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Introduction to

Health and Wellness

Learning Targets

As a result of today’s class, you should know:

• The 6 Dimensions of Wellness and how they are interrelated
• How to explain how the decisions you make affect where you fall on th e Health Continuum

Wellness: The New Health Goal

• Health is the combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.
• Is subject to constant change (i.e. you get sick, an athletic injury, etc.)
• Falls along a continuum (from premature death to high levels of health)
• Wellness refers to an overall state of well- being, total health
• Health differs based on factors beyond your control, such as genes, age, environm ent, media, and family history
• Wellness is determined by the decisions you make about the way you live
• These two words can be used interchangeably and will be throughout this course
• Wellness = an overall state of well-being, total health
• Dimensions of wellness
• Physical wellness
• Avoiding bad habits, making good decisions
• Emotional wellness
• Trust, self-esteem, self-control
• Intellectual wellness
• Openness to new ideas, thinking critically, creativity
• Spiritual wellness
• Set guiding beliefs, principles
• Interpersonal and social wellness
• Healthy relationships, communication
• Environmental, or planetary, wellness
• Tobacco smoke, UV rays

Wellness Continuum

Health/Wellness Continuum

• Your health is always changing
• The Health continuum identifies your level of health at a given moment in time
• The dimensions of wellness all impact your overall health
• The dimensions are not exclusive; when one is affected, most often, others are too.
• Every decision you make affects where you fall on the health continuum
• Man vs. Wild Clip
• Think about the dimensions of wellness present in this clip. Which dimensions are present and how do they affect Bear Grylls in this clip? Consider the context of the situation and the interrelatedness of the dimensions of wellness.

New Opportunities, �New Responsibilities

• Infectious diseases, caused by invading microorganisms, were the leading causes of death a century ago
• Chronic diseases, caused by a variety of lifestyle and other factors, are the leading causes of death today

Public Health Achievements

Leading Causes of Death Overall

• Heart disease
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases (emphysema, chronic bronchitis)
• Unintentional injuries (accidents)

Leading Causes of Death by Age

• Ages 1 0-19
• 1) Accidents
• 3) Homicide
• 5) Congenital Defects
• 1) Heart Disease
• 3) Diseases
• Define health.
• What are 3 factors that impact your health?
• What is the most important factor that impacts your health?
• What are the 6 dimensions of wellness?
• E xplain the Health Continuum.
• Is the average lifespan of a human increasing or decreasing? Why?
• As a result of this class, students should be able to:
• Identify the 8 behaviors that contribute to wellness
• Define risk behavior and be able to identify examples
• Set short and long-term goals that aim at improving health
• Identify reliable sources of information

Actual Causes of Death in the United States

• Smoking 435,000 deaths per year
• Diet and inactivity** 112,000
• Alcohol 85,000
• Microbial agents 75,000
• Toxic agents 55,000
• Motor vehicles 43,000
• Firearms 29,000
• Sexual behavior 20,000
• Illicit drug use 17,000

**Caclulation of the number of deaths due to poor diet and inactivity (obesity) is an area of ongoing controversy and research.

Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2005. Frequently Asked Questions About Calculating Obesity-Related Risk (http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r050614.htm; retrieved June 28, 2005). Mokdad, A. H., et al. 2004. Actual causes of death in the United States, 2000. Journal of the American Medical Association 291(10): 1238–1245.

Behaviors That Contribute to Wellness

Partaking in these 8 behaviors will make you a healthier person:

• Be physically active
• Choose a healthy diet
• Maintain a healthy body weight
• Manage stress effectively
• Avoid tobacco and drug use and limit alcohol consumption
• Protect yourself from disease and injury
• Get 8-10 hours of sleep a night
• Abstain from sexual activity before marriage

Lifestyle and Wellness

• More time watching TV = increased risk of obesity and diabetes
• Cigarette smoking = increased risk of lung cancer
• Low intake of fruits and vegetables = increased risk of heart disease
• Few healthy behaviors = increased risk of heart disease

Benefits of Physical Activity

The Role of Other Factors in Wellness

• Heredity – inherent genetic traits
• Risk for certain diseases
• Environment – the sum of your surroundings
• Physical, Social (Peers), Cultural
• Health care
• Better health care, better treatment
• Avoid bad habits

National Wellness Goals

• U.S. government’s national Healthy People initiative sets goals on 10-year agendas
• Major goals of Healthy People 20 2 0 :
• Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
• Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
• Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
• Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.

Making Choices

• Risk behaviors – actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others

The CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey gathers information from youth across the country on behaviors they are involved in. Take a look at the most recent YRBS in 2011.

• What are the 8 behaviors of healthy people.
• Discuss how technology plays a role in your health.
• What is a risk behavior? Give 2 examples.
• Define the acronym SMART
• Explain the key components of assertive communication skills.
• As a result of today’s class, you should be able to:
• Create short and long term goals to make changes to your health
• Evaluate the validity of electronic sources

7 Health Skills

• Accessing information
• Analyzing influences
• Goal setting
• Decision making
• Interpersonal communication
• Self management

Accessing Information

• Reliable sources include :
• Parents, teachers, trusted adults
• Library resources such as encyclopedias and nonfiction books
• RELIABLE websites such as government sites or university sites (.gov, .edu)
• .com websites are NOT considered reliable sources
• Articles by health experts

Evaluating Sources of Health Information: Internet Resources

• What is the source of the information?
• Who is the author or sponsor of the site?
• How often is the site updated?
• What is the purpose of the page? Does the site promote particular products or procedures? Are there obvious reasons for bias?
• What do other sources say about the topic?
• Does the site conform to any set of guidelines or criteria for quality and accuracy?

Evaluating Sources of �Health Information

• Go to the original source
• Watch for misleading language
• Distinguish between individual research reports and public health advice
• Remember that anecdotes are not facts
• Be skeptical and use your common sense

Analyzing Influences

• Internal pressures
• Feelings, beliefs
• External pressures
• People, environment

Goal Setting

• Start with short-term goals which are reached in a short period of time and are very specific
• Create short-term goals with a long-term goal in mind – one that is a big change over a long period of time. Long-term goals are the final, desired outcome
• Short-term goals are steps leading to the long-term goal

See Assignment ‘Source Evaluation’

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1. Describe 3 aspects of effective listening skills.

2. What are 3 ways you can demonstrate refusal skills in a situation that you are not comfortable with?

3. What are ‘I-messages?’

4. Describe 3 aspects of healthy relationships.

You are interviewing for a part-time job working with patients at the local hospital.

• How will you dress?
• What type of legwork will you do before the interview?
• What skills and behaviors would be necessary to be successful at the job?
• How will you continue to improve at your job once you have earned the position?
• You have been asked to do research on the internet to find reliable information about tobacco use among teens. Websites with which endings would be considered reliable sources?
• You are dealing with a classmate who is clearly disagrees with your choice for next president of the US. What are 2 things you could say to your classmate using assertive communication skills?
• You have come across a website on nutrition and are wondering if the information on the site is reliable. What are 3 questions you can ask to help determine the sites reliability?
• There is a flu epidemic at Saline High School. What are 3 things you can do to prevent the further spread of disease?
• How much sleep is required for teens to function best throughout the day?
• What are 3 things you can do to help better manage your time?
• What are 3 different things that impact your health on a daily basis?

Health and Wellness

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Health and Wellness. What is Wellness. Wellness is a state of good health achieved by balancing your physical, mental, emotional and social health. What is Health. Health is a condition of your physical, emotional, mental and social well-being. Each part of your health is equally important.

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What is Wellness • Wellness is a state of good health achieved by balancing your physical, mental, emotional and social health.

What is Health • Health is a condition of your physical, emotional, mental and social well-being. • Each part of your health is equally important. • BALANCE = HEALTH

4 Domains of Health • Physical Health • Emotional Health • Mental Health • Social Health

Physical Health • Part of health that describes the condition of your body. • Ways to keep your body healthy:

Physical Health • Part of health that describes the condition of your body. • Ways to keep your body healthy: • Getting 8 hours of sleep

Physical Health • Part of health that describes the condition of your body. • Ways to keep your body healthy: • Getting 8 hours of sleep • Eat nutritious food and a well balanced diet

Physical Health • Part of health that describes the condition of your body. • Ways to keep your body healthy: • Getting 8 hours of sleep • Eat nutritious food and a well balanced diet • Practice good hygiene • Hygiene: keep clean  cleanliness helps prevent the spread of disease

Physical Health • Part of health that describes the condition of your body. • Ways to keep your body healthy: • Getting 8 hours of sleep • Eat nutritious food and a well balanced diet • Practice good hygiene • Hygiene: keep clean  cleanliness helps prevent the spread of disease • Avoid drugs, alcohol and tobacco

Emotional Health • The way you recognize and deal with your feelings. • Myth vs. Fact • Myth: someone who is always laughing and smiling is probably emotionally healthy • Fact: sometimes people use smiles and laughter as a way of hiding their sadness • Maintaining your emotional health:

Emotional Health • The way you recognize and deal with your feelings. • Myth vs. Fact • Myth: someone who is always laughing and smiling is probably emotionally healthy • Fact: sometimes people use smiles and laughter as a way of hiding their sadness • Maintaining your emotional health: • Express your emotions in words rather than acting them out

Emotional Health • The way you recognize and deal with your feelings. • Myth vs. Fact • Myth: someone who is always laughing and smiling is probably emotionally healthy • Fact: sometimes people use smiles and laughter as a way of hiding their sadness • Maintaining your emotional health: • Express your emotions in words rather than acting them out • Show self-control and think before you act

Emotional Health • The way you recognize and deal with your feelings. • Myth vs. Fact • Myth: someone who is always laughing and smiling is probably emotionally healthy • Fact: sometimes people use smiles and laughter as a way of hiding their sadness • Maintaining your emotional health: • Express your emotions in words rather than acting them out • Show self-control and think before you act • Deal with sadness appropriately and in a timely manner

Mental Health • How you deal with life’s demands. • Mental Health =

Mental Health • How you deal with life’s demands. • Mental Health = • Recognize and deal with stress in a positive way

Mental Health • How you deal with life’s demands. • Mental Health = • Recognize and deal with stress in a positive way • Accept new ideas

Mental Health • How you deal with life’s demands. • Mental Health = • Recognize and deal with stress in a positive way • Accept new ideas • Effectively solve problems

Mental Health • How you deal with life’s demands. • Mental Health = • Recognize and deal with stress in a positive way • Accept new ideas • Effectively solve problems • Habits that you think only affect your physical health may also affect your mental and emotional health. • Example: poor diet and lack of sleep may leave you feeling depressed and worried as well as physically tired.

Social Health • The part of health that describes the way that you interact with people. • Social health is influenced greatly by your family and peers. • Ways to improve your social health:

Social Health • The part of health that describes the way that you interact with people. • Social health is influenced greatly by your family and peers. • Ways to improve your social health: • Being considerate of other people and their needs • Showing respect to others

Social Health • The part of health that describes the way that you interact with people. • Social health is influenced greatly by your family and peers. • Ways to improve your social health: • Being considerate of other people and their needs • Showing respect to others • Being dependable • Supporting people you care about when they make the right choices • Expressing your true feelings

Social Health • The part of health that describes the way that you interact with people. • Social health is influenced greatly by your family and peers. • Ways to improve your social health: • Being considerate of other people and their needs • Showing respect to others • Being dependable • Supporting people you care about when they make the right choices • Expressing your true feelings • Imagining how you would feel if you were in another person’s place • Asking for help when you need it

Balanced Health • Wellness: the state of good health achieved by balancing your physical, mental, emotional and social health. • NO balance = POOR health (not functioning at your best)

Personal Health Evaluation

What is Bullying? How to STOP it. • Read “Bully” article!

WHAT TO DO ABOUT BULLYING • The most important thing you can do is…TELL A TRUSTED ADULT! • Another good thing to do is start a diary and write down details of bullying situations (you might be the victim or an eye witness). Include date, time, place, who was there (witnesses), who was involved, exactly what happened. • If you document the incident(s), you will have a stronger case for getting an adult involved and making the bully stop.

Influences on your Health and Wellness • Make a list of outside forces that can affect your health

Heredity and your Health • Heredity: the passing down of traits from a parent to a child. • The way you look, and behave are due to heredity • Physical traits: eye color, hair color, height, skin color • Behavioral traits: behaviors that are influenced by heredity and that contribute to the development of a persons personality • Example: “His sense of humor is just like his dads” • Heredity affects your health • ie: parent wears glasses = child wearing glasses • ie: passage of disease • Cystic fibrosis (CF): disease of the lungs and digestive system

Environmental Influences • Environment: everything around you, including the things you cannot see. • ie: germs, air, smells • Factors that affect your health: • Air: may contain particles that cause you to cough or that initiate an allergic response • Microscopic organisms: make you ill when they invade your body • Secondhand smoke

Environmental Influences • Making your environment a healthier place • Dispose of trash properly to prevent pollution • Walk, ride a bike, or use mass transit to reduce the number of cars on the road • Reduce pollution released in the air • Start a recycling program for paper, plastic and aluminum cans to save natural resources

Relationships • How your relationships influence YOU: • In groups of 2 or 3, brainstorm ways in which your peers can positively affect your health and ways in which your peers may negatively affect your health. • How can you reduce the negative effects that your peers have on you? • Identify one way that you will positively affect the health of your friends or family in the up coming weeks • ie: getting your parents up and moving • Getting your parents to be more active: nightly walks!

How your Relationships Influence YOU • Peers influence your health • Peer: someone who is the same age or in the same grade as you and who has similar interests • Positive and negative influence • Positive example: • Positive source of support when you have problems or need someone to talk to • Study partners • Negative example: • Friends try to convince you to smoke or take drugs putting your health and theirs at risk • CHOOSE FRIENDS WISELY: MAY AFFECT YOUR HEALTH IN A NEGATIVE WAY

Other Influences that Influence YOU • Media • Television • Celebrities

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills:

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills: • Assessing your health

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills: • Assessing your health • Making good decisions

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills: • Assessing your health • Making good decisions • Being a wise consumer

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills: • Assessing your health • Making good decisions • Being a wise consumer • Communicating effectively

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills: • Assessing your health • Making good decisions • Being a wise consumer • Communicating effectively • Practicing wellness

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills: • Assessing your health • Making good decisions • Being a wise consumer • Communicating effectively • Practicing wellness • Setting goals

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills: • Assessing your health • Making good decisions • Being a wise consumer • Communicating effectively • Practicing wellness • Setting goals • Using refusal skills

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills: • Assessing your health • Making good decisions • Being a wise consumer • Communicating effectively • Practicing wellness • Setting goals • Using refusal skills • Coping

Using Life Skills to Improve Health • Life Skills: skills that help you deal with situations that can affect your health. • Tools to help you overcome any problem whether it’s big or small • 9 Life Skills: • Assessing your health • Making good decisions • Being a wise consumer • Communicating effectively • Practicing wellness • Setting goals • Using refusal skills • Coping • Evaluating media messages

9 Life Skills • Assessing your health • Evaluate each of the four parts of your health periodically and assess your health behaviors • Make the RIGHT decision • Making good decisions means making choices that are healthy and responsible • COURAGE IS POWER • Being a wise consumer • Reading the labels on products • Compare the value and quality of the products before deciding to buy one instead of the other

9 Life Skills • Communicating effectively • Good communications skills help you avoid misunderstandings by expressing your feelings in a healthy way • Good communication includes good listening skills • Good communication skills allow you to express yourself clearly and concisely • Practicing wellness • Different ways to practice wellness • Being informed about good health habits • Proper diet • Exercise • Plenty of sleep

9 Life Skills • Setting goals • Goal setting: aiming for something that will give you a sense of accomplishment • Setting realistic goals is vital • ie: running 5 miles a day = give yourself time to achieve this goal. You may have to start running 1 mile a day until you can build your tolerance.

Setting Goals • 7 keys for setting realistic goals • Write down your goals • More likely to achieve your goals if they’re written down • Make them real • Set short term milestones • Goals that are far out of reach are easy to procrastinate on and put off • ie: goal to write a novel this year = long-term goal • Commit to a certain number of pages a week = milestone • Be specific • The more specific you are the better motivated you’ll be as you get closer to achieving your goals • Measure actions as well as progress • Measure your actions as well as your progress • ie: instead of setting fitness goals based on pounds, you can set goals for the amount of cardio you want to achieve for that given week • Start with just one goal • Schedule time for your goals • The more time you allocate for your goals per day the faster you’ll achieve it • Set goals you actually want to achieve

9 Life Skills • Using refusal skills • Refusal skills: a way to say no to something that you don’t want to do • Must feel strongly about what things you want to avoid • Coping • Coping: dealing with problems in an effective way • Evaluating media messages • The media will try to influence your decision on purchasing or believing certain products will influence your health in a positive way • Have an open mind and don’t believe everything your hear • If you are unsure about something – educate yourself

Evaluating your Skills • Ask yourself the following questions: • Do I periodically evaluate the four parts of health? • Am I making good decisions? • Am I setting and meeting my goals? • Do I use refusal skills when I need to? • Am I communicating my feelings and expectations? • Do I compare products and services for value and quality? • If you answered NO to any of these questions, you need to work harder on the skills that addresses that question

Stay Healthy and Well • The nine life skills work together to improve your health and wellness • Refusal skills can help you make good decisions • Communicating effectively can help you set and reach goals • Making good decisions will keep you healthy and out of trouble • Staying informed will alert you to areas that you need to improve on • Assessing all four parts of your health on a regular basis keeps your level of wellness high • Learning to evaluate media messages and to comparison shop makes you a wise consumer

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What is a diet and nutrition plan.

A diet and nutrition plan is a structured eating approach designed to promote optimal health and wellness. It typically involves a balanced combination of healthy foods from various food groups, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats, while limiting or avoiding processed foods, added sugars, and unhealthy fats. The plan is tailored to an individual's needs, considering age, gender, activity level, health status, and personal preferences. A nutrition plan also includes recommendations for staying hydrated and getting essential vitamins, minerals, and nutrients. It is an effective tool for maintaining a healthy weight, managing chronic conditions, improving energy and performance, and reducing disease risk. A registered dietitian or nutritionist can help develop a personalized plan that meets an individual's goals and needs.

What are the seven things you need for a balanced diet?

Eating a balanced diet means consuming different foods in appropriate proportions to provide the body with the essential nutrients it needs for optimal health and well-being. Here are the seven things you need for a balanced diet:

• Carbohydrates:  Carbohydrates are the primary source of energy for the body. They can be found in bread, pasta, rice, fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
• Proteins:  Proteins are the body's building blocks and are necessary for growth and repair. Good protein sources include meat, poultry, fish, beans, nuts, and seeds.
• Fats:  Fats are essential for absorbing certain vitamins and minerals and help protect the body's organs. Healthy fats can be found in avocados, nuts, seeds, and fatty fish.
• Vitamins:  Vitamins are necessary for a range of bodily functions, including growth, development, and immunity. They can be obtained from various fruits, vegetables, and fortified foods.
• Minerals:  Minerals are important for healthy bones, teeth, and muscles and for maintaining fluid balance in the body. Good sources of minerals include leafy green vegetables, dairy products, and whole grains.
• Fiber:  Fiber is important for digestion and can help lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels. It is found in whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and legumes.
• Water:  Water is essential for maintaining hydration, regulating body temperature, and aiding digestion. It is recommended to drink at least eight glasses of water a day.

Consuming a variety of foods from each of these seven groups in appropriate amounts can help ensure a balanced and nutritious diet.

What is a good diet chart?

A good diet chart is a tool that helps individuals plan and tracks their meals to ensure they are consuming a balanced and nutritious diet. It typically includes a list of recommended foods from each food group, along with recommended serving sizes and meal timings. Here are some general guidelines for creating a good diet chart:

• Include a variety of foods from each food group:  Aim to consume a variety of foods from each food group, including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats.
• Focus on whole, minimally processed foods:  Choose whole foods over processed foods, which can be high in added sugars, unhealthy fats, and sodium.
• Control portion sizes:  Pay attention to recommended serving sizes, which can help prevent overeating and promote weight management.
• Plan meals and snacks:  Plan meals and snacks ahead of time to ensure a balanced and nutritious diet throughout the day.
• Consider individual needs:  Consider individual needs, such as age, gender, activity level, health status, and personal preferences, when creating a diet chart.
• Hydration:  Include adequate water and other fluids in the diet.
• Moderation:  Limit consuming processed and junk food, added sugars, and unhealthy fats.

Remember that a good diet chart is not a one-size-fits-all solution and should be tailored to an individual's specific needs and goals. It is always recommended to consult with a registered dietitian or healthcare provider for personalized advice.

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Sharing your work and achievements through a presentation is an essential part of gaining the favor of your colleagues in the medical and scientific communities. The ability to do it flawlessly is not an easy feat but doing so effectively greatly contributes to your success.

Engaging your audience and conveying your enthusiasm for the topic at hand, however, may be difficult, especially if you are not presenting it to the medical and scientific communities. This is where many presentations fall flat. Some of the pitfalls include overly complicated content—this is where professional PowerPoint presentations come in.

So, how can you engage your audience and maximize detail retention at the same time?

Illustrate Your Ideas

In the scientific community, proof is vital and for it to be taken seriously, it has to be backed up with enough credible sources. Your presentation doesn’t have to drown in citations, but only use enough backing data to make your point powerful.

Simply telling your audience or providing a wall of text isn’t going to help health information stick. So instead of giving a presentation with text-filled slides, create a custom PowerPoint by using diagrams, graphs, and other types of graphics. These will guide your audience while you explain complex ideas.

You may also use stock photography. These images have improved—no longer appearing staged, but rather more realistic.

Visuals play a huge role as these are handled by a different process in working memory as compared to auditory information—the visuospatial sketchpad.

Use Animation

Animation adds a new level of engagement, as it works as a great storytelling tool. It gives your presentation a bigger impact because it allows you to pace the flow of information, keep your audience engaged, and sync what you’re saying with what they’re seeing.

It can do wonders for your presentation when used properly—conveys your message more powerfully. Using too much, however, may end up distracting your audience . In which case, you’ll be doing the opposite of what you intend to do. Remember: less is more—so don’t overcomplicate your slides and just animate what needs to be emphasized.

Familiarize Yourself with PowerPoint Formatting Tools

You can come up with the best PowerPoint designs by familiarizing yourself with the formatting tools included in the software. When you can manipulate these properly, you can create virtually anything from scratch. It gives you the power to communicate the way you want to, ensuring the audience remembers key information.

In essence, these are various ways to emphasize certain parts of your medical presentation. Not only will these methods make your deck more interesting, but it will help organize your thoughts as well. With these, you can point your audience toward relevant details instead of just showing a wall of text or the whole figure, distracting them from your current point.

Try applying these to your future presentations and see how much of the information was remembered by the audience.

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ACL's 2018 update of its Brain Health Resource offers a PowerPoint presentation for professionals to use in educating older adults and adults with disabilities about brain health as we age, and a related handout for consumers. These materials update and simplify educational materials from a 2014 collaboration between ACL, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

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Community-based organizations play an important role in providing support and services in the home and community. The resources below provide examples of how area agencies on aging and other organizations are boosting awareness, providing education, and conducting services and supports on the topic of brain health.

• A webinar from the National Alzheimer’s Disease Resource Center provides perspectives from two ACL dementia grantees about why and how they provide education on brain health in their communities and health care systems. Additionally, the two presenting grantee organizations share information about the implementation and outcomes of their brain health efforts to date.

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A briefing paper  on Promoting Brain Health in States and Communities:  Nationwide examples from ACL’s Alzheimer’s Disease Program Grantees by Vijeth Iyengar, PhD and Erin Long, MSW.

• A set of case studies describes how Area Agencies on Aging and Title VI Native American Aging Programs nationwide are promoting brain health for caregivers, families, and older adults.

Evaluate the Effectiveness of Your Brain Health Training

Collecting data from trainings, though pre/post surveys is a great way to demonstrate the impact of your Brain Health trainings. The data can also be a useful tool to support program sustainability. ACL has compiled a database of questions that align with the content in the Brain Health trainings described above. Organizations providing the trainings can select questions from the database to develop a pre/post survey for their training sessions. The survey should be administered before a class begins and again at the end of the session to measure and document what the attendees learned during the training.

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A strong presentation is so much more than information pasted onto a series of slides with fancy backgrounds. Whether you’re pitching an idea, reporting market research, or sharing something else, a great presentation can give you a competitive advantage, and be a powerful tool when aiming to persuade, educate, or inspire others. Here are some unique elements that make a presentation stand out.

• Fonts: Sans Serif fonts such as Helvetica or Arial are preferred for their clean lines, which make them easy to digest at various sizes and distances. Limit the number of font styles to two: one for headings and another for body text, to avoid visual confusion or distractions.
• Colors: Colors can evoke emotions and highlight critical points, but their overuse can lead to a cluttered and confusing presentation. A limited palette of two to three main colors, complemented by a simple background, can help you draw attention to key elements without overwhelming the audience.
• Pictures: Pictures can communicate complex ideas quickly and memorably but choosing the right images is key. Images or pictures should be big (perhaps 20-25% of the page), bold, and have a clear purpose that complements the slide’s text.
• Layout: Don’t overcrowd your slides with too much information. When in doubt, adhere to the principle of simplicity, and aim for a clean and uncluttered layout with plenty of white space around text and images. Think phrases and bullets, not sentences.

As an intern or early career professional, chances are that you’ll be tasked with making or giving a presentation in the near future. Whether you’re pitching an idea, reporting market research, or sharing something else, a great presentation can give you a competitive advantage, and be a powerful tool when aiming to persuade, educate, or inspire others.

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The problem with powerpoint

There is nothing more frustrating than sitting through a presentation bombarded by slide after slide of small text, difficult to read graphs, irrelevant clip art images, and poorly designed templates. Often to blame is the use and abuse of PowerPoint 1 (e.g., Tufte, 2003 ; Bumiller, 2010 ). Academics typically only endure weak PowerPoint presentations at conferences, while university students may be exposed to them several times a day for an entire semester. Strong PowerPoint presentations enhance student engagement and help students retain information (e.g., Susskind, 2005 ), while weak PowerPoint slides can lead to distraction, boredom, and impeded learning (Savoy et al., 2009 ).

The authors of this paper became interested in improving their PowerPoint slides after observing several presentations that badly misused PowerPoint, and realizing that they made many of the same mistakes. Our slides used standard, boring templates; were text heavy, and included grainy gif images—embarrassingly, some of which were even animated. For example, Figure ​ Figure1A 1A contains a slide that was prepared for a lecture in an introductory psychology course. The slide uses a template that makes the text difficult to read, there are several lengthy bullets, and the photos are too small. To make matters worse, the instructor had the slide heavily animated—bullet points flew in, swirled around, and even made sound. Needless to say, students were not impressed.

(A) A poorly designed slide. This slide relies on text-heavy bullets. The photos are too small, and the text does not stand out against the background. (B) Another approach to presenting the information in (A) . Unnecessary text is removed, the photos are enlarged, and the content is broken down into two separate slides. The instructor should discuss the material in the bullet points on the slide in (A) , but it need not be printed on the slide.

Outstanding PowerPoint slides will not save a weak lecture; however, weak PowerPoint will certainly diminish a strong one. The purpose of this brief article is to provide some basic suggestions and resources for instructors who wish to improve their PowerPoint presentations, and in doing so, create more engaging and informative lectures for students.

The basics of powerpoint

For the most part, graduate school does not train instructors how to properly use presentation software. Excluding basic slides provided by publishing companies, instructors are given little guidance on what a PowerPoint presentation should look like. The software itself does not provide any assistance. Upon opening PowerPoint, users are presented with standard templates with space to add a title at the top of the slide, and a block of text to add bullet points. For the most part, this has been shown to be an ineffective means to convey information (Garner and Alley, 2011 ). Whenever possible, we recommend avoiding the use of templates that are included with PowerPoint. The images on the templates are tired, as templates with images that look the best tend to be the ones that are used the most.

Creating a well-designed PowerPoint presentation is not intuitive (Kosslyn et al., 2012 ), so where should an instructor look for guidance? Fortunately, there are many excellent resources. Books such as Presentation Zen (Reynolds, 2012 ), Slide:ology (Duarte, 2008 ), and Presentation Secrets (Kapterev, 2011 ) focus on design, and provide a different way of approaching PowerPoint. From these resources, and the literature on design, educational and cognitive psychology, we can find some basic points that should be considered when using PowerPoint for lectures.

Font and text

Beyond aesthetics, font choice has an impact on how students process information. For example, Song and Schwarz ( 2008 ) presented students with instructions for an exercise routine that was printed in either an easy-to-read font, or one that was difficult to read. The researchers found that students who read the instructions in a difficult-to-read font were less willing to make the exercise a part of their daily routine, and perceived the exercise as requiring more time to complete than those students who read the same instructions in a clear font. Other researchers have found a similar impact with difficult-to-read fonts (e.g., Schwarz, 2004 ; Rhodes and Castel, 2008 ; Sanchez and Jaeger, 2014 ). A poorly chosen font can negatively impact the perception of the material, and the perception of the presenter themselves (Oppenheimer and Frank, 2008 ). Even an announcement as monumental as the discovery of the Higgs Boson can be marred by a bad font. Comic Sans was used in the presentation of the discovery, and received mockery in the press (e.g., Urquhart, 2011 ). Font choice may seem inconsequential, but can have a major impact on a presentation.

Presenters should be wary of the colors used for presenting text and graphs. Color-blindness is not uncommon. For this reason, slides should not have color schemes with red on green or blue on yellow. For the most part, we recommend using either white on black, or black on white. While having white text on a black background can lead to some bleeding of the text, it has been our experience that students are still able to see the material clearly. This is not to say that all slides should be simply black and white. Text boxes can be placed over graphics and images, allowing for variety in the slides, and clarity in the text (see Figure ​ Figure1B). 1B ). While the research on the ideal font is mixed (e.g., Duarte, 2008 ), Mackiewicz ( 2007 ) recommends Gill Sans as a safe choice.

When PowerPoint was first available, there was a certain novelty to having text fly onto the screen, spin around, burst into flames, and fly out. The reality now is that students are used to these effects, and they are more distracting than anything else. There are times when animations are necessary, such as when an instructor may not want all of the text on a slide to be available at once to students. While it may be useful for separate points to appear on the screen at different times, there should be no distracting animations (Daffner, 2003 ).

Videos and images

The choice of images or graphics is important. Verbal information supplemented with appropriate images is better retained than information presented simultaneously with both graphics and text (Mayer, 2009 ). This means that students remember more if instructors speak to images on a slide, rather than images and redundant text (i.e., bullet points that reiterate what the speaker is discussing). That said, images and graphics must be chosen carefully. The images used on a slide must be consistent with the message of the presenter. Images that are superfluous or inconsistent with the instructor's verbal output may actually hinder student retention (e.g., Bartsch and Cobern, 2003 ). Instructors should also be sure to avoid low-resolution images (i.e., no less than 1600 × 1200 pixels), clipart, or images with watermarks. A grainy image with a watermark is distracting and may come across as unprofessional. The same is true of clip art. Including clip art in a presentation is somewhat dated, and again, is often viewed as unprofessional (Alley, 2013 ). Fortunately, there are a number of resources available to find suitable images 2 .

Videos should be embedded in presentations. Relying on an internet connection to stream content can be risky and break up the flow of the presentation. There are numerous sites available to legally download video content. Instructors that are concerned with copyright issues should check with the copyright specialist at their institution.

Keeping the above points in mind, let us revisit Figure ​ Figure1A. 1A . A better approach to this slide is to remove unnecessary text, enlarge the images, and break the single slide down into two separate slides, as we see in Figure ​ Figure1B. 1B . With this approach, the instructor can place the focus on the images, which is critical in this example, and speak to what the students are viewing. This is far more engaging than reading the bullet points off of the slide in Figure ​ Figure1A 1A .

The student experience

In our experience, students need some preparation to deal with PowerPoint presentations that are not loaded with text. As students have become used to seeing text-heavy slides, many have gotten into the routine of simply writing down everything that is on the slide and moving on. With less text on slides, and graphics that enhance the key points of the instructor, students need to pay attention to what is actually being said in the classroom. As well, students are not going to be able to write down everything, as some are previously accustomed to. At the beginning of the term, we provide students with an overview of how the slides are going to look also give instruction on how students can become active listeners. Students are taught to listen for key points, minimize the amount of note taking and maximize the amount of attention that is spent on what the instructor is saying. There can certainly be an adjustment period for students. Still, we typically find that attendance goes up, student engagement increases and grades improve.

Who has the time?

Between writing grants, collecting data, writing papers, and preparing lectures, there is intense pressure placed on instructors. To try to minimize the time spent on preparing lectures, many instructors understandably spend little time creating PowerPoint slides, or simply use slides provided by the publisher. Unfortunately, publisher slides tend to be text heavy, and often do nothing more than regurgitate textbook material. While many instructors wish to improve their slides, there is a common concern that there is simply not enough time to do so. In our experience, properly created slides actually take less time to create than the more commonly used text-heavy slides with a header and several bullets. We encourage instructors to look at their current slides and consider if the images on the slides are complimenting what is being said and if the text is enhancing the lecture. If the answer to either of these questions is negative, the instructor needs to decide whether to stop using PowerPoint—which is not necessarily a bad option, we have both seen brilliant presentations that did not use PowerPoint—or how to change things for the better.

One benefit of updating and enhancing PowerPoint slides is that it forces instructors to think about the content of their course. If there is not an image, or small amount of text that can explain a concept, it could be that the concept does not lend itself to the style of PowerPoint—in that case, PowerPoint should not be used. It might also be that the instructor is not familiar enough with the material to be able to create an appropriate slide. We found that when updating our lectures, topics that we were comfortable with were easy to present with minimal text and an appropriate image. This was more challenging for topics that we were less comfortable with. This forced us to review our course material, and ultimately, improve the quality of the lectures.

As previously mentioned, many instructors use the slides provided by publishing companies. While we argue these slides don't stand up well on their own, they still have value. The publisher's slides contain the basics from the textbook, and may be useful as a way to frame lectures. These slides could be considered an outline of what may be covered, and then altered to reduce text, add meaningful images or graphs, and supplemented with relevant examples from the literature.

Final thoughts

Student engagement can be difficult, as students have more temptation than ever to tune out from a dull lecture. Laptops, phones and tablets all contain the lure of social media, surfing the web, text messaging, or simply reading a magazine or book, and this can all be done under the guise of listening to a lecturer. Effective PowerPoint presentations can prevent student distraction and facilitate a better student experience. There is no need for students to endure substandard presentations, and as such, we challenge all instructors to put weak PowerPoint to rest.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

1 Note that in this article we are using the denotation PowerPoint to refer to any presentation software (e.g., Keynote, Impress, etc.).

2 Google images offers a wide selection of free images, though there may be copyright issues. Other valuable online resources include Getty Images, iStock Photo, Flickr Creative Commons, and Everystockphoto.

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