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health
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a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
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well-being
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one's overall state of health
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there are __ humors and __ temperaments
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4, 4
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what are the 4 humors to temperaments?
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-blood - sanguine
-phlegm - phlegmatic
-black bile - melancholic
-yellow bile - choleric
-phlegm - phlegmatic
-black bile - melancholic
-yellow bile - choleric
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pandemics
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communicable diseases that affect large numbers of people across geographic regions
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epidemic
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within a geographic region
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germ theory
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some diseases are caused by microorganisms
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miasma theory
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the previous belief that diseases were caused by a miasma or "bad air"
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who proposed germ theory?
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Louis Pasteur
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Ignaz Semmelweis
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hand washing
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biomedical model
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traditionally used when training medical doctors; biological factors only
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what are the 5 major determinants of health?
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the individual, social environment, physical environment, health systems, and health policy
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individual factors
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biological, demographic, psychological, behavioral
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social environment
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family health benefits/practice, community and friends
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physical environment
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characteristics of the physical environment: air/water quality, safety, availability of food
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health psychology
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the study of psychological and behavioral processes in health, illness, and healthcare
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behavioral medicine
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the development of behavioral science knowledge and techniques relevant to the understanding of physical health and illness