wellness 9 weeks exam
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kendallseering on October 5, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 health | physical, mental-emotional, & family-social health |
| calculated risk | is a risk that is thought about then done with a positive ending |
| wellness | quality of life resulting from health status |
| physical health | is the condition of a person's body |
| communication skills | skills, such as active listening, that help you share feelings, thoughts, & information with others |
| mental-emotional health | is the condition of a person's mind and the ways that a person expresses feelings |
| family-social health | is the condition of a person's relationships with family members and with others |
| risk | chance taken without knowledge of the outcome; can be calculated and have positive effects or be unnecessary and have negative effects |
| health status | sum of positive and negative influences on health and well-being, including health knowledge, communication skills, heredity, advocacy skills, and risks |
| unnecessary risk | is a risk that is thought about and turns about to be a negative outcome. |
| energency | unexpected, serious situation calling for immediate action from the police, an emergency medical team, or the fire department |
| health professionals group | group that monitors the training and ethics of health professionals and advocate for them |
| health-care provider | licensed, trained professional, such as a dentist or physician, who helps people maintain or restore health |
| family health history | the history that your family has that could have been past down from heredity |
| health advocate group | one who promotes health and influence others' health behaviors and decisions |
| health-care facility | place, such as a hospital, where health car is provided |
| personal health record | documents an individual's health history and lists the person's health-care providers |
| pedigree | chart showing genetic diseases or conditions in families and how family members are related |
| health service | work performed by a health-car provider |
| health product | item, such as dental floss, made to maintain or restore health |
| behavior | way of acting in a situation |
| habits | fixed, automatic behaviors |
| health behavior contact | written plan in which you agree to practice a specific health conditions and raises funds for research |
| health behavior inventory | personal assessment tool to help you learn id you are practicing healthful behaviors |
| healthful behaviors | health-promoting behavior that can prevent injury and early death or improve the environment |
| risk behaviors | health-threatening behavior that can cause injury or early death or harm the environment |
| active listening | way of responding-by clarifying, restating, summarizing, or affirming - that shows you hear and understand what someone is saying |
| assertive behavior | expressing ideas, feelings, and decisions without feeling threatened by others' reactions |
| communication skills | skills, such as active listening, that helps you share feelings, thoughts, and information with others |
| conflict-resolution skills | steps that can be taken to resolve a disagreement responsibly and solve problems in a healthy way |
| I-message | statement that contains a specific behavior or event, its effect on you, and resulting emotions, and expresses you feelings or thoughts on a subject without blaming or shaming others |
| mediation | process in which an outside person helps people in conflict find a healthful, safe, nonviolent solution |
| nonverbal communication | communication using body movements, gestures, and facial expressions rather than speech |
| peer pressure | positive and negative influences peers consciously place on others to behave in certain ways |
| prejudice | an adverse judgment formed without looking at the facts |
| resistance skills | skills that help you say "no" to an action or leave a bad situation |
| stereotype | a generalized belief about a group of people |
| you-message | is a thought that is brought about between you and nobody else |
| conflict | opposition in a work of drama or fiction between characters or forces |
| self-confidence | having pride in yourself |
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