HLST 200: Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers
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HLST 200
HLST 200: Midterm Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Health
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Wellness
Purposeful, enjoyable living. A deliberate lifestyle choice characterized by personal responsibility and optimal enhancement of physical, mental, and spiri...
HLST 200: Midterm Exam Questions With
100% Verified Answers
Health
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Wellness
Purposeful, enjoyable living. A deliberate lifestyle choice characterized by personal responsibility and
optimal enhancement of physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Panacea
To heal; a remedy for all difficulties; a cure all
Hygiene
meaning health; akin to well & to living; a science of the establishment & maintenance of health; a
condition or practice conducive to health
First Nations Health
Encouraging to balance ourselves through four aspects of self: physical, mental, emotional & spiritual.
And with four fundamental values to live: kindness, honesty, sharing, & strength
Holism
an emphasis on the interconnectedness between an individual & his or her mind, body, and spirit
Health Field Concept
a framework that was developed in Canada to study health; it has four elements: human biology,
environment, lifestyle, and health care organization
health promotion
the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health.
National Health Challenges
- Reducing inequities
- increasing the prevention effort
- enhancing people's capacity to cope
Mechanisms of Health Promotion
- self-care (actions ppl take in interest of their own health)
- mutual aid (actions ppl take to help each other cope)
- healthy environments (creation of conditions & surroundings conducive to health)
Quality of life model
Being (who one is)
- Physical being
- Psychological Being
- Spiritual Being
Belonging (connections with one's environment)
, - Physical belonging
- Social belonging
- community belonging
Becoming (achieving personal goals, hopes & aspirations)
- Practical Becoming
- Leisure Becoming
- Growth Becoming
Population Health
a way of thinking about the social & economic forces that shape the health of Canadians
Wharf Higgins Focuses for Health
-Life choices
- Chances ( born into)
- Circumstances (where we live)
Descriptive Epidemiology
examining the distribution of disease in a specific population
Analytical Epidemiology
investigating a hypothesized causal factor by conducting a study that relates to the exposure of
interest to the disease
Halbert Dunn
Pioneer of the wellness movement believed that health was a passive state of homeostasis or balance
whereas wellness was a dynamic process of continually moving toward one's potential for optimal
functioning
Principles of the Canada Health Act (CHA)
1) Public Administration (non-profit)
2) Comprehensiveness (must insure all necessary health services)
3) Universality (all insured residents are entitled to the same services)
4) Portability (residents moving within out of province will continue to be covered for a short period
after moving)
5) Accessibility (must provide reasonable access to everyone)
top causes of death
1) cancer (29.8% total;31.1% male; 28.5% female)
2)heart disease (20.7% total; 21.6% male; 19.7% female)
3) stroke (5.9% total; 4.8% male; 7% female)
Males
which gender is more likely to die of suicide or a car accident
Females
which gender is more likely to die from stroke, Alzheimer's, and septicemia (life-threatening
infections)
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