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vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Health skills | specific tools to maintain, protect and improve all aspects of your health |
| interpersonal communication | the exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people |
| Refusal skills | communication strategies that can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe |
| conflict resolution | the process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving |
| stress | the reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands |
| stress management skills | skills that help you reduce and manage stress in your life |
| advocacy | taking action to influence others to adress a health related concern or to support a health related belief |
| values | ideas,beliefs,and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live |
| decision making skills | steps that enable you to make a healthy decision |
| short term goal | goal that can be reached in a short amount of time |
| long term goal | goal that can be reached over an extended amount of time |
| action plan | multistep strategy to identify and acheive your goals |
| health consumer | someone who purchases or uses health products or services |
| advertising | written or spoken media message designed to interest consumers |
| comparison shopping | judging the benefits of different products by comparing several factors |
| warranty | company or a stores written agreement to repair a product or refund your money if the product doesnt function |
| consumer advocates | people or groups whose sole purpose is to take regional, national, and even international consumer issues |
| malpractice | failure by a health professional to meet accepted standards |
| health fraud | sale of worthless products and services that claim to prevent diseases |