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active strategies of health promotion
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The activities that depend on the patient’s being motivated to adopt a specific health program.
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acute illness
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An 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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chronic illness
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An illness that persists over a long period of time and affects physical, emotional, intellectual, social, and spiritual functioning.
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health
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A 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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health belief model
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A conceptual framework that describes a person's health behavior as an expression of the person"s health beliefs.
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