| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Health | focus on physical state |
| Wellness | over all health |
| Health Literacy | being able to access, understand & use health information |
| Holistic | an approach that considers the whole person |
| Lifestyle | the way you live |
| Environment | one's surroundings |
| Heredity | what you are born with |
| Health Care | services concerned with your wellness |
| Risk Factors | behaviors that increase your chance of illness |
| Protective Factors | behaviors the decrease your chance of illness |
| Health Promotion | an example is insurance incentives |
| Disease Prevention | stopping an illness before it even has a chance to start |
| Intervention | secondary prevention |
| Decisions | choices we make |
| Goals | these take planning and work |
| Values | what is important to you |
| Attitude | one's outlook on life |
| Optimist | positive attitude |
| Pessimist | negative attitude |
| Morbidity | disease rate |
| Mortality | death rate |
| Incidence | # of new cases |
| Prevalence | # of existing cases |
| Healthy People 2010 | the national program to create a healthier U.S |
| Acute | sudden onset, short-lasting |
| Chronic | slow onset, long-lasting |
Combine with other sets
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