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Assignment 1 1.

Self Assessment:

Jason Davidson

Physical health: I scored a total of 16 points in this section, my strengths are my immune system, listening to my body and exercising regularly. I can definitely improve in getting 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night. Social health: I scored a 17 in this section. I am always striving to better myself and make my weaknesses become my strengths. I keep a daily journal and keep track of long term goals and weekly goals in it. I seem to busy myself so much with family, school, and church that I do not make time for social activities out side of some of those areas. Emotional health: I scored a 12 in this section, one of my overall weaker ones. I am pretty decent at expressing myself in the various emotions but could stand to improve on expressing anger in a constructive way. I have not learned to recognize when I am stressed very well yet and do not take the proper steps to relieve it. I am also far to critical of others and need to learn to be more accepting and not judge. Environmental health: my lowest overall section on the assessment. I scored an 11. I do not run the faucet when I brush or run water for excessive amounts of time, and if my cloths still smell ok they do not need to be washed just yet. I have never voted for a candidate on the premise of proenvironment, I look at that as an added bonus not a determining factor. I can certainly start to recycle when possible and make a concerted effort to buy products that are made from recycled materials. Spiritual health: my strongest section on the assessment coming in at 18 points. I am diligent about my spiritual health taking time to think about what is most important exercising faith and giving of my time to serve others. Despite all this, I do not always live life to its fullest. Sometimes, I feel run down by all that I have to do that, I lack in the gusto area. Intellectual health: I scored a 16 in this section. I make it a habit to study my options fully before making decisions. Much like social health, I strive to better myself and learn from my mistakes. I have hobbies that I enjoy but have not made it a habit to take time to do one of them each week.

2. Behavior Change: Physical health: I dont get enough hours of sleep and the hours I do get are fitful. The behavior change skill and strategy know when to say when, and form realistic expectations should serve me very well. This is something I struggle with. My desire to be the best leaves me stressed and burned out. I feel like I need to get straight As always in every subject to be a knowledgeable person. I stay up later than I should studying when I should be sleeping to rest my body and mind. I need to redefine my level of achievement that I will be satisfied with and stick to it. Meditation and yoga I believe will also help me sleep more soundly. Social health: I think that applying the activity reinforcement idea is a great idea to reward myself for a hard week of work. My reward will be going on a date with my wife each week. Going out with my wife will get me in the community more, socializing with friends and meeting new people. I have found in my life with all the business that I create for myself my wife is the first person to go without attention or time. I love spending time with her but it seems that there is

never enough time. Spending time with my wife, to improve my social health, could also be supported by making time for you. This is under strategies for improving psychological health. Spending time with my wife would be something I could look forward to each week to keep me motivated. We will both benefit from this behavior change. To make this happen I can enlist the help of my wife to be on board with the idea and to list this as a priority on my weekly plans. Emotional health: I need to develop realistic expectations of others. I get frustrated with others when they do not meet my expectations. This is wrong and I can reset my expectations to fit more realistic outcomes. I can also recognize anger patterns and learn to de-escalate them, pausing and taking deep breaths is something that I have started and it seems to be helping. I also think meditation, progressive muscle relaxation and massage therapy would be worth trying to relieve stress and find balance. Environmental health: this is an area that I have not felt much connection to. As I have read more I realize that I am not any different than anybody else. I share responsibility for the environment because my actions affect it. I can be more mindful of the small things and not be overwhelmed with all the things people do who are so passionate about the environment. I can take small steps and do simple things to start like, turning off extra lights, shortening showers in the home, and teaching my children some of these small steps as well. This is my form of environmental stewardship. Spiritual health: I feel that this area kind of touches on what I am going to do to improve on the physical health section listed above. I think that living life to the fullest also requires restraint or moderation in all areas. The section called, learn to say no and mean it could prove to be very beneficial in keeping myself from getting overtasked. Again, meditation, yoga, learning to relax more affectively, and taking time for me once a week to do something that I enjoy will be great resources to charge my spiritual battery so I feel like living each day to the fullest. Intellectual health: I initially thought that I was great at time management but as I am going through all of this I realize that I can make great improvements in my time management. Time management appears to be interlaced or an underlying theme in each section for me as something that could use improvement. I address it in intellectual health as it is a specific question on the assessment. The managing your time techniques offer good suggestions of which, most of them I do pretty well, with the exception to rewarding myself. I also tend to pack my calendar full each day and not leave time to do something fun or something nice for myself. I do learn from my mistakes but as most of us are I am my own biggest critic and hold myself to a very high standard. I am often to critical of my own short comings this could lead to depression among other things. I think implementing some of the aspects of dealing with and defeating depression could keep me from ever truly having depression. 3. Social Science: The HBM explains the health behavior of drinking among Special Forces Soldiers by the overwhelming disregard that drinking has associated health problems and the invincibility mentality that exists among this population. My example is more of how the HBM does not bring this population to action because of the environment. Perceived seriousness of the health problem: Among the soldiers there is no perceived medical consequences or seriousness taken toward the possible medical problems associated to drinking. It is not addressed in safety briefings or talked about in any form among these soldiers. It is just part of the way of life for Special Forces guys

and the thought of not drinking because of the damage it does to your heath does not ever cross their minds. Not only is it ok to drink large amounts of alcohol it is expected. If you do not engage in this behavior you are looked upon as not one of the team. There is a small element of perceived seriousness to drinking alcohol among the soldiers and leadership in regards to the social consequences. Our weekly safety brief from leadership always stressed drinking responsibly; to not get in any altercations or to have any alcohol related incidences, to not drink and drive, have a designated driver etc.. We were also reminded every Friday before you went home for the weekend if you had any of the above issues you were punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and they would try to take away your tab. Meaning you would not be recognized as special forces qualified any more and they would kick you out of the regiment. So, yes there were serious implications associated to having an alcohol related incident. Again, this was not taken seriously and when the leadership would say it did not feel like much of a threat nor did anyone really believe that those consequences would be carried out. Perceived susceptibility to the heath problem: Since there was no perceived health problems associated to drinking there was no thought of developing health problems. Many were alcoholics but never received help nor wanted any help. The only people who got help were the ones who received DUIs or had other types of alcohol related incidences and were forced to take classes and receive help. Those who got in trouble seemed to still deny that they drink to much and that they had a drinking problem. In their minds they were not at risk or did not threaten anyone around them with their behavior. The mentality was I am immune, that would never happen to me. Cues to action: A Special Forces soldier having an alcohol related incident and subsequently having the SF tab removed and then being kicked out of the regiment does happen. It is not a regular occurrence, but when it does, I think it gives some heavy drinkers a moment to pause and reflect on the seriousness of the matter. I stood in a formation with all of 1st battalion 7th Special Forces Group and watched as a handful of soldiers were called to the front of the formation. The battalion commander then told the group of their wrongdoing. Then he walked up to each one of them and ripped the Special Forces tab off their uniforms and had them march out of sight as a similitude of them being kicked out of the regiment, which did subsequently happen. I think this served as a good cue to action. As far as physical health problems, this population never was really reminded or alerted about potential health problems. All of the older soldiers who had been in the regiment and lived this reckless lifestyle had been retired and were long gone before anyone who was currently serving were able to see the affects that such a lifestyle would have on health. 4. Ecology: Three determinants that influence mental health are biology and genetics, individual behavior, and social and physical environment. Biology/Genetics: this category includes gender, age, and ethnicity. There are vast differences between Males and females. This category also includes physiological differences between the two genders. The differences between males and females can aid and inhibit ones ability to reach optimal mental health. For example: the size, structure, and function of the brains differ in males and females, so biologically men and women are going to approach mental health differently. Depression is an illness that affects a persons ability to attain optimal metal health and it also

affects men and women differently. Depression does not present itself the same in men and women. Women are almost twice as likely to have depression than men. This may be because of hormonal changes that women experience that men do not. When men are depressed they typically handled it in different ways than women. Men use alcohol and drugs to mask the depression. Whereas, women are more open to admitting they have depression. Genetics can also affect a persons mental health, if there exists a family history of mental illness that mental illness can be passed down to future generations. These biological determinants are nonmodifiable determinants. I do think biology and genetics directly affect the next big determinant even though it is considered a modifiable determinant. That determinant is individual behavior. Individual behaviors are responses to internal and external conditions. I think someone who is predisposed to diabetes genetically could be affected in his or her individual behavior. For example, their predisposition increases or decreases their desire for physical activity. Being predisposed to something can take a toll on an individuals personal motivation. A person who has a family history of alcoholism and tobacco use has a higher risk of abusing those substances as well. This predisposition affects their individual behavior. All of these factors will influence their ability to attain optimal mental health. An individuals ability to cope with stress is an individual behavior that also crosses into the third determinant, social and physical environment. It is up to each individual person do deal with change, hassles, relationships, frustration and various other psychosocial stressors. Individual behavior and environment each can contribute to or hinder optimal mental health. Social and physical environment also plays a large roll in ones ability to attain optimal mental health through interactions with family, friends, church, and others in the community. Some individual behaviors are direct results of ones social environment. We learn from our parents and siblings as we grow and develop which can lead to good mental health or poor mental health. Someone who is abused by his or her parents will most likely struggle to achieve optimal mental health for many years because of the social environment they were reared in. Such an experience can aid in an individuals behavior problems at school and so on. Thus, an individuals behavior can be directly affected by their social environment. All of this will contribute to the ones ability to achieve a high level of mental health. Physical environment can also include radiation and pollution. These factors can lead to biological and genetically problems leading to low mental health. In contrast a good clean healthy environment can encourage biological and genetically prosperity, through clean, water, air, and locations to exercise etc. All of these factors tie into to optimal mental heath. As we can see each of these three determinants play a hand in the overall outcome of the other, resulting in ones ability to achieve optimal mental health.

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