Health Sciences 1001A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Nine Network, Social Exclusion, Human Papillomavirus Infection
9 Apr 2020
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Health: the overall condition of body or mind and the presence or absence of illness or injury. Social determinants of health: factors that influence the health of individuals. Risk factors: conditions that increase a person"s chances of disease or injury. Largely determined by the decisions you make about how you live. Enhanced wellness involves making conscious decisions to control risk factors. Health promotion: a process of enabling people to increase control over and improve. Exercising: avoiding injuries, emotional, reflects your ability to understand and deal with your feelings, examples of qualities and behaviours, optimism, ability to share, intellectual feelings with others. Self-esteem: constantly challenging your mind, an active mind is essential to wellness because it detects problems, finds solutions, and directs behaviour, examples of qualities and behaviours, openness to new ideas, ability to think critically, interpersonal. Creativity: defined by your ability to develop and maintain satisfying and supportive relationships, examples of qualities and behaviours:
