Introduction Flashcards
Health Education
teaching and counseling on healthy living
Health Promotion
as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health
Physical Education
course in the curriculum utilizes learning in the cognitive, affective, and psychmotor domains in a play or movement exploration setting
Public Health
the study and practice of addressing threads to the health of a community
- Health Education
- Sanitation Measures
- Control Disease
- Regulation of Pollution (taking care of the Env.)
- Vaccinations
- Flouridating Drinking Water (clean water)
- GOAL: improves lives through prevention/treatment of disease
WHO says health is:
“A dynamic state of complete physical, mental, spiritual, and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Wellness (alternative medicine)
generally used to mean a healthy balance of the mind, body, and spirit that results in an overall feeling of well-being
Wellness (Medicine)
generally the state of being healthy
Fitness
- The state or condition of being fit; sustainability or appropriateness
- Good wealth or physical education, especially as the result of exercise and proper nutrition