Health Chapter One - Four: Vocabulary by Fernando Morales

Health: The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.

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My definition: Are all three parts of the health triangle.

Spiritual Health: A deep-seated sense of meaning and purpose in life

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My definition: Spiritual health is the exercise of what your body needs.

Wellness: An overall sense of well-being or total health.

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My definition: Being safe in all types of health.

Chronic diseaseAn ongoing condition or illness.

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My definition: A chronic disease that can be very life threatening.

Heredity: All the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents.

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My Definition: Passed traits to you from your family.

Peers: People of the same age who share similar interests.

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My definition: People who have the same interest and age.

Culture: The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.

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My definition: A person's belief in something.

Media: Various methods for communicating information.

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My definition: A way to transfer data to someone like using music.

Technology: Radio, television, and the Internet.

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Technology: Can be any type of digital device.

Risk behaviors: Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.

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My Definition: A dicision that you can make.

Cumulative risks: Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.

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My definition: Risk that have a bigger risk.

Prevention: Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.

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My Definition: To stop something from happening.

Abstinence: A deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs

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My definition: A behavior that causes in unhealthy sexual activity.

Lifestyle factors: The personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives.

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My Definition: Actions that are related to the way a person lives.

Health education: Providing accurate health information and health skills teaching to help people make healthy decisions.

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My definition: Health information used to make healthy choices.

Healthy People: A nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the United States

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My definition: People who have healthy lifestyles

Health disparities: Differences in health outcomes among groups.

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My definition: A difference between people in their health.

Health literacy: A person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and to use these resources to promote one's health and wellness.

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My definition: Learning health using basic resources to understand them.