Alternate Health unit Vocab.

2. A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness.
4. Is a goal that you plan to reach over an extended period of time.
5. Is the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands.
7. The providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choices.
9. Skills that help an individual handle stress in a healthful, effective way.
11. life skills, are specific tools and strategies that help you maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health.
12. Is the act of becoming aware through the senses.
15. Are related risk, the increase in effect with each added risk.
16. Is the combination of physical, mental / emotional, and social well-being.
18. Are steps that enable you to make a healthful decision.
21. Is the process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving.
28. Refers to the collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.
29. 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.
30. Is something that you aim for that takes planning and work.
31. Is avoiding harmful behaviors.
32. Is the sum of your surroundings.
34. Is the condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen.
35. Is taking action to influence others to support a health-related belief.

1. Are people of the same age who share similar interests.
3. Conditions that shield individuals from the negative consequences of exposure to risk.
6. Is someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for others
8. Is the exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people.
10. Is anything that causes stress.
13. Is a nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the United States.
14. Refers to all the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents.
17. Are actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.
19. Ways to deal with or overcome the negative effects of stress.
20. A multistep strategy to identify and achieve your goals.
22. Distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
23. Is a goal that you can reach in a short period of time.
24. Practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury.
25. Is the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis.
26. An overall state of well-being, or total health.
27. Is the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live.
33. The various methods of communicating information.