Ch.1 Self, Family, And Community

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Health

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State of complete physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being

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Wellness

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Process of adopting patterns of behavior that can lead to improved health and heightened life satisfaction; wellness has several domains 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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Individual factors

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Age, Skills, Sex,Genetics

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Interpersonal Factors

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Coworkers,Family, Friends,Neighboors, Peers

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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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Deoxyribonucleic (DNA)

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Nucleic acid molecules that contains the encoded, heritable instructions for all of a cell's activities; DNA is the genetic material passed from one generation to the next

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Genome

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The total set of an organism's DNA

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Chromosome

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Gene-carrying structure found in the nucleus of a cell, composed of tightly wound molecules of DNA (23 pairs)

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Differentiation

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The process by which an unspecialized cell divides and gives rise to a specialized cell

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Stem cell

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An undifferentiated cell that is capable of giving rise to different types of specialized cells

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Mutation

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Alteration in the DNA sequence of a gene

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Multifactorial

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Disease caused by the interaction of genetic and environmental factors

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Family Health Tree

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Diagram illustrating the patterns of health and illness within a family; also called a genogram or genetic pedigree

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Health Belief Model

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Model of behavior change that uses the constructs of perceived susceptibility, seriousness of consequenves, benefits of action, and barriers of action

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Stages of Change Model

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Model of behavior change that focuses on stages of change

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Self- efficacy

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Internal state jn which you feel competent to perform a specific task

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Relapse

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Backside into a former health state

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Health Literacy

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The ability to read, understand, and act on health information

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Health Risk

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Probability of an exposure to a hazard that can result in negative consequences

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Public Health

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The study and practice of health promotion and diseases prevention at the population level

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Health promotion

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Public - health- related actions designed to maintain a current healthy state or advance to a more desirable state

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Disease Prevention

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Public-health-related actions designed to ward off or protect against specific diseases

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Community Health

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Issues,events,and activities related to the health of a whole community, as well as activities directed toward bettering the health of the public and/or activities employing resources available in common to members of the community

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Demographics

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The statistucal characteristics of a population in terms of such categories as age, gender,ethnicity, and race,income, disability, geographical location, migration parterns, and many others

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Ethnicity

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The sense of identity an individual draws from a common acenstry and/ or a common national religious, tribal, language,or cultural origin

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Race

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Term used in the social sciences to describe ethnic groups based on physical characteristics, such as skin color or facial features; race does not exist as a biological reality