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Health 200
Ch. 1
Question | Answer |
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Health | dynamic state or condition of the human organism that is multidimensional in nature. |
community health | health status to protect and improve the health of the community |
health education | combination of planned learning to acquire information and skills to make quality health decisions |
health promotion | planned combination that support actions and conditions of living conducive |
disease prevention | process of reducing risks and alleviating disease to promote preserve and restore health and minimize suffering and distress |
public health | the science and art of protecting and improving health of communities through education |
global health | health problems that transcend national boundaries |
population health | health status of people who are not organized and have no identity as a group or locality and the actions and conditions to promote, protect, and reserve their health. |
coordinated school health program | and organized set of policies, procedures, and activities designed to protect, promote, and improve the health and well-being of students and staff thus improving a student's ability to learn |
wellness | an approach to health that focuses on balancing the many aspects or dimensions of a person's life through increasing the adoption of health- enhancing conditions and behaviors |
Health educator | professionally prepared individual who serves in a variety of roles and is specifically trained to use appropriate educational strategies and methods to facilitate the development of policies, procedures, interventions, and systems conducive to the health |
Epidemiology | the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specific populations, and the application of this study to control health problems |
Life expectancy | is the number of average years remaining to a person |
infectivity | biological agent to enter and grow in a host |
pathogenicity | communicable disease agent to cause disease in a host |