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| State of complete physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being. |
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| Process of adopting patterns of behavior that can lead to improved health and heightened life satisfaction; wellness has several domain and can be conceptualized as a continuum. |
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| Ecological model of health and wellness |
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| A framework that recognizes the interrelationship between individuals and their environment; emphasizes the multiple social determinants that influence health. |
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| Social determinants of health |
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| Societal conditions that affect health and can potentially be altered by social and health policies and programs. |
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| the study and practice of health promotion and disease prevention at the population level. |
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| public-health-related actions designed to ward off or protect against specific diseases. |
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| issues, events, and activities related to the health of a whole community, as well as activities employing resources available in common to members of the community. |
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| the sense of identity an individual draws from a common ancestry and/or a common national, religious, tribal, language, or cultural origin. |
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| term used in the social sciences to describe ethnic groups based on physical characteristics, such as skin color facial features; race does not exist as a biological reality. |
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| model of behavior change that focuses on stages of change. |
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| internal state in which you feel competent to perfrom a specific task. |
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| backslide into a former healthstate. |
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| the ability to read, understand, and act on health information. |
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| probability of an exposure to a hazard that can result in negatives consequences. |
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| What factors influence a person's health? |
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| behavior choices, economic, social, cultural, and physical conditions. |
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