Across
- 2. radio, television, and the internet
- 3. the various methods for communicating info
- 5. a person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health info and services, and to use these resources to promote ones health and wellness
- 6. collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group
- 7. taking steps to keep something from happening or getting worse
- 9. differences in health outcomes among groups
- 12. related risks that increase in effect with each added risk
- 14. all the traits that were biologically passed on to you by your parents
- 15. a nationwide healthy promotion and disease prevention plan design to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the US
- 17. deep seated sense of meaning and purpose in life
- 19. getting along with others
Down
- 1. an ongoing condition or illness such as heart disease, obesity, and cancer
- 4. a deliberate decision to avoid high-risk behaviors, including sexual activity and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs
- 5. includes providing accurate health information and teaching health skills to help people make healthy decisions
- 8. an overall state of well-being, or total health
- 10. the personal habits or behaviors related to the way a person lives
- 11. actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others
- 13. sum of your surroundings
- 16. combination of physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being
- 18. people of the same age who share similar interests