Social and Consumer Health: Personal Health Behaviors

Other Influences on Your Health

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There are outside factors that influence your health as well. They include your parents or caregivers, your friends and peers, and your community.  

Think about each question below and then click to find out how each group influences your wellness.

Think and Click How do parents influence your health?
Your parents are probably doing everything they can to keep you as healthy as possible. This includes providing you food, clothing, shelter, emotional support, and medical care just to name a few things.


Think and Click How do peers influence your health?
Some of your peers may not share those same interests. They may not see the connections to health that some risk behaviors have.


Think and Click How does your community influence your health?

If you look around your community you will see examples all around that are there to keep you safe and free from injury: Stop, Yield, Children at Play and crosswalks to name just a few.