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14 Cards in this Set
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Cumulitave Risks |
Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk. |
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Risk behaviors |
actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others. |
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prevention |
Practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury. |
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Abstinance |
A deliberate decision to avoid harmful behaviors, including sexual activity before marriage and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. |
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Health prevention. |
A person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and use these resources to promote his or her health and wellness. |
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Peers |
People of similar age who share similar interests. |
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Healthy people 2010. |
A nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the United States. |
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Wellness |
An overall state of well-being, or total health. |
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Health |
The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well being. |
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Health education |
The providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choices. |
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Culture |
the collective beliefs customs, and behaviors of a group. |
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Environment |
The sum of your surroundings. |
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Heridity |
All the traits that are biologically passed from parents to their children. |
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Media |
The various methods of communicating information. |
