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What are the dimensions of health identified by the World Health Organization?
- phyisical
- mental
- social well being
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What is wellness? What are the dimensions of wellness? How is wellness conceptualized as a continuum?
- wellness is the process of adopting behavior patterns that lead to improved health and life satisfaction
- Dimensions of wellness are physical, mental, emotional intellectual, spiritual, social, environmental, occupational
- Continum-one end =extreme illness(death) and the other =wellness and optimal health
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What is the difference between the listed cause of death and the “actual cause” of death?
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What is meant by the social determinants of health
societal conditions that effect health and can be affected by public health policies (income, housing, transportation)
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Explain the ecological model of health and wellness
a framework that recognizes the relationship btwn indiv. and their enviornment
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Give some examples of actions that fall into the category of community health.
parks, bike lanes, health department designing messages in different languages
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How is public health defined? What are some examples of public health issues?
- public health: the study of health promotion and disease prevention at the population levels
- ie (campaigns to promote excercise, flu shot campaign)
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What is the difference between disease prevention and health promotion?
- disease prevention:actions to ward off or protect against diseases
- Health promo: actions to maintain a current healthy state or attain more healthy state
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What are the two broad goals of Healthy People 2010?
- eliminate preventable disease
- acheieve health equity
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