MODULE 1 Flashcards
The word “_____” is derived from hal, which means “hale, sound, whole.”
health
The word “health” is derived from __, which means “hale, sound, whole.”
hal
The _________ describes health as “the state of
being free from illness or injury.”
New Oxford Dictionary of English
From the _________ health is defined as the
state of the physical bodily organs, and the ability of the body as a whole to function. It refers to
freedom from medically defined diseases.
professional point of view
The most widely quoted definition of health
was the one created by the ____ in 1946, which states that
“health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease and infirmity.”
World Health Organization (WHO)
The most widely quoted definition of health
was the one created by the World Health Organization (WHO) in ___, which states that
“health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the
absence of disease and infirmity.”
1946
we define health in terms of being a dynamic ___ or condition of the human organism that is
multidimensional (physical, mental, emotional, social, intellectual, spiritual, and occupational) in nature, a resource of living and results from a person’s interactions with and adaptations to his
or her environment.
state
