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Nutrition chp 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| worldview | a person's overall belief and ideas about how the world works, what is important, and how people should live |
| biomedical worldview | belief that health and illness are mainly understood through science, biology, and the physical body and can be scientifically diagnosed and treated |
| traditional worldview | health is understood through culture, tradition, and beliefs rather than only through modern science |
| relationship to nature | the way a person or culture views and interacts with the natural environment including how they believe nature affects health, life, and well-being |
| role of the individual | importance and responsibilty a person has in maintaining their own health and well-being |
| etiology of sickness and disease | cause or origin of an illness or disease |
| health | state of physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absense of disease |
| illness | person's experience of feeling unwell or unhealthy, including symptoms, discomfort, or changes in how they feel |
| disease | specific abnormal condition or disorder of the body or mind that affects normal functioning |
| sickness | social experience or role of being unwell, including how society, family, or others recognize and respond to a person's illness |
| supernatural world | realm or reality believed to exist beyond the natural, physical world, often involving spirits, gods, ancestors, or other forces |
| social world | part of life involving other people, relationships, culture, family, community, and society the influences how a person thinks |
| natural world | physical world of nature and things that occur without human or supernatural influence, such as plants, animals, weather, the environment, and human body |
| medical pluralism | multiple different systems or types of healthcare by individuals or communities |
| majority | larger number or greater part of a group or population that |
| somatization | process in which emotional or psychological stress is experienced as physical symptoms, even when there is not clear medical cause |
| sympathetic quality of food | belief that foods have special qualities or properties that can affect a person's health and body |
| integrative medicine | an approach to healthcare that combines conventional Western medicine with complementary and alternative therapies to treat the whole person |
| susto | traditional Latin American folk illness believed to be caused by a frightening or shocking experience, which causes the soul to leave the body |
| folk illness | sickness or health condition that is recognized and explained within a particular culture or community |
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