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| "state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, nor merely the absence of disease or infirmity |
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| addresses the relationship btwn a person's beliefs and behaviors |
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| attempts to create conditions that promote optimal helath; clients are involved in their healing process, thereby assuming some responsibility for health maintenance |
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| (routine exercise & good nutrition) help clients maintain or enhance their present levels of health; motivate people to act positively to reach more stable levels of health |
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| Positive health behaviors |
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| activities related to maintaining, attaining, or regaining, good health and preventing illness |
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| teaches people how to care for themselves in a healthy way and includes topics such as physical awareness, stress management, & self-responsibility |
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| help persons achieve new understanding and control of their lives |
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| activities such as immunization programs protect clients from actual or potential threats to health |
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| Passive Strategies of Health Promotion |
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| individuals gain from the activities of others w/out acting themselves |
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Active Strategies of Health Promotion
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| individuals are motivated to adopt specific health programs |
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| true prevention; precedes disease or dysfunction & is applied to clients considered physically & emotionally healthy. Ex: immunizations, health ed programs |
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| focuses on individuals who are experiencing health problems or illnesses & who are at risk for developing complications or worsening. Ex: screenings-physical, BP, cholesterol |
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| occurs when a development or disability is permanent and irreversible. Minimizing the effects of a long term disease; help achieve highest level of functioning |
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| any situation, habit, social or environmental condition, physiological or psychological functioning, developmental or intellectual condition, or spiritual or other variable that incr. vulnerability of an individual or group to an illness or accident |
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| learning process, and what is learned from relapse can be applied to the next attempt to change |
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| a person's physical, emotional, intellectual, social, developmental, or spiritual functioning is diminshed or impaired compared w/previous experiences |
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| short duration and is severe |
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| persists, usually longer than 6 months, and can also affect functioning |
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| medical sociologists defintion: people who are ill generally act in a way; involves how people monitor their bodies, define and interpret their symptoms, take remedial actions, and use the health care system |
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