Terms to know
This term means the absence of physical illness and disease.
What is health?
This involves getting an annual physical exam, regular checkup, and screenings for certain conditions.
What is preventative healthcare?
Two main types of insurance plans. (not funded by the government)
What are:
1.Health maintenance organization (HMO)
2.Preferred provider organization (PPO)
What are the 4 aspects of health?
What are: Physical, mental, emotional and social?
This type of specialist deals with medical conditions of children from infancy to adolescence.
What is a pediatrician?
This term is defined as how well your body functions.
What is physical health?
This doctor is usually seen to get routine checkups, diagnosis of conditions, and receive medical treatment.
What is a primary care physician?
Two types of insurance funded by the U.S. government.
What are:
1. Medicare
2. Medicaid
This term refers to how well you get along with other people.
What is your social health?
A patient may see this type of specialist if they have heart disease.
What is a cardiologist?
These are present in every cell of your body and contain the blueprint for the structure and function of your cells.
What are genes?
Primary physicians may also refer their patients to this type of doctor who have extra training and experience with certain types of diseases or disorders.
What are Physician specialists?
The 4 aspects of health and wellness.
What are:
physical, mental, emotional and social
This term means state of health and wellness in which people generally feel good about their present conditions.
What is well-being?
This type of specialist deals with patients who have been diagnosed with cancer.
What is an oncologist?
This term means to support or recommend something publicly.
What is to advocate?
The difference between inpatient and outpatient facilities.
What are:
Inpatient facilities are hospitals where patients stay while they receive diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and therapy.
Outpatient facilities treat patients who live in the community and do not require a hospital.
The 6 ways to maintain good mental health.
What are:
1.Stay connected to others
2.Help others
3.Manage your stress
4.Sleep properly
5.Stay active
6.Get professional help, if needed
This term means a strategy for resolving difficult conflicts by involving a neutral third party.
What is mediation?
This type of specialist treats patients for skin conditions such as acne.
What is a dermatologist?
This term means the balance of all aspects of health- physical, mental, emotional and social.
What is wellness?
This involves the treatment and prevention of illnesses, injuries, or diseases to improve wellness.
What is healthcare?
The three steps to reducing your risk factors for developing genetically linked diseases and disorders.
What are:
1.Learn about your family’s history of diseases.
2.Learn about risk factors linked to the diseases that run in your family.
3. Try to eliminate or reduce your risk factors for these diseases.
These are strategies you can use to stand up to pressures and influences that want you to engage in unhealthy behaviors. ( 2 words)
What are refusal skills?
A patient may see this doctor if they have breathing problems or lung diseases.
What is a pulmonologist?