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Staying Healthy
Lesson 4: Gettng Help to Stay Health
Question | Answer |
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Accurate | Free from errors; correct. |
Health Care Provider | People trained to provide health care, including physicians, nurse practitioners, dentists, and acupuncturists |
Hypertension | Chronic, abnormally high blood pressure |
Immune | Protected or not susceptible to harm from somethin |
Immunization | Vaccines to prevent infection by disease |
Preventive | Keeping from happening or existing. |
Preventive Health Care | A pattern of health care that focuses on disease prevention and health maintenance. Screening tests, health education and immunization programs are examples of preventive health care. |
Reliable | Able to be relied upon; dependable. |
Screening | Test that can help determine if a person has a medical problem or risk factors for a specific disease |
Vaccine | Preparations made of killed or weakened bacteria or viruses given to provide immunity to a disease |