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Health Final part 4
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Health Care
9th Grade
06/04/2011

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Accessibility
Definition
The degree to which a product or service is available.
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Advocacy
Definition
Taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief.
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Communication
Definition
The process of sharing information, thoughts or feelings.
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Conflict Resolution
Definition
The process of ending an argument or disagreement through cooperation and problem solving.
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Body Image
Definition
The way a person sees their body.
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Decision-making skills
Definition
Steps that enable a person to make a healthful decision.
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Exercise
Definition
Purposeful physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive and that improves or maintains personal fitness.
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Gene
Definition
A section of a chromosome that determines or affects a characteristic or trait.
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Goal
Definition
A result that a person aims for and works hard to reach.
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Habit
Definition
A behavior that is repeated so often that it becomes almost automatic.
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Heredity
Definition
Proess of passing on traits from parent to child.
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Hormones
Definition
Chemical substances that are produced in glands and help regulate many of the body's functions.
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Interpersonal
Definition
Pertaining to relations between persons.
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Immunity
Definition
The state of being protected against a particular disease.
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Impaired
Definition
Weakened, damaged, or functioning  poorly or inadequately.
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Risk Behavior
Definition
Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.
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Specialist
Definition
Medical doctor trained to handle particular kinds or patients or medial conditions.
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Peer Pressure
Definition
The influence that people of the same age have on each other's feelings, choices and behaviors.
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Prevention
Definition
Practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury.
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Refusal/Resistance Skills
Definition
Communication strategies that can help you say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe, unhealthful, or that go against your values.
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Stigma
Definition
Social disapproval of personal characteristics that go against cultural and social norms.
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Validity
Definition
The degree to which a study accurately reflects or assesses the specific concept that the researcher is attempting to measure.
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Values
Definition
The ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live.
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Violence
Definition
Threatened or actual use of physical force or power to harm another person or to damage property.
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