Running Head: SELF-ASSESSMENT 1

Personal Well-Being Self-Assessment Reflection

Melinda Martinez

Arizona State University

PPE 310: Healthy Learning Communities

Instructor: Sambach

Lesson 2: Personal Well-Being Self-Assessment

October 22, 2017

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PERSONAL WELL BEING SELF-ASSESSMENT PPE 310

Name: Melinda Martinez Date: Overall Score: 8.33

10/21/17

RESULTS: AFTER COMPLETING THE ASSESSMENT, ADD UP YOUR POINTS FROM ALL THREE
SECTIONS AND DIVIDE THAT NUMBER BY THREE. THAT WILL GIVE YOU YOUR OVERALL SCORE.
CHECK YOUR SCORE ON THE TABLE BELOW TO GET SOME IDEAS ON HOW TO BETTER YOUR
PERSON WELL BEING.
7-10 4-6 0-3
Excellent Good Needs Improvement
If you scored in this range, you are either You are doing a great job and putting in You will need to make drastic changes to
practicing healthy habits, or you are amazing efforts to try and better your lifestyle, to better your overall
aware of what to change to better your yourself. You probably know what you health and wellbeing. You are probably
overall health and well-being. Keep need to do, but may need help reaching already feeling the negative effects that
doing what you are doing or make the your personal goals. Reach out to your lifestyle is having on your body. Get
improvements that you know are friends, family or physicians to point you help from any resources provided to
necessary to better yourself in the right direction. you, and try to find a plan that works for
you, to ensure that you are living your
life to the fullest.
Fill out the following assessment honestly. Look at the questions and fill in the bubble/highlight
DIRECTIONS: the answer that best describes you.
SMOKING, DRINKING AND DRUGS
How often do you smoke How often do you consume How often do you find yourself
cigarettes? alcoholic beverages? doing recreational drugs?

o Never (3 points) o I avoid drinking alcoholic o Never (3 points)

o Sometimes (About one or beverages, or drink less o I have before, but do not
two packs a week) (1 than three times per year. anymore. (1 point)
point) (4 points)
o I sometimes/regularly
o Always (Close to a pack a o I drink at least one to two experience with
day) (0 points) beverages per week. (2 recreational drugs. (0
points) points)
o I drink at least one to two
beverages per day. (1
point)
o I drink as often as I
possibly can! (0 Points)
ADD UP THE
POINTS FOR THE
ABOVE SECTION
AND PUT TOTAL 10 points
POINTS
HERE>>>
NUTRTION/DIET
I eat a healthy variety of foods I limit the amount of times that I I avoid eating too much sugar,
each day. For example, fruits, eat fast food/ foods high in especially from snacks, sodas
veggies, whole grains, dairy and cholesterol and fat per week and candy

o Almost always. (At least
six days per week) (4
points).
o Often. (4-5 days per
week) (3 points)
o Almost always (eat fast o Always (3 points)
food less than once a o Sometimes (1 point)
week) (3 points)
o Never (0 points)
o Often (eat fast food only
once or twice a week) (2
points)
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o Hardly ever. (2-3 days o Hardly ever (eat fast
per week) (1 point) food three or more
o Almost never. (0-1 days times per week) (0
per week) (0 points) points)
ADD UP THE
POINTS FROM
THE ABOVE
SECTION AND 8 points
PUT TOTAL
POINTS
HERE>>>
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY/EXERCISE AND VITAMINS
Do you take some type of
I exercise or do moderate
I take the stairs and park as far supplement or multivitamin to
physical activity for at least thirty
away from my destination as ensure you are getting all your
minutes at least five times per
possible necessary vitamins and
week
minerals?
o Always (at least five days a o Always (every chance that I o Yes (2 points)
week) (4 points) get) (4 points) o No (0 points)
o Sometimes (at least two o Sometimes (majority of the
days a week) (3 points) time) (3 points)
o Never (less than once a o Hardly ever (if I am feeling
week) (0 points) energized that day) (1
point)
o Never (Closest parking and
elevator please!) (0 points)
ADD UP POINTS
FROM THE
ABOVE SECTION 7 points
AND PUT TOATL
HERE>>>

Introduction

National health goals were implemented with the objective of focusing on reducing the death rate

among infants, children, adolescents and adults (Lifestyles for Health, 2010). These goals focus on

disease prevention, health promotion and emphasize the quality of life (Lifestyles for Health, 2010). In

order to implement these goals into our daily lives, it is important that we are aware of our current state

of health and well-being. The best way to do this, is to assess ourselves, using self-assessments.

Completing self-assessments allows us to understand where we are at with our health and what we can

do to change. The results from my self-assessment are outlined below.

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Strategies for Change

Although the overall score of my self-assessment was good, there are some changes that I can

implement into my lifestyle. As far as drugs, drinking and smoking go, I received a score of 10/10,

because I do not participate in any of these activities. However, I did discover that I need to focus more

on eating a balanced diet. I do try to eat healthier foods as often as possible, but they are typically not

balanced meals. For example, I will eat a lot of vegetables in a salad, but do not eat enough healthy

grains or fruits. I also eat fast food about once a week, and although I try to go with a healthier option, it

is not always a good decision. I also discovered that I can benefit from exercising more and taking a

multivitamin. Because I do not always eat a balanced diet, a multivitamin can help make up for any

vitamins that I may be lacking in. I also can try to exercise more. Right now, I use the excuse that I am

too busy to get to the gym, but there are other ways that I can fit exercise into my daily life, which will

benefit my overall health.

Strengths

One strength that I have is the fact that I do not drink, smoke or do drugs, which is good for my

personal well-being. Although there is room for improvement in the other areas, I still scored rather high

in them. I try to eat healthy as often as possible, which is better than not eating healthy at all. I also limit

my sugar intake which is good for my overall health. Although I do not exercise as often as I should, I

do take stairs and park far away from my destination as often as possible which is a strength in the area

of physical activity.

Implementing this Information

This assessment would help me understand better where the group I am working with is at. I can

make a plan for each individual, by categorizing them based on their results. I could use this information

to come up with a health promotion program. Health promotion programs main goal is to empower

people by teaching them how to take control over their own lives (Daviri et al., 2014). My health
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promotion program would help people understand the importance of healthy living and direct them on

ways to implement changes that will help their overall health and well-being. For example, if there were

a group of people who need to eat better, I could introduce them to resources that will help them with

this, like a nutritionist. If a group of people scored low on the smoking, drinking and drugs section, I

could give them information on resources to help them change these habits. If people needed to work on

an exercise plan, I can enlist the help of a trainer or create a walking club, or something similar.

Rationale

Health is the optimal well-being that contributes to quality of life (Lifestyles for Health, 2010).

One of the determinants of health is a persons individual characteristics or behaviors (Health Impact

Assessment, 2017). I took this into consideration when creating my self-assessment. I feel that the major

behaviors and attitudes that I am faced with that contribute to my overall health and well-being include

diet, exercise and smoking and drinking. Because of this, I felt that it was important that I include them in

my assessment. I wanted my assessment to be easy to understand and easy to complete, which is why I

formatted it in different sections. I also tried to explain what every answer meant, that way people would

find it easier to answer the questions. I also tried to format it in a way that is professional and visually

appealing to encourage peoples participation in completing it.

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References

Daviri, C., Alexopoulos, E.C., Artemiadis, A.K., Tigani, X., Kraniotou, C., Darvyri, P. and Chrousos,

G.P. The Healthy Lifestyle and Personal Control Questionnaire(HLPCQ): a novel tool for

Assessing Self-Empowerment through a Constellation of daily Activiities. (2014). Retrieved

from https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-14-995

Health Impact Assessment. (2017). World Health Organization. Retrieved from

http://www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/

Health, Wellness, Fitness and Healthy Lifestyles: An Introduction. (2010). Lifestyles for Health Fitness

and Wellness. Retrieved from http://www.mhhe.com/hper/physed/clw/01corb.pdf