Chapter 1
Terms
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- culture
- collective beliefs,customs,and behaviors of a group
- lifestyle factors
- Personal behaviors and habits related to the way a person lives that help determine his or her level of health
- environment
- the sum total of your surroundings
- health literacy
- describes and individual's capacity to obtain, interpret, and understand basic helath information and services
- values
- beliefs and standards of conduct that you find important
- health education
- the providing of accurate health info in such a way as to influence people to change attitudes so that they take positive acton about their health
- peers
- people who are same age and share same interest
- abstinence
- voluntarily choosing not to do something
- heredity
- all the traits and properties that are passed along biologically from both parents to child
- wellness
- an overall state of well-being, or total health
- Health
- combination of your physical , mental, emotional,and social well being
- prevention
- practicing healthy habits to keep a person well and free from disease and oter ailments
- risk factors
- actions of behaviors that represent a potential health