Subject Area: HEALTH EDUCATION 7 Quarter: FIRST

Unit Topic: LEARNING MORE ABOUT Time Allotment: 240 minutes

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

INTRODUCTION
Lesson 1: Holistic Health
What is holistic health? What do you know about growth and development? What are the
dimension of health? How will you achieve a holistic health?

In today’s generation most of the students does not pay attention with their health and what are
the effects of unhealthy habits. In this lesson you will know and appreciate the importance of holistic
health and it will make you realize that knowing what holistic health is you will be able to
understand that it is essential for your own growth and development.

OBJECTIVES:

Students will be able to:

a. explains the dimensions of holistic health (physical, mental/ intellectual,

emotional, social, and moral-spiritual)
b. practices health habits to achieve holistic health
c. Recognize changes in different aspects of growth that normally happen
during adolescence years
d. Applies coping skills in dealing with health concerns during adolescence

DISCUSSION
Preparatory Activity
Directions: using the word box below, find and encircle the words
related to heath. Write inside the box the words you have found.
X C V B N R Y S O L O S
M D H T W Z L P L M F S
C E L L E T N I N E S O
T L A C I S Y H P N R C
L A U T C E L L E T N I
Q W I N F A N C Y A F A
S P I R I T U A L L O L
Y Y T R E B U P P X E M
S P U R T R O A M Q M G

Words you have found

What is Health?

Health it is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
or infirmity. It is also the ability to lead a socially and economically productive life (WHO)
Wellness is Is the quality of life that includes physical, mental, emotional, family-social, and spiritual
health.

Healthy balance of the mind, body, and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being or as “an
active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a more successful existence”
(Wisconsin-based national wellness institute)
 What can you say about the picture?

Dimensions of Health

Physical Health
– it serves as the foundation in achieving wellness in other dimensions of health.
Social Health
--your
The characteristics
emotion controlof
is ayour
signbody size
of good and shapes,
mental health. sensory alertness,
It requires andofsusceptibility
recognition one’s emotiontoand
disease
stressand
disorders,
management determine the life.
of everyday ability of an individual to recover.
-ability to make sound decisions and critical thinking is part of mental health.
-it involves being able to work, study, love and be loved which characterizes our being.
-Determination on continuous personal growth, willingness to effectively learn.
Emotional
-Includes the Health
high level of Faith, Hope, and commitment in the belief system that provides a sense of
Mental
-Use new
meaning Health
information
and
- Ability to a purpose
perform
for
of personal,
existence.
expected
family and career growth.
roles effectively, comfortably, with pleasure without hurting others , effectively
interact or connect in a large social unit by maintaining the respect and tolerance.
-Grow positively which includes connection to oneself, others, and a higher or larger reality.
It is the branch of Public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting
human health.
Spiritual Health

Environmental Health
 Changes in the Health Dimension
affects Adolescents

Preparatory Activity
Directions: List at least 2 changes in each five dimensions of health inside
the box.

1. Physical Changes-
2. Emotional Changes-
3. Social Changes-
4. Spiritual Changes-
5. Mental Changes-

Physical changes that affects Adolescents

1. They frequently sleep longer.
Mental changes that affects Adolescents
2. They may be clumsier because of growth spurts.
1.They demonstrate a heightened level of consciousness.
3. Girls become overly sensitive about their weight.
2.They tend to become cause-oriented
Signs of Emotional changes
4. They may be self-conscious because they are not physically developing at the same time.
3.They tend
1.feeling to exhibit a justice
awkward

4.They exhibit “It

2.More sensitive canmany
about
Emotional changes that affects Adolescents
happen to me”
things syndrome
like what others also known
will say aboutasthem.
“personal fable”
1.Start spending more time with friends than with their family.
3.Very conscious about what they considerSigns of Social changes
“defects”.
2.They may have more questions about sexuality.
1.They begininto
4.Difficulty embrace opinions
communicating of people
thoughts who are influential to their lives into their own preferences, their
and feelings.
likes
3.Theyand dislikes.
may
Social
begin to keep a journal.
changes that affects Adolescents
1.They become involved in multiple hobbies or clubs.
2.They
4.They should
tend to realize who hetheir
begin locking or she is and be
bedroom able to establish goals and what he/she wants to do with their lives.
doors.
2.They may become more argumentative.
3.Those
5.They maywhobecome
have secure identities
elusive know they
about where how are
to fit in their
going environment.
or with whom.
3.They may not want to be seen with their parents in public.

4.They may begin interact with their parents.

KNOWLEDGE CHECK
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Directions: Answer the following questions.

Why do you think, we need to know about Holistic Health?

What is the importance dimensions of health in growing teen ager?

How will you achieve Holistic Health?