Instructor's Manual
(Lecture Notes Only)
For
An Invitation to Health
21st Edition
By
Lisa Tunks
, Instructor Manual: Lisa Tunks, An Invitation to Health, Edition: 21, Core ISBN 9780357973707;
Chapter 1: Taking Charge of Your Health
Instructor Manual
Lisa Tunks, An Invitation to Health, Edition: 21, Core ISBN 9780357973707;
Chapter 1: Taking Charge of Your Health
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Purpose and Perspective of the Chapter .......................................................................... 2
Chapter Objectives ............................................................................................................. 2
Complete List of Chapter Activities and Assessments .................................................... 2
Key Terms ........................................................................................................................... 3
Chapter Outline ................................................................................................................... 4
Additional Discussion Questions ....................................................................................... 9
Additional Activities and Assignments ............................................................................. 11
Additional Resources ........................................................................................................ 14
External Playlist: ...................................................................................................................... 14
Review Question Answer Key: ......................................................................................... 14
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PURPOSE AND PERSPECTIVE OF THE CHAPTER
The purpose of this chapter is to help students live more fully, more happily, more
healthily and hopefully longer. You will learn major characteristics of healthy
behaviors that can contribute to your health, as well as what can contribute to health
disparities among Americans. Ways to make healthful changes and the importance of
the power of prevention will be explored.
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES
The following objectives are addressed in this chapter:
1.1 Define health and wellness.
1.2 Outline the dimensions of health.
1.3 Assess the current health status of Americans.
1.4 Discuss health disparities based on sex and race.
1.5 Evaluate the health behaviors of undergraduates.
1.6 Describe the impact of habits formed in college on future health.
1.7 Evaluate health information for accuracy and reliability.
1.8 Explain the influences on behavior that support or impede healthy change.
1.9 Identify the stages of change.
COMPLETE LIST OF CHAPTER ACTIVITIES AND ASSESSMENTS
The following table organizes activities and assessments by objective, so that you can
see how all of this content relates to objectives and make decisions about which
content you would like to emphasize in your class based on your objectives.
Chapter Activity/Assessment Source (i.e., PPT Duration
Objective slide, if applicable)
1.1 Discussion Activity 1 PPT Slide 7 10 minutes
1.3 Knowledge Check 1 PPT Slides 11 & 12 5 minutes
1.3 – 1.4 Polling Activity 1 PPT Slides 15 & 16 5 minutes
1.5 Think-Pair-Share Activity 1 PPT Slide 19 15 minutes
1.7 Think-Pair-Share Activity 2 PPT Slide 23 12 minutes
1.8 – 1.9 Knowledge Check 2 PPT Slides 27 & 28 3 minutes
1.8 Discussion Activity 2 PPT Slide 37 5 minutes
1.1 – 1.9 MindTap Chapter 1 Quiz MindTap 30 minutes
1.1 – 1.9 MindTap Check Your MindTap 30 minutes
Understanding
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Multiple MindTap Global Health MindTap varied
LOs Watch
Multiple MindTap Video Quiz MindTap varied
LOs
1.1 – 1.9 Chapter 1 Check-ins Text 5 minutes each
1.1, 1.2, 1.4, Health Now! Text, page 5 20 minutes
1.5, 1.6, 1.8
1.1 – 1.6 Taking Charge of Your Text, page 22 7 minutes
Health, Self-Evaluation
1.8 – 1.9 Ch. 1 Self Survey Text 5 minutes
1.1 – 1.9 Ch. 1 Review Questions Text 6 minutes
1.1 Discussion: Dimensions of Instructor Manual 30 minutes
Health.
1.4 Discussion: Exploration of Instructor Manual 20 minutes
Why Race Matters.
1.7 Discussion: Evaluating Instructor Manual 20 minutes
Online Health Information.
1.4 Meet Your Classmates Instructor Manual 20–30 minutes
Activity
1.1, 1.3, 1.4, Family Health History Instructor Manual 50 minutes
1.5, 1.6, 1.8 Activity
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KEY TERMS
enabling factors: skills, resources, and physical and mental capabilities that shape
our behavior.
extrinsic motivation: the desire to act based on reinforcement outside yourself such
as reward or recognition.
health: state of complete well-being, including physical, emotional, spiritual,
social, intellectual, and environmental dimensions.
health belief model (HBM): model of behavioral change that focuses on an
individual’s attitudes and beliefs.
health promotion: any planned combination of educational, political, regulatory, and
organizational supports for actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of
individuals, groups, or communities.
intrinsic motivation: the internal desire to change.
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