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Chapter 1. Healthy Lifestyles
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Chapter 2. Communication
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Chapter 3. Culture
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Chapter 4. The Family
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Chapter 5. Theories of Growth and Development
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Chapter 6. Prenatal Period to 1 Year
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Chapter 7. Toddlerhood
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Chapter 8. Preschool
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Chapter 9. School Age
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Chapter 10. Pubertyand Adolescence
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Chapter 11. EarlyAdulthood
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Chapter 12. Middle Adulthood
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Chapter 13. Late Adulthood
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Chapter 14. Death and Dying
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Rationale: In early civilization, illness was attributed to natural and supernatural forces.
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2. The first understanding of disease processes occurred in (the):
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disease processes.
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Rationale: Tuberculosis is one of several diseases that have recentlyresurfaced.
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4. HealthyPeople 2020 identifies two major goals—eliminating health disparities and:
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c. Increasing the qualityand years of healthy living
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People 2020.
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5. An external force that can affect one’s health is (the):
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effects on health.
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6. Health promotion is: t t
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c. Unplanned
d. Special
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