1. Many factors influence your mental and emotional health. a. Describe how each of the following factors helps you make decisions that enhance your mental and emotional health.

Your peers
Your family
Your school and community
Your use of television, cell phones, computers, and other telecommunication technologies
b. Describe how the above factors create barriers for maintaining your mental and emotional health. What barriers do they create?

c. What are some strategies you could use to get past these barriers?

answer; i believe that the answer is home chores,companionship and personal assistance;

d they all are treatable but they never completely go away

answer

ben’s food poisoning was caused by cross-contamination

explanation

cross-contamination in food occurs when harmful bacteria is transferred to food from other foods, utensils or cutting boards. it happens often when handling raw meat , sea foods and poultry. in this case, because ben did not wash hands before and after handing the poultry, chances that bacteria transfer   from the poultry to the vegetable are high.