Chapter 1
What is a risk behavior?
Something that puts you or others health at risk.
All of the traits that were biologically passed down from your parents
Heredity
The sum of your surroundings is called what?
your environment.
People the same age as you?
Peers
Deliberate deceit or trickery?
Fruad
What is wellness?
Overall state of health
Practicing safe and healthy habits is called what
Prevention
Physicians in this practice work for themselves
Private practice
True or false- Food is part of somenes culture?
True
Located within most hospitals, provide care required for potentially life-threatening illnesses or injuries
Emergency Room
What is a goal?
Aiming towards something and working for it.
What are the three elements of the health triangle?
mental/emotional.
social
physical
What is an action plan
The steps you take in order to achieve your goals
What is a vlaue
Something that guides the way you live.
A dermatologist takes care of what?
the skin
Which influence on your health can not be changed?
Heredity
What is health educatin
Providing accurate health information.
Healthy way to manage stress?
Yoga. Go for a run. Sleep. Listen to music. Workout.
Doctors that share office space , equipment, and patients
Group practice.
Centers that handle emergencies that are not life threatening?
Urgent care
What are three lifestyle factors?
Getting 8-10 hours of sleep
Start each day with a healthy breakfast
Eat a variety of nutritious foods each day
Physically active for at least 20 min. 3 days or more days a week.
Maintain healthy weight
Avoiding tobacco, alcohol and other drugs
Abstaining from sexual activity before marriage.
Managing stress
Maintaining positive relationships
Practicing healthy behavior
What are 2 of the 6 pillars of character?
Trustworthiness
Respect
Responsibility
Fairness
Caring
Citizenship
Todays consumers are only worried about what two things
Cost and convenience.
What ar the two types of health care systems
General and specalized
Female reproductive specalist
Gynocologist