Across
- 2. The collective beliefs, customs, and behaviors of a group.
- 5. The providing of accurate health information to help people make healthy choices.
- 7. Conditions that shield individuals from the negative consequences of exposure to risk.
- 11. Practicing health and safety habits to remain free of disease and injury.
- 15. A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness.
- 16. Someone whose success or behavior serves as an example for others.
- 22. A physical reaction that results from stress rather than from an injury or illness.
- 23. People of the same age who share similar interests.
- 24. A multistep strategy to identify and achieve your goals.
- 25. Anything that causes stress.
- 29. Specific tools and strategies that help you maintain, protect, and improve all aspects of your health.
- 32. Skills that help an individual handle stress in a healthful, effective way.
- 33. The process of ending a conflict through cooperation and problem solving.
- 35. The act of becoming aware through the senses.
- 37. Related risks that increase in effect with each added risk.
- 38. The reaction of the body and mind to everyday challenges and demands.
- 39. A nationwide health promotion and disease prevention plan designed to serve as a guide for improving the health of all people in the United States.
Down
- 1. An overall state of well-being, or total health.
- 3. Steps that enable you to make a healthful decision.
- 4. Ways to deal with or overcome the negative effects of stress.
- 6. A goal that you can reach in a short period of time.
- 8. The combination of physical, mental/emotional, and social well-being.
- 9. All the traits that were biologically passed on to you from your parents.
- 10. The exchange of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs between two or more people.
- 12. Stress associated with long-term problems that are beyond a person’s control.
- 13. The condition of feeling uneasy or worried about what may happen.
- 14. Taking action to influence others to address a health-related concern or to support a health-related belief.
- 17. A goal that you plan to reach over an extended period of time.
- 18. The ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis.
- 19. The ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide the way you live.
- 20. Avoiding harmful behaviors.
- 21. Actions that can potentially threaten your health or the health of others.
- 26. Something you aim for that takes planning and work.
- 27. The sum of your surroundings.
- 28. Those distinctive qualities that describe how a person thinks, feels, and behaves.
- 30. A person’s capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services and use these resources to promote his or her health and wellness.
- 31. A state of calm that can be reached if one or more relaxation techniques are practiced regularly.
- 34. Communication strategies that can help you to say no when you are urged to take part in behaviors that are unsafe or unhealthful, or that go against your values.
- 36. The various methods of communicating information.