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Define active strategies of health promotion.
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activities that depend on the patient's being motivated to adopt a specific health program
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Define acute illness.
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Illness characterized by symptoms that are of relatively short duration, are usually severe, and affect the functioning of the patient in all dimensions.
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Define chronic illness.
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Illness that persists over a long time and affects physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual functioning.
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Define determinants of health.
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The many variables that influence the health status of individuals or communities.
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Define health.
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Dynamic state in which individuals adapt to their internal and external environments so that there is a state of physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual well-being.
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