HOSA Human Growth and Development
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health
Ans: state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing
health promotion
Ans: health care directed toward increasing optimal level of wellness
health restoration
Ans: tertiary disease prevention; rehabilitating and restoring person
malnutrition
Ans: poor dietary practice from lack of essential nutrients or failure to use
available foods
general adaption syndrome (GAS)
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Ans: alarm, resistance, exhaustion
fight-or-flight response
Ans: state of readiness
Change in lifestyle or personal habits is necessary to
Ans: promote maximal health.
Health maintenance focuses on
Ans: prevention and then need for early diagnosis and treatment.
An important goal on the national level is to
Ans: expand health care opportunities and eliminate disparities.
Health restoration begins after
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Ans: the disease process is stabilized.
Health restoration aims to
Ans: restore function or help person compensate for losses.
Healthy lifestyle includes
Ans: nutrition, exercise, mental health, avoiding substance abuse, and
disease prevention.
Factors that influence a person's health include
Ans: family, role models, social pressures, and self concept.
Disease prevention is composed of 3 levels:
Ans: primary, secondary and tertiary
The roles of practial nurses in health promotion are
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Ans: caregiver, teacher, advocate, collaborator, and role model.
culture
Ans: learned patterns of behavior passed down through generations
values
Ans: deeply embedded feelings that determine what is good, bad, right,
or wrong
norms
Ans: socially acepted rules and behaviors that guide behavior and
interactions
folkways
Ans: customs in a culture that determine greetings
laws