Health Terms
Terms
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- enviroment
- all of the physical and social conditions surrounding a person.
- wellness
- a broad concept of health that includes a combination of physical, mental, and social well being.
- culture
- the and patterns of behaviors that are shared by a group of people and passed from generation to generation.
- prevention
- practice of health behaviors
- continuum
- a gradual or continual progression through many stages between one exteme and another.
- heredity
- passing on of biological chacacteristics from parent to child.
- values
- standards,beliefs,and ideals that are important to a person and help the person clarify what he or she believes
- goal
- a result that a person aims for and works hard to reach.
- illness-wellness continuum
- a model that illustrates the full range of health between the extremes of illness on one end, and wellness on the other.
- quality of life
- the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from in life.
- habit
- pattern of behavior that has become automatic.
- risk factor
- any action or condition that increases the likelihood of injury,disease, or other negative outcome
- health literacy
- a person's ability to gather and understand health information and then use it to improve their health.
- health
- the well being of your body, your mind, your relationships.
- disability
- any physical or metal impainment that limits normal activities.