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4.1.5 Practice: Personal Health Plan | | 4.1.5 Practice: Personal Health Plan | Practice Assignment | Health Opportunities through Physical Education (HOPE) Sem 1 (S3767283) Celyssia Nieves... Points possible: 40 Date: 10/24/2016 Question 1 You will be using what you've learned in this lesson to develop a personal wellness plan to help protect yourself from both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Start by identifying controllable and uncontrollable risk factors for disease. | Communicable | Controllable | Getting vaccinations for childhood diseases | Abstaining from sexual behavior to not get an STD | Keeping good hygiene | Putting on bug spray before leaving the house to avoid bug bites that may carry illness | Not going to school when you are really sick so you don’t spread it to other classmates | Noncommunicable | Controllable | Amount of exercise and sleep one has | Smoking | Eating a nutritious diet to help prevent certain disease and blood problems | Obesity | Getting blood tests and health screenings Question 2 Use the chart to differentiate between some of the lifelong effects of positive and negative health behaviors. | Behavior | Regular visits to family doctor | Nutritious diet | Regular handwashing | 150 minutes of weekly medium-intensity workouts | Complete set of childhood vaccinations | Diet high in dairy, fatty meats, and processed foods | Drinking alcohol in excess | Smoking cigarettes | Drinking four sodas a day Question 3 Analyze the cost and accessibility of local health care services, including dental care. 1. Complete the chart with information about the cost and accessibility of local health care services. 2. How do you think having health insurance will impact a person's health? 3. Research cost-effective health insurance plans. Describe two plans. 4. In your situation, should purchasing health insurance be an individual decision or a collaborative decision with your family? Explain your response. a. b. Having health insurance is beneficial to the person who has it because they would be more likely to go to doctor’s and won’t go into debt from financial medical bills. They could prolong their health and get diagnoses for symptoms that plague them. They’ll be treated for these illnesses which is good for their overall health. c. d. Purchasing health insurance should always be an individual decision unless you have a family. If you have a family, then it should be a collaborative decision to decide what supports each of your individual needs. If you live alone, it should be an individual decision because you will not have any other people to support or to fulfill needs. Question 4 Describe the types of regular medical and dental checkups, screenings, and tests that would help you avoid disease. Question 5 Describe a plan for personal wellness. Include in your plan how you can help prevent disease and access health care and medical services at different stages of life. Make sure your plan is adaptable to changing health needs based on genetics, family history, and personal health behaviors. | Age | Health insurance | | | 0 – 12 | HumanaOne under Family Coverage, Holder Insurance, or Medicaid that covers children. | | | 12 – 19 | HumanaOne under Family Coverage, Holder Insurance, or Medicaid that covers children and teenagers. | | | 19 – 40 | HumanaOne under Family Coverage or Individual Coverage, Holder Insurance, or any other health insurance that is provided by work or that you pay for yourself. | | | 40 – 65 | HumanaOne offers life insurance and plans that cover older individuals, and does so based on their needs. Holder Insurance or any other health insurance that is provided by work or that you pay for yourself. Retirement benefits might include health insurance. | | | 65 and over | HumanaOne offers life insurance and plans that cover older individuals, and does so based on their needs. Holder Insurance or any other health insurance that you pay for yourself. Retirement benefits might include health insurance. | | Question 6 Your environment can affect your health. Now that you have made a personal wellness plan, consider how you can make your environment "well." 1. How do you think ideas about what is normal or good in your community influence how people treat the environment around them? 2. Research at least one way that your environment influences your health and different ways that you can lessen your negative impact on and improve your environment. Describe your findings and cite your sources here. 3. Do you think it is important to involve health, wellness, education, safety, and business professionals in plans for improving the health of the environment? Explain your answer. 4. Develop a long-term plan describing how you can positively impact your environment. Describe your plan here. [Show More]

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