HLE Exam 1 Flashcards
What are the dimensions of wellness?
Physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, cultural, spiritual, environmental, financial, occupational
What is mortality rate?
Rate of death
What is the current life expectancy as of 2020?
77 yrs
What is wellness?
Optimal health and vitality, encompassing all
the dimensions of well-being
Chronic disease
A disease that develops and continues over a
long period.
Morbidity rate
Rate of disease
Infectious disease
Diseases that are able to be passed down to people
Health Span
(How long we stay healthy) freedom from chronic or disabling disease
Health
the overall condition of body or mind and the presence or absence of illness or injury
Life expectancy
the period of time a member of a given population is expected to live
Factors that you can control regarding health
Health habits, personal health behaviors
Health promotion
the process of enabling people to
increase control over their health and its determinants: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
General adaptation syndrome
suggests a predictable response pattern to all stressors
Sympathetic division
Activated when you are stimulated, such as by exercise or when you experience
pain, anger, or fear.
Personality
The sum of cognitive, behavioral, and
emotional tendencies
Somatic nervous system
Voluntary movement