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Chapter 1: Health in the 21st Century Vocabulary
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- 1DiseaseAn alteration in body structure or biochemistry that is significant enough to cause the body's regulatory mechanisms to fail. Symptoms may or may not be present.
- 2IllnessA subjective state in which a person feels unwell. Disease may or may not be present.
- 3HealthMore than merely the absence of disease, a state of well-being that encompasses physical, social, psychological, and other dimensions and is a resource of everyday life.
- 4WellnessAn active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence.
- 5Life ExpectancyThe average number of years a person may expect to live.
- 6Healthy People InitiativeA federal initiative to facilitate broad, positive health changes in large segments of the U.S. population every 10 years.
- 7Health DisparitiesGaps in the rate and burden of disease and the access to and quality of health care among various population groups.
- 8Healthy CampusAn offshoot of the Healthy People Initiative, specifically geared toward college students.
- 9Determinants of HealthThe range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status,
- 10Status SyndromeThe disparity in health status and rates of premature mortality between impoverished and the affluent within any given society.
- 11Health LiteracyThe ability to evaluate and understand health information and to make informed choices for your health care.
- 12Behavior ChangeA sustained change in a habit or pattern of behavior that affects your health.
- 13Predisposing FactorA physical, mental, emotional, or surrounding influence that affects the likelihood that a person will decide to change a current behavior.
- 14Enabling FactorA skill, social support, or resources that makes it possible (or easier) to succeed in changing a targeted behavior.
- 15Reinforcing FactorAn encouragement or a reward that promotes successful behavior change; negative reinforcers are barriers that oppose change.
- 16Transtheroretical Model of Behavior ChangeA model of behavior change that focuses on decision-making steps and abilities. Also called the stages of change model.
- 17*Health Belief Model*A model of behavior change emphasizing the influence of personal beliefs on the process of creating effective change.
- 18Ecological ModelAny of a variety of behavior-change models that acknowledge the creation of a supportive environment as being equally important to achieving change as an individual's acquisition of health information and development of new skills.
- 19ShapingA behavior-change technique based on breaking broad goals into more manageable steps.
- 20Self-EfficacyThe conviction that you can successfully execute the behavior required to make the change you desire.
- 21Locus of ControlA person's belief about where the center of power lies in his or her life; it can be external or internal.
- 22ModelingA behavior-change technique based on watching and learning from others.
- 23Self-TalkA person's internal dialogue.
- 24Self-MonitoringA behavior-change technique in which the individual observes and records aspects of his or her behavior-change process.
- 25RelapseA return to the previous state or patter of behavior.
- 26Cue ControlA behavior-change technique in which the individual learns to change the stimuli that provoked the lapse.
- 27Counter-ConditioningA behavior-change technique in which the individual learns to substitute a healthful or neutral behavior for an unwanted behavior triggered by a cue beyond his or her control.
- 28AdvocacyWorking independently or with others to directly improve aspects of the social or physical environment; or to change policies or legislation.
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- These are flashcards for the vocabulary in chapter 1 of "Choosing Health: Second Custom Edition for Grossmont College" by April Lynch
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