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HSC 300 Final Exam Questions and Answers Already Passed Disease and Illness What is the meaning? A disease can be a mental or physical condition. -Physical diseases aren't always caused by pathogens. -They can have genetic origins or result from an autoimmune response. Feeling the symptoms of a disease is known as an illness. -People with the flu or a cold typically consider themselves ill. Health Definitions World Health Organization 2000 Joint Committee on Health Education Terminology "A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity." (World Health Organization) "A quality of life involving dynamic interaction and independence among the individual's physical well-being, his (sic) mental and emotional reactions, the social complex in which he (sic) exists." (2000 Joint Committee on Health Education Terminology) "An integrated method of functioning that is oriented toward maximizing the potential of which the individual is capable." (2000 Joint Committee on Health Education Terminology) Illness Prevention Versus Health Enhancement Illness Prevention -Avoiding illness is the top priority -Driven by the goal to return to health or relieve symptoms -Minimal objective -Seek immediate or short-term results -Requires measurable outcomes -Activity with a set duration -Medically driven motivation -Authority dominated -Fear as a motivator -Mandatory external checks -External rewards -Specific behaviors -Reactive to symptoms or threat of symptoms Health Enhancement -Optimal health is the top priority. Enjoys healthy behaviors. -Motivated by feeling good, better, or best -Maximal objective -Seeks long-term results -Vague results are acceptable -Ongoing activity -Self-driven motivation -Internal control -Accomplishment as a motivator -Few external checks -Internal rewards -Diffuse behaviors -Proactive without negative force Orthodox Medicine Practices? Orthodox medicine is also called traditional medicine. Practitioners of orthodox medicine include Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Social Workers, Health Educators, etc. Two types of traditional physicians: -An allopathic physician is an MD. -An osteopathic physician is a DO. -Both receive similar academic training and clinical experiences. CAM Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) "Group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently