CHAPTER 1
A dynamic human condition with multiply intertwined dimensions.
This refers to an overall sense of well being or enjoyment of life.
What is Quality of life
This dimension is associated with the ability to deal with personal feelings.
What Emotional dimension of health
Degree to which an individual has the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services needed to make informed health decisions.
What is Health literacy
A medical condition typically resulting from a disease causing organism..
What is an infectious disease
This rose dramatically during the 20th century.
For Americans born in the 1900 it was only 47 years
What is life expectancy
This dimension is associated with the ability to interact effectively with other people.
What Social dimension of health
Smoking, binge drinking, High fat diet, Sedentary lifestyle, Less sleep, Stress
What are college students health norms
A permanent, prolonged condition that leaves a residual disability.
What is a chronic disease
For over 50 years, this organization defined health
What is WHO – World Health Organization
This dimension of health encompasses functional operations and soundness of the body.
What is Physical Dimensions of health
This dimension focuses on the conditions in which we live.
What Environmental dimension of health
If used appropriately, they can bring about positive social change
What are PSA’S
Pneumonia, Tuberculosis, Diarrheal diseases
What are infectious diseases
This becomes clear when we are sick or injured.
What is the importance of health
This dimension is a commitment to a set of values or principles that guide our actions.
What is Spiritual dimensions of health
This dimension relates directly to money and resources one has at their disposal.
What Financial dimension of health
It increases one’s susceptibility or has a strong association with the occurrence, onset, or progression of a disease.
What is health risk or risk factor
Poor diet, Tobacco use and low physical activity
What are the actual causes of death
This can be viewed as a continuum with both positive and negative poles
What is health
This dimension is reflected in our ability to question and evaluate information, to think and learn
What Intellectual dimension of health
This is the pursuit of a job or career that provides one with a sense of fulfillment and personal enrichment.
What Occupational dimension of health
The study of the occurrence, distribution, control and prevention of disease, infection, injury and other health-related events in a human population
What is Epidemiology
This theory is based on the principle that behavior is dynamic, depending on individual and environmental factors.
What is Social Cognitive Theory