Health and Wellness
Healthcare
Factors that Affect Health
Lifestyle Risk Factors
Making Decisions and Setting Goals
100

This is the "absence of physical illness and disease"?

What is "health".

100

This is the treatment and prevention of illnesses, injuries, or diseases to improve wellness.

What is "healthcare"

100

This is a record of a disease's presence and impact within a family.

What is "family history"

100

These are people who are similar in age to one another.

What are "peers"

100

A word for "working together".

What is "collaborate"

200

The balance of all aspects of health - physical, mental and emotional, and social is.....

What is "Wellness"

200

The regular doctor who provides checkups, screenings, treatments, and prescriptions is...

What is your "primary care physician"

200

These are segments of DNA that determine the structure and function of a person's cells and affect his or her development, personality, and health.

What are "genes"

200

These are the beliefs, values, customs, and arts of a group of people.

What is "culture"

200

This is a plan of action that is specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and timely.

What are "SMART goals"

300

This is the aspect of health that refers to how well a person's body functions.

What is "physical health"

300

This involves getting an annual physical exam, regular checkups, and screenings for conditions like hearing or vision loss.

What is "preventive healthcare"

300

These are the places where a person spends his or her time, such as school, home, or workplace; the region in which a a person lives; the air a person breathes; and the water a person drinks.

What is "physical environment"

300

A person's level of education and income level is called this.

What is "economic environment"

300

These strategies can be used to stand up to pressures and influences that want you to engage in unhealthy behaviors.

What are "refusal skills"

400

A state of health and wellness in which people generally feel good about their present conditions is called this.

What is "wellness"

400

People can buy this to help pay for healthcare costs.  Some people get this through their employers.

What is "health insurance"

400

These are aspects of people's lives that increase the chances that they will develop a disease or disorder.

What are "risk factors"

400

Your level of health and wellness can be plotted on this.  The choices you make largely determine where you fall on this.

What is the "Health and Wellness Spectrum"

400

This is a method of resolving conflict that involves a third, neutral party.

What is "mediation"

500

The aspect of health that has to do with a person's thoughts and feelings is this.

What is "mental and emotional health"

500

This is a type of insurance made available through the United States government for people 65 years of age and older.

What is "Medicare"

500

People with whom a person interacts, such as family members, friends, peers, teachers, coaches, neighbors, and coworkers are is your......

What is "social environment

500

What are 2 examples of "preventable risk factors"?

Some examples are:

smoking 

drinking alcohol

poor hygiene

Not using safety gear for sports

drug abuse

500

This means to support or recommend.

What is to "advocate"