Health and Wellness

Question 1

Health

Answer 1

State of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmary

Question 2

Wellness

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An active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life

Question 3

Physical

Answer 3

State of physical well-being when the internal and external body parts, organs, tissues, and cells function properly causing a person to perform daily activities without restriction

Question 4

Social

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Ability to relate well to others, both within and outside the family. It encourages contributing to a healthy community by supporting a healthy environment

Question 5

Emotional

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Ability to understand your own feelings, accept your limitations, achieve emotional stability, and become comfortable with your emotions

Question 6

Spiritual

Answer 6

Sense that life is meaningful and has a purpose, the ethics, values, and morals that guide and is giving meaning and direction to life

Question 7

Environmental

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Reflects the fact that personal health depends on the health of the planet. Also requires the learning about and protecting yourself against environmental hazards

Question 8

Determinants

Answer 8

Factors, which when combined together, affect the health of individuals and communities. They determine the circumstances and environment

Question 9

Income and Social Status

Answer 9

The greater gap between the riches and the poorest people, the greater the differences in health

Question 10

Education

Answer 10

Low education levels are linked with poor health, more stress, and lower self confidence

Question 11

Physical Environment

Answer 11

• Safe water
• Clean air
• Healthy workplaces
• Safe houses, communities, and roads

Question 12

Employment and Working Conditions

Answer 12

People in employment are healthier, particularly those who have more control over their working conditions

Question 13

Social Support Networks

Answer 13

Greater support from families, friends, and communities is linked to better health

Question 14

Culture

Answer 14

• Customs and Traditions

- Beliefs of the family and community

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Genetics

Answer 15

• Determining lifespan
• Healthiness
• Likelihood of developing certain illnesses

Question 16

Personal Behavior and Coping Skills

Answer 16

• Balanced eating
• Keeping active
• Vices (smoking, drinking, and etc.)
• Stress management

Question 17

Health Services

Answer 17

Access and use of services that prevent and treat disease influence health

Question 18

Gender

Answer 18

Men and women suffer from different types of diseases at different ages

Question 19

Social Determinants of Health

Answer 19

Conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. Circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at a global, national, and local levels

Question 20

Health Inequities

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The unfair and unavoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries

Question 21

Host Factors (Intrinsic)

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The organism that is capable of being infected by a specific agent. Influences an individual’s exposure, susceptibility, or response to a causative unit

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Environmental Factors (Extrinsic)

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All that which is external to the individual human host, may be living or non-living, and with which the individual is in constant interaction

Question 23

Risk Factors

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Any attribute, characteristic, or exposure of an individual that increases the likelihood of developing a disease injury

Question 24

Protective Risk Factors

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Positive influences to health which prevent the dysfunction caused by ill-health

Question 25

Behavioral Risk Factors

Answer 25

Lifestyle choices play a major role

Question 26

Biomedical Risk Factors

Answer 26

Bodily states that contribute to the development of disease

Question 27

Sickness

Answer 27

Social role which the person assumes when defined as ill

Question 28

Disease (Physiological/Psychological Dysfunction)

Answer 28

A pathological process, a deviation from the biological norm

Question 29

Illness

Answer 29

Subjective feeling or experience of unhealth which is entirely personal, interior to the person. Subjective state a person who feels aware of not being well with evident signs and symptoms.

Question 30

Host

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Organism harboring the disease

Question 31

Vector

Answer 31

Person, animal, or microorganism that carries and transmits the infectious pathogen

Question 32

Environment

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External factors that allow transmission

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Agent

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Microbe that causes disease

Question 34

Epidemiological Triad

Answer 34

Traditional model for infectious disease

Question 35

Stage of Subclinical Disease

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Extends from the time of exposure to onset of disease symptoms. An individual is asymptomatic or inapparent, and may last as brief as seconds for toxicologic exposures, to as long as decades for certain chronic disease

Question 36

Stage of Clinical Disease

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The onset of symptoms marks the transition from subclinical to clinical disease. Most diagnosis are made during this stage as individuals already shows signs and symptoms of the disease

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Stage of Recovery, Rehabilitation, Death

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Ultimate outcomes of clinical disease

Question 38

Control

Answer 38

Public policy intervention that restricts the circulation of an infectious agent beyond the level that would result from spontaneous, individual behaviors to protect against infection

Question 39

Elimination

Answer 39

Reduction to zero of the incidence of a specified disease in a defined geographical area as a result of deliberate efforts

Question 40

Extinction

Answer 40

Specific infectious agent no longer exists in nature or in the laboratory

Question 41

Eradication

Answer 41

Termination of all transmission of infectious agents