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Chapter 2
Health and Wellness Skills
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alternatives | courses of action one can take |
| Collaborative decision-making | process of working with others to make a decision |
| Decision-making process | steps for making a healthy decision; include defining the decision, exploring alternatives, considering consequences, identifying the best alternative, deciding, and evaluating |
| Goal | specific endpoint that signifies a condition one hopes to reach |
| SMART Goal | endpoint that is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely |
| Values | qualities or priorities one considers important |
| Advocate | to take actions that show support |
| Consumer | anyone who purchases goods and services |
| Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | federal organization that regulates and ensures the safety of food, health products, and medications |
| Health Fraud | illegal activity related to health products and services; for example, deceptive labeling or advertising |
| Health literacy | ability to locate, evaluate, apply, and communicate information pertaining to health |
| Health promotion | process of advocating for the health of families and communities by sharing health information |
| Lifelong learning | practice of always seeking to gather new information and learn new skills |
| Pseudoscience | theories and health claims that are described as science-based when they are not |
| Science | a body of knowledge based on observation and experimentation |
| Emergency healthcare | medical care that treats life-threatening health conditions |
| Healthcare | medical care that seeks to prevent and treat health conditions |
| Inpatient facilities | healthcare facilities in which patients reside for the duration of treatment |
| Minors | people under the age of 18 |
| Outpatient facilities | healthcare facilities that patients visit for treatment and then leave |
| Preventative healthcare | medical care that seeks to prevent health conditions from developing; includes annual physical or wellness exams, checkups, vaccinations, and screenings |
| Primary care physician (PCP) | healthcare professional who provides routine checkups, screenings, treatments, prescriptions, and preventative services |
| Specialists | healthcare professionals who have additional training in treating certain types of diseases and disorders |
| Community health | overall health of a group of people who live in the same area and interact with one another |
| Community resources | organizations and programs that help the environment and people within a community |
| Community service | actions that promote the environment and health of a community |
| Environmental justice | aspect of community and world health concerned with populations exposed to harmful environmental and societal factors through no fault of their own |
| Food desert | area without nearby full-service grocery stores |
| Organ donation | act of allowing your organs to be donated and transplanted into another person, typically upon your death |
| Public health | science-based approach to protecting and improving the health of populations as a whole |
| World health | health of human populations around the world |
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