Dimensions of Wellness
This dimension of health refers to how well your body functions.
What is physical health?
This is the term for a disease that happens quickly and lasts a short time, like the flu.
What is an acute disease?
This term means taking charge of your health by making responsible decisions.
What is health promotion?
These are the tools you use to make choices about your health and wellness.
What are decision-making skills?
This doctor provides routine checkups and refers patients to specialists when needed.
What is a primary care physician?
This dimension of health includes your mood, feelings, and how you view yourself.
What is emotional health?
This type of disease can last for many years or even a lifetime, like diabetes.
What is a chronic disease?
This is the only 100% effective way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections.
What is abstinence?
This is the first step in the decision-making process.
What is defining the problem?
This type of healthcare facility requires patients to stay overnight.
What is an inpatient facility?
This dimension of health involves thinking clearly, learning, and solving problems.
What is intellectual health?
This word describes the range between poor health and optimal health.
What is a continuum?
This type of drug contains the same active ingredient as a brand-name drug but costs less.
What is a generic drug?
A goal you want to accomplish in a few days or weeks is called this type of goal.
What is a short-term goal?
This is the regular fee paid each month for health insurance.
What is a premium?
This dimension of health focuses on communication skills and relationships with others.
What is social health?
This term describes a state of excellent health and wellness in all areas of life.
What is optimal health?
These healthcare providers receive extra training in specific areas like heart disease or cancer.
What are specialists?
This skill helps you stand up to peer pressure without compromising your values.
What are refusal skills?
This is the amount you must pay before your insurance company begins covering costs.
What is a deductible?
This term describes the balanced interaction of physical, emotional, intellectual, and social health.
What is wellness?
A disorder is different from a disease because it often has this instead of one clear cause.
What is no single identifiable cause?
This term describes continuing to learn and grow in knowledge about health throughout your entire life.
What is lifelong learning?
This term describes your ability to communicate and interact positively with others.
What are interpersonal skills?
This 2010 law expanded access to insurance and introduced the Patient’s Bill of Rights.
What is the Affordable Care Act?