Chapter 2 Review and Assessment Chapter Summary As you grow older, you will become more responsible for the decisions you make. The best way to make healthy decisions is to use the decision-making process, which consists of six steps: define the decision or problem, explore all alternatives, consider the consequences, identify the best alternative, decide and act, and evaluate the decision. Another key skill is setting goals. Goals should be SMART, or specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely. To set a goal, assess the situation, identify a specific and realistic goal, define the actions you must take to achieve it, set a reasonable time line, act on your goal, monitor your progress, and reward yourself. You need reliable health information to make healthy decisions. To locate health information, use the internet, talk to a professional, or visit a library. Reliable websites contain .gov, .edu, or .org in the URL and feature expert authors and current information. They are not funded by businesses that earn a profit or organizations that promote a cause. Credible health information is based in science, which is repeatable. This means other sources should confirm what one source says. To apply health information, analyze advertisements critically, read labels on health products, and comparison-shop when choosing health products and services. Health services in the US are delivered by primary care physicians (PCPs) and specialists, and insurance helps people pay for services. Some states allow minors to consent to specific services. It is important to get an annual physical or wellness exam. You should seek emergency healthcare for certain symptoms, such as a high, uncontrollable fever difficulty breathing uncontrollable bleeding or headache vomiting or diarrhea that lasts more than one day and fainting or unconsciousness. You also need emergency healthcare for head injuries, broken bones, puncture wounds, animal bites, venomous snake bites, and burns that blister or char the skin. Community and world health both affect your health. The health of a community is affected by societal and environmental factors, such as income, education, physical layout, population, and pollution. To promote community health, you can use community resources, participate in community service, and support environmental justice. Public health and world health are concerned with larger populations. The US government has several national public health goals. Federal health organizations help research and share health information and regulate health products and services. Vocabulary Activity Draw a cartoon for one of the terms shown. The cartoon should express the meaning of the term. After you finish drawing, find a partner and exchange cartoons. Take turns explaining to each other how your cartoons show the meaning of the term you chose. advocate alternatives collaborative decision-making community health community resources community service consumer decision-making process emergency healthcare environmental justice Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food desert goal health fraud health literacy health promotion healthcare inpatient facilities lifelong learning minors organ donation outpatient facilities preventive healthcare primary care physician (PCP) pseudoscience public health science SMART goal specialists values world health Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. 64 Unit 1 Promoting a Lifetime of Health and Wellness