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• Emotional health


  Your ability to cope with both positive and negative emotions, which includes your awareness of them
• "me vs myself" conflicts begin because of poor health in one of these areas

  • Expression of feelings
  • Coping skills
  • Stress management
  • Anger control
  • Self concept
  • Self-esteem
  • Personality
• Understanding who you are


  Ability to perceive and understand the things that make you who you are as an individual, including your personality, actions, values, beliefs, emotions, and thoughts
• Pre-frontal cortex


  • Responsible for long term decision making and doesn't finishing maturing until the mid 20's
• Self-concept


  Accurately be aware of their strengths and weaknesses and try to improve them
• Self-esteem


  The way you feel about your body, your mind, your emotions, and your interactions
• Self confidence


  A person's belief in his or her strengths and abilities
• Positive attitudes


  Lead you to practice behaviors that promote your health
• Negative thoughts and feelings

  May lead you to behave in ways that harm your mental and emotional health
• Emotions associated with grief


  • Shock and denial
  • Anger and resentment
  • Hurt
  • Inadequacy
  • Fear and anxiety
  • Guilt
  • Depression
  • Acceptance
  • Happiness
• Love/Empathy


  Involves strong affection, deep concern, and respect
• Fear/Guilt


  Being startled by someone or something/"Fight or Flight"
• Anger


  Common reaction to being emotionally hurt or physically harmed
• Nutrition


  The process of taking in food and using it for growth, metabolism, and repair
• Organ Functions


  • Lungs: provide oxygen to blood
  • Heart: circulates blood throughout the body
  • Stomach: helps digest food
  • Intestines: absorb nutrients from food
  • Liver: removes toxins from blood and processes nutrients from food
  • Kidneys: filter blood of waste and extra fluid
• Macronutrients


  • Proteins
  • Carbohydrates
  • Fats
• Water-Soluble Vitamins


  • Vitamin B1 (thiamine)
  • Vitamin B2 (riboflavin)
  • Vitamin B3 (niacin)
  • Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid)
  • Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine)
  • Vitamin B7 (biotin)
  • Vitamin B9 (folate)
  • Vitamin B12 (cobalamin)
  • Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)
• Fat-Soluble Vitamins


  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin K
• Macrominerals


  • Calcium
  • Phosphorus
  • Magnesium
  • Sodium
  • Chloride
  • Potassium
  • Sulfur
• Trace minerals


  • Iron
  • Manganese
  • Copper
  • Zinc
  • Iodine
  • Fluoride
  • Selenium
• Nutrition Problems


  • Deficiencies
  • Toxicities
• Nutrition Issues During Adolescence

  • Unhealthy eating habits
  • Undernutrition and pregnancy
  • Obesity
  • Micronutrient deficiency
  • Eating Disorders
• Iron deficiency


  Common among preschool children, menstruating women and vegans
• Toxicities


  Most likely to occur with large doses of the fat soluble vitamins A, D, E and K since these nutrients can be stored in your liver and fatty tissues
• Eating Disorders


  • Bulimia nervosa
  • Anorexia nervosa
• Sexual and reproductive health (SRH)


  A field of research, health care, and social activism that explores the health of an individual's reproductive system and sexual well-being during all stages of their life
• Contraception


  • Natural and Traditional Method
  • Barrier Method
  • Intra Uterine Device (IUD)
  • Oral Contraceptives
  • Injection And Implants
  • Surgical Method
• Infertility


  A disease of the male or female reproductive system defined by the failure to achieve a pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs)


  Diseases or infections which are transmitted through sexual intercourse
• Types of Sexuality


  • Straight/Heterosexual
  • Gay/Homosexual
  • Lesbian
  • Bisexual
  • Pansexual
  • Polysexual
  • Asexual
• Solitary behaviors


  • Sexual fantasy
  • Sexual dreams
  • Masturbation
• Sociosexual Behaviors


  • Sexual intercourse
• Commonly Sexually Transmitted Infections

  • Chlamydia
  • Gonorrhea
  • Herpes
  • HIV/AIDS
  • HPV/Genital Warts
  • Public lice
  • Syphilis
  • Trichomoniasis
• Stages of Pregnancy


  • Pre-pregnancy signs and symptoms
  • During Your Third Trimester
  • Post Pregnancy Health Issues
• Responsible Parenthood


  • What you do matters
  • You cannot be too loving
  • Be involved in your child's life
  • Foster your child's independence
  • Be consistent
  • Avoid harsh discipline
  • Adapt your parenting to fit your child
  • Establish and set rules
  • Explain your rules and decisions
  • Treat your child with respect