Lecture 3Practice HappinessShawn Achor’s Tips to the brain:Gratitude listJournalingMeditationNatureConscious acts of kindnessPraise OthersConscious acts of kindness:Praise othersHealth and WellnessHealth state of complete physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-beingWellnessprocess of adapting patterns of behavior that can lead to improved healthDimensions of Wellness:SocialPhysicalOccupationalIntellectualEnvironmentalSpiritualEmotionalThe wellness continuum:The Ecological Model of Health and Wellness:Addresses interrelationship between individual and environmentIndividual has unique set of characteristics, including genetics, age, and knowledgeEnvironment is your relationships with people, and community affiliationsMany social determinants of health influence the options you have and the choices you makeGenetic Inheritance:Conditions caused by interactions among one or more genes and the environment are called multifactors disordersAccount for the majority of illnesses and death in the developed worldHeart disease is one example of a multifactorial diseaseContributions of theEnvironment and Genetics:What Can You Learn FromYour Health Tree?An early onset of disease is more likely tohave a genetic componentThe appearance of a disease in multipleindividuals on the same side of the family is more likely to have a genetic correlationThe Health Belief Model:Health behaviors are influenced by:Perceived susceptibility (risk of a problem)Perceived seriousness of consequencesPerceived benefits of specific actionPerceived barriers to taking actionAll these considerations enter into yourdecision-making process when makinghealth-related behavior change decisionsThe stages of change model:The Stages of Change Model takes intoaccount thinking, feelings, behaviors, relationships, and many other factorsChange is a process that includes:PrecontemplationContemplationPreparationActionMaintenanceTerminationHealth Related Behavior Choices:Health related behavior choices are the actions you take and decisions you make that affect your health:Physical choicesMental choicesEmotional choicesSpiritual choicesCreating a Behavior Change PlanAccept responsibility for your own health and make a commitment to changeTo do this:Set goalsDevelop action stepsIdentify benefitsIdentify positive enablersSign a behavior change contractCreate benchmarksAssess accomplishments and revise, if necessaryBeing an Informed Consumer of Health InformationDeveloping health literacyAbility to read, understand, and act on healthinformationAs many as eighty million American adults havelimited health literacy skillsHealth risk: probability of exposure to a hazardthat can result in negative consequencesUnderstanding medical research studiesFormal studies include basic medical research,clinical studies, and epidemiological studiesCareful consideration of health recommendationsinvolves asking a series of critical questionsSelf and communityPublic health is a discipline that focuses on the health of populations of people, rather than individualsHealth promotionDisease preventionCommunity health aims to improve the health of those people within a defined communityPublic health officials need to understand demographicsThe Healthy PeopleInitiativeLeading health indicators: priority public healthissues to be targetedNutrition, Physical Activity and ObesityMaternal, Infant, and Child HealthTobaccoSubstance AbuseReproductive and Sexual HealthMental HealthInjury and ViolenceEnvironmental QualityClinical Preventative ServicesAccess to Health CareOral HealthSocial Determinants of HealthIndividual Choice Versus Societal ResponsibilityWhen choosing a personal behavior or supporting or opposing a public policy:What is the risk to the individual and/or thecommunity?How strong is the opposition to restrictions?What is the evidence that restriction will impactbehavior?Use these questions to make reasoned, responsible decisions*Empower yourself to practice happinessSPH-R 142 1st Edition Lecture 3Practice Happiness Shawn Achor’s Tips to the brain:-Gratitude list-Journaling -Meditation-Nature-Conscious acts of kindness-Praise OthersConscious acts of kindness:-Praise others-Health and Wellness-Health state of complete physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being-Wellnessprocess of adapting patterns of behavior that can lead to improved health Dimensions of Wellness:-Social-Physical-Occupational-Intellectual-Environmental -Spiritual -EmotionalThe wellness continuum:The Ecological Model of Health and Wellness:-Addresses interrelationship between individual and environmentoIndividual has unique set of characteristics, including genetics, age, and knowledgeoEnvironment is your relationships with people, and communityaffiliations-Many social determinants of health influence the options you have and the choices you makeGenetic Inheritance:-Conditions caused by interactions among one or more genes and the environment are called multifactors disordersoAccount for the majority of illnesses and death in the developed worldoHeart disease is one example of a multifactorial diseaseContributions of theEnvironment and Genetics:What Can You Learn FromYour Health Tree?-An early onset of disease is more likely tohave a genetic component-The appearance of a disease in multipleindividuals on the same sideof the family is more likely to have a genetic correlationThe Health Belief Model:-Health behaviors are influenced by:oPerceived susceptibility (risk of a problem)oPerceived seriousness of consequencesoPerceived benefits of specific actionoPerceived barriers to taking action-All these considerations enter into yourdecision-making process when makinghealth-related behavior change decisionsThe stages of change model:-The Stages of Change Model takes intoaccount thinking, feelings, behaviors, relationships, and many other factors-Change is a process that includes:oPrecontemplationoContemplationoPreparationoActionoMaintenanceoTerminationHealth Related Behavior Choices:-Health related behavior choices are the actions you take and decisions you make that affect your health:oPhysical choicesoMental choicesoEmotional choicesoSpiritual choices Creating a Behavior Change Plan-Accept responsibility for your own health and make a commitment to change -To do this:oSet goalsoDevelop action stepsoIdentify benefitsoIdentify positive enablersoSign a behavior change contractoCreate benchmarksoAssess
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