: Does the goal help you achieve something that is relevant to you?

  • Timely: What is your timeframe for achieving the goal? What is your action plan to meet that deadline?

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Long Term Goal

A goal that you plan to reach over an extended period

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Short Term Goal

A goal that you can reach in a short period of time

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Values

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Morals

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Action Plan

A multi-step strategy to identify and achieve your goals

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Health Team Members

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Consumer Health

Shopping smart to make choices about health products and services

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Health Consumer

Someone who purchases or uses health products or services

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Advertising

A written or spoken media message designed to interest consumers in purchasing a product or service

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Comparison Shopping

Judging the benefits of different products by comparing several factors, such as quality, features, and cost

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Warranty

A company's or a store's written agreement to repair a product or refund your money if the product does not function properly

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Consumer Advocates

People or groups whose sole purpose is to take on regional, national, and even international consumer issues

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Malpractice

Failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards

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Health Fraud

People or groups whose sole purpose is to take on regional, national, and even international consumer issues

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