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- 2. People who have more control over their work circumstances and fewer stress related demands of their employment are healthier and often live longer than those in more stressful or riskier work and activities.
- 5. This contributes to health and prosperity by equipping people with literacy, numeracy, knowledge and skills for problem solving. This helps provide a sense of control over and understanding of life circumstances.
- 7. Males, females, and other factors cause a person to face different health considerations.
- 9. Having this from families, friends and communities is associated with better health. Such social networks could be very important in helping people solve problems and deal with adversity, as well as in maintaining a sense of mastery and control over life circumstances.
- 11. Early experiences affect brain development, school readiness and health in later life. Early development is important throughout this young stage of life.
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- 1. Personal health practices and life skills refer to those actions by which individuals can prevent diseases and promote self-care, manage challenges, and develop self-reliance, solve problems and make choices that enhance health. These mechanisms are the ability to handle one’s stress and ______. Synonym: withstand.
- 3. This determines living conditions such as safe housing and ability to buy sufficient good food. The healthiest populations are those in societies which are prosperous and have an equitable distribution of wealth.
- 4. Biology make-up shows genetic predisposition. Endowment refers to the genetics you have received from your parents that influence the make-up of your biological body through this chemical compound in your cells.
- 6. Appointment offerings, particularly those designed to maintain and promote health, to prevent disease, and to restore health and function contribute to population health.
- 8. Social, community, fellowship, or belonging can add resources to an individual's repertoire of strategies to cope with changes and foster health.
- 10. The air, water, soil, shelter, and location make up a person’s ___________________ environment. Toxins in the food or environment can cause illness.
- 11. Some persons or groups may face additional health risks due to a socio-economic environment, which is largely determined by dominant cultural values that contribute to the perpetuation of conditions such as marginalization, stigmatization, loss or devaluation of language and culture and lack of access to culturally appropriate health care and services.