Lesson 1
The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.
What is health?
All the traits biologically passed on to you from your parents.
What is heredity?
Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.
What are risk behaviors?
Providing accurate health information and teaching health skills to help people make healthy decisions.
What is health education?
AN ongoing condition or illness such as heart disease, obesity, and cancer.
What is chronic disease?
People of the same age who share similar interests.
What are peers?
Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.
What are cumulative risks?
A nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the United States.
What is the Healthy People program?
A deep-seated sense of meaning and purpose in life.
What is spiritual health?
The sum of your surroundings.
What is environment?
Taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse.
What is prevention?
Differences in health outcomes among groups.
What are health disparities?
An overall state of well-being or total health.
What is wellness?
The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.
What is culture?
A deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
What is abstinence?
A person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services, and to use these resources to promote one's health and wellness.
What is health literacy?
Radio, tv, and the Internet.
What is technology?
Various methods for communicating information.
What is media?
The personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives.
What are lifestyle factors?