Understanding Your Health and Wellness

Question 1

Well-being

Answer 1

A state of health and wellness in which one feels safe, fulfilled, and productive, and looks forward to enjoying a long life.

Question 2

Wellness

Answer 2

Conscious, self-directed, evolving process of looking at your health and learning to become healthy. The process of improving your health.

Question 3

Health

Answer 3

A state of complete social, emotional, physical, and mental well-being. Not merely the absence of disease or injury.

Question 4

Physical health

Answer 4

A dimension of health that involves your body, including physical fitness and the ability to cope with everyday physical tasks.

Question 5

Emotional health

Answer 5

A dimension of health that involves your emotions, mood, outlook on life, and beliefs about yourself.

Question 6

Social health

Answer 6

A dimension of health that involves your communication skills, relationships, and ability to interact with others.

Question 6

Intellectual health

Answer 6

A dimension of health that involves your ability to think clearly and critically, learn, and solve problems.

Question 7

Optimal health

Answer 7

A state of excellent health and wellness in all areas of your life.

Question 8

Disease

Answer 8

A poor state of health and wellness in various areas of your life.

Question 9

Acute diseases

Answer 9

Diseases that occur and resolve quickly.

Question 10

Chronic diseases

Answer 10

Diseases that occur for many years, even for a lifetime.

Question 11

Disorder

Answer 11

An abnormal physical or mental condition with no single, identifiable cause.

Question 12

Health literacy

Answer 12

The ability to locate, interpret, and apply information pertaining to your health.

Question 13

Health promotion

Answer 13

A process in which you take charge of your own health and wellness by making responsible and well-informed decisions.

Question 13

Lifelong learning

Answer 13

A continuing pursuit of learning and studying that carries through your entire life; a key component of your ability to take charge of your own health.

Question 14

Pseudoscience

Answer 14

Theories and health claims that are decided as being base in science when they are not.

Question 15

Science

Answer 15

A collection of and the pursuit of knowledge about the natural world drawn from observation and experimentation.

Question 16

Scientific knowledge

Answer 16

Conclusions about the natural world that have been obtained through peer-reviewed, repeatable observation and experimentation.

Question 17

Decision-making skills

Answer 17

Your ability to make choices about your health and wellness

Question 18

Goals

Answer 18

A short-term or long-term plan of action that will guide you to the state of wellness you hope to reach

Question 19

Interpersonal skills

Answer 19

Your ability to interact positively around with those around you.

Question 20

Refusal skills

Answer 20

Your ability to stand up to pressures and influences that hinder your progress towards wellness

Question 21

Affordable Care Act

Answer 21

Law passed in 2010 to expand access to insurance, address cost reduction and affordability, improve the equality of healthcare, and introduce the Patient’s Bill of Rights

Question 22

Generic drug

Answer 22

A medication that can be made by many different companies; costs less than brand-name medicines but may be just as effective

Question 23

Inpatient facility

Answer 23

A hospital where patients reside overnight while receiving diagnosis, treatment, surgery, therapy, and rehabilitation

Question 24

Outpatient facility

Answer 24

A health scare establishment where patients receive diagnosis or treatment, but do not reside overnight

Question 25

Patient’s Bill of Rights

Answer 25

Summary of a patient’s rights regarding fair treatment and appropriate information

Question 26

Primary care physician

Answer 26

A regular doctor who provides checkups, screenings, treatments, and prescriptions.

Question 27

Specialist

Answer 27

Medical providers who are extensively trained in one or two areas of health; a physician may refer you to a specialist to seek specific treatments.

Question 28

What are the three stages of disease prevention? (In order)

Answer 28

Primary, secondary, and tertiary

Question 29

What is primary prevention

Answer 29

Actions taken before any signs or conditions

Question 30

What is secondary prevention

Answer 30

Actions taken when engaging in risk factors

Question 31

What is tertiary prevention

Answer 31

Actions taken after getting the condition

Question 32

What is the difference between signs and symptoms?

Answer 32

Signs are visible and measurable. Symptoms are non-visible, non-measurable, and subjective.

Question 33

Life expectancy

Answer 33

What age people are expected to live to in a country or place

Question 34

Life span

Answer 34

How long someone lives for

Question 35

What is the difference between morbidity and mortality?

Answer 35

Morbidity is the presence of a disease. Mortality is the death rate of a disease.

Question 36

What does SMART stand for?

Answer 36

Specific, Measurable, Attainable/Achievable, Relevant, Time-Oriented

Question 37

What are the five stages of behavior change?

Answer 37

Pre-contemplation, contemplating, preparation, action, maintenance

Question 38

List five risk behaviors that are common among teenagers based on the National Youth Survey.

Answer 38

Unintentional and Intentional Injuries, alcohol and other drugs use, tobacco use, insufficient physical activity, dietary patterns that contribute to disease, sexual behaviors that result in unintended pregnancy/HIV/STDs

Question 39

What are the four major factors that influence behavioral change?

Answer 39

Perceived degree of vulnerability, level of motivation, sense of control/self efficiency, perceived value of behavior change

Question 40

What are the top three causes of death for teenagers?

Answer 40

Unintentional injuries/car accidents, suicide, homicide

Question 41

What are the top four causes of death in general?

Answer 41

Heart disease, cancer, Covid, unintentional injury.