Health Final Exam Study Guide

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering health dimensions, mental health disorders, decision-making, nutrition, and substance abuse as outlined in the Health Final Exam study guide.

Wellness

An active process through which people become aware of and make choices toward a more successful existence.

Spiritual Wellness

The way you find meaning, hope, inner peace, and comfort, such as having a set of values and beliefs.

Social Wellness

The way you get along with others, the ability to make friends, and showing respect for others.

Occupational Wellness

How an individual does in their career and how to keep a healthy relationship with their career, including working in a safe environment.

Emotional Wellness

Feelings about yourself, how you relate to others, and how well you meet the demands of life.

Intellectual Wellness

How we keep ourselves learning and in good cognitive condition, such as being open to exploring new things.

Environmental Wellness

How we take care and respect our environment and planet, with activities like recycling and composting.

Physical Wellness

The way that your body parts and systems work together, such as getting good rest to fuel daily activities.

Specific (SMART)

The first criteria in the SMART goal-setting framework, ensuring the goal is clearly defined.

Measurable (SMART)

The criteria in SMART goals used to track progress and determine when a goal has been reached.

Attainable (SMART)

Ensuring that a health goal is realistic and possible to achieve.

Relevant (SMART)

Ensuring the goal matters to the individual and aligns with other relevant goals.

Time-bound (SMART)

The criteria identifying the specific deadline or timeframe for a goal.

Decision-Making Process Steps

Identify the decision, gather information, identify alternatives, weigh the evidence, choose among alternatives, take action, and review your decision.

Mental Health

Pertains to our emotional, social, and psychological wellbeing; it determines how we regulate emotions, stress, and behaviors.

Emotional Health

A person's ability to handle, express, and accept their feelings, including coping with emotions to carry on with daily life.

ADHD

A mental health disorder characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and/or impulsivity.

Anxiety

A persistent feeling of anticipated stress that doesn’t go away and involves difficult to control fear and worries.

Depression

Constant and unending feelings of hopelessness; clinical diagnosis requires a depressive episode to persist for at least $2$ weeks.

Eating Disorders (Definition)

Disturbance in eating behaviors and unhealthy eating habits, such as binging, purging, or extreme restrictions, that are potentially harmful.

Substance Abuse

Addiction to drugs or alcohol which can affect health and the ability to function in daily life.

Chronic Stress

Persistent stress that can lead to exhaustion, impaired judgment, mood swings, a weakened immune system, and digestive issues.

Fight or Flight

An adrenaline response triggered when the body takes a perceived threat as a physical threat.

Violence

An action that causes physical harm.

Abuse

Persistent emotional and physical mistreatment.

Intensity (Warning Sign)

When a partner is insistently loving and very fast paced to the point it borders on obsessive.

Volatility (Warning Sign)

When a relationship has very high highs and very low lows, becoming an emotional roller coaster.

Belittling (Warning Sign)

When a partner makes hurtful comments or stories and refuses to accept that their actions were harmful.

Extreme Jealousy (Warning Sign)

When a partner becomes extremely possessive, mistrusting, or demands to know where you are at all times.

Isolation (Warning Sign)

When a partner insists that you only spend time with them, cutting you off from friends and family.

Vitamins

Compounds that help regulate your bodies daily functions.

Daily Teen Nutrition Habits

Getting at least $8-10$ hours of sleep, eating a balanced diet, and drinking at least half a gallon of water per day.

Teen Physical Activity Recommendations

At least $1$ hour of activity a day and exercising regularly to strengthen bones and muscles at least $3$ times a week.

Addiction

A compulsive disorder that prevents the user from regulating their use of a substance, involving intense cravings and changes to brain structure.

Alcoholism

The inability to regulate drinking habits and the compulsive use of alcohol.

Nicotine

A highly addictive drug or component found in and extracted from the tobacco plant.

Refusal Skills

Strategies used to avoid peer pressure, such as walking away or lying.

Peer Pressure

When teenagers or friends pressure someone directly or indirectly via the normalization of a decision.

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

Infections transmitted through sexual activity that are normally curable.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)

Diseases transmitted through sexual activity that cannot be cured.