HSC 300 exam Final 2025 Questions
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Disease and Illness
What is the meaning? - ANSWER✔️✔️-A disease can be either a mental or physical condition.
-Not all physical diseases are caused by pathogens.
-They may have a genetic cause or may be caused by an autoimmune response.
The perception of feeling the symptoms of a disease is considered an illness.
-When people have the flu or a cold, they usually consider themselves ill.
Health Definitions
World health organization
2000 joint committee on health education terminology - ANSWER✔️✔️-"A state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity."
(World Health Organization)
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,"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 - ANSWER✔️✔️-Illness Prevention
-Avoiding illness is highest priority
-Motivated by return to health or alleviation of symptoms
-Minimal goal
-Desire immediate or short-term results
-Need measurable results
-Time-limited activity
-Medical-centered motivation
-Authority dominated
-Fear as motivator
-External checks mandatory
-External rewards
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,-Specific behaviors
-Reactive (to symptoms or threat of symptoms)
Health Enhancement
-High health is high priority. Enjoy healthy behaviors.
-Motivated by feeling good, better, or best
-Maximal goal
-Desire long-term results
-More nebulous results are OK
-On-going activity
-Ego-centric motivation
-Internal control
-Accomplishment as motivator
-Few external checks
-Internal rewards
-Diffuse behaviors
-Proactive (doesn't need negative force)
Orthodox Medicine Practices? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Orthodox medicine is also known as traditional
medicine.
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, Practitioners of orthodox medicine include Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Social Workers, Health
Educators, etc.
There are two types of traditional physicians:
-An allopathic physician is the medical doctor (MD).
-An osteopathic physician is the DO.
-Both have similar academic training and clinical experiences.
CAM
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) - ANSWER✔️✔️-"Group of diverse medical
and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of
conventional medicine."
(National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine)
Many such approaches emphasize the role of the individual in maintaining his or her health.
CAM
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and Answers
Disease and Illness
What is the meaning? - ANSWER✔️✔️-A disease can be either a mental or physical condition.
-Not all physical diseases are caused by pathogens.
-They may have a genetic cause or may be caused by an autoimmune response.
The perception of feeling the symptoms of a disease is considered an illness.
-When people have the flu or a cold, they usually consider themselves ill.
Health Definitions
World health organization
2000 joint committee on health education terminology - ANSWER✔️✔️-"A state of complete
physical, mental, and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity."
(World Health Organization)
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,"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 - ANSWER✔️✔️-Illness Prevention
-Avoiding illness is highest priority
-Motivated by return to health or alleviation of symptoms
-Minimal goal
-Desire immediate or short-term results
-Need measurable results
-Time-limited activity
-Medical-centered motivation
-Authority dominated
-Fear as motivator
-External checks mandatory
-External rewards
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,-Specific behaviors
-Reactive (to symptoms or threat of symptoms)
Health Enhancement
-High health is high priority. Enjoy healthy behaviors.
-Motivated by feeling good, better, or best
-Maximal goal
-Desire long-term results
-More nebulous results are OK
-On-going activity
-Ego-centric motivation
-Internal control
-Accomplishment as motivator
-Few external checks
-Internal rewards
-Diffuse behaviors
-Proactive (doesn't need negative force)
Orthodox Medicine Practices? - ANSWER✔️✔️-Orthodox medicine is also known as traditional
medicine.
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, Practitioners of orthodox medicine include Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Social Workers, Health
Educators, etc.
There are two types of traditional physicians:
-An allopathic physician is the medical doctor (MD).
-An osteopathic physician is the DO.
-Both have similar academic training and clinical experiences.
CAM
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) - ANSWER✔️✔️-"Group of diverse medical
and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of
conventional medicine."
(National Center for Complementary
and Alternative Medicine)
Many such approaches emphasize the role of the individual in maintaining his or her health.
CAM
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