HOSA Human Growth and Development

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HOSA Human Growth and Development

1.health: state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing

2.health promotion: health care directed toward increasing optimal

level of well- ness

3.health restoration: tertiary disease prevention; rehabilitating and

restoring per- son

4.malnutrition: poor dietary practice from lack of essential nutrients or

failure to use available foods

5.general adaption syndrome (GAS): alarm, resistance, exhaustion

6.fight-or-flight response: state of readiness

7.Change in lifestyle or personal habits is necessary to: promote

maximal health.

8.Health maintenance focuses on: prevention and then need for early

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9.An important goal on the national level is to: expand health care

opportuni- ties and eliminate disparities.

10.Health restoration begins after: the disease process is stabilized.

11.Health restoration aims to: restore function or help person

compensate for losses.

12.Healthy lifestyle includes: nutrition, exercise, mental health,

avoiding sub- stance abuse, and disease prevention.

13.Factors that influence a person's health include: family, role models,

social pressures, and self concept.

14.Disease prevention is composed of 3 levels:: primary, secondary and ter- tiary

15.The roles of practial nurses in health promotion are: caregiver,

teacher, advocate, collaborator, and role model.

16.culture: learned patterns of behavior passed down through

generations

17.values: deeply embedded feelings that determine what is good,

bad, right, or wrong 18.norms: socially acepted rules and behaviors that guide behavior 2 / 3

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and interac- tions

19.folkways: customs in a culture that determine greetings

20.laws: written policies supported and enforced by the government

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