Blog 3 Preventive Practices

I would rate myself a seven on my preventive practices which is about average. Some of the ways that I can improve my health are by getting at least six to eight hours of sleep each night, increasing physical exercise and drinking less wine with my dinner. I have already implemented a healthy diet with fruits, vegetables, grains, proteins, vitamins, and minerals. I also avoid using tobacco products, drugs and do not have friends who use tobacco products or have anything to do with an illegal substance.
Adults can encourage adolescents to follow healthy behaviors by setting and showing examples for them. The examples can be by showing adolescents with other adolescents going to church, reading The Bible, teaching teenage Bible study and placing adolescents on youth comities. Adults can also encourage adolescents to limit time being spent watching television.
My idea for reaching adolescents through the media is to show other adolescents that don’t listen to their parent’s, don’t go to church, don’t practice positive actions, and show what negative behaviors have on their future. The media can show adolescents in prisons, and sleeping on an abandoned park bench without a coat during the winter months while being homeless. I believe the media would get adolescents attention and have an influence on what they choose to do with their lives.
Parents need to enforce the rules of the house and have better standards for their children. Health care providers need to lower insurance premiums and health educators need to communicate better with adolescents. As a whole, society needs to realize that the time of adolescence is a very important part of life. Everyone has to experience and learn from their mistakes in order to live a healthy, fruitful life.