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Chapter 1: Intro to Health, Wellness, and Change

Key Takeaways for Chapter 1. Your health is your state of well-being. Wellness is the active process of achieving health through growth and change. Wellness is a broad concept and encompasses nine dimensions: Physical, Emotional, Social, Environmental, Financial, Intellectual, Occupational, Spiritual, and Cultural.

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1.1 Defining Nutrition, Health, and Disease

WEBFigure 1.12 The Health Triangle. Disease is defined as any abnormal condition affecting the health of an organism, and is characterized by specific signs and symptoms. Signs refer …

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Essential Elements and Benefits of Physical Fitness

WEBPhysical Benefits. Mental and Emotional Benefits. Longer life: A regular exercise program can reduce your risk of dying early from heart disease, certain …

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Introduction to health – Health Information and Research Essentials

WEBHealth literacy has two key parts. Individual health literacy is concerned with people’s ability to access, understand, appraise and apply health information to make decisions …

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1.2 What Are Nutrients

WEBNutrients are used to produce energy, detect and respond to environmental surroundings, move, excrete wastes, respire, (breathe), grow, and reproduce. There are six classes of …

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Physical Development in Middle Adulthood – Individual and …

WEBMost midlife adults experience generally good health. However, the percentage of adults who have a disability increases through midlife; while 7 percent of people in their early …

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Stages of Human Development – Introduction to Psychology

WEBAs discussed at the beginning of this chapter, developmental psychologists often divide our development into three areas: physical development, cognitive development, and …

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What is Epidemiology

WEBIt is accepted that epidemiology is the science to understand, and explain the occurrences of health phenomena in a population. As a branch of public health, epidemiology …

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Social History – The Foundations of Clinical Medicine

WEBThe “Social E” approach to the social history also encourages clinicians to detect and consider biological, chemical, physical, and psychological factors in the environment as …

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Introduction – Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child

WEBHealth, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child. Welcome to HSC 1421, Health, Safety and Nutrition for the Young Child! This textbook will cover essential topics in ensuring …

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7.2 Health as a Social Problem – Social Problems

WEB7.2.1 Licenses and Attributions for Health as a Social Problem “Health as a Social Problem” by Kate Burrows and Kim Puttman is licensed under CC BY 4.0.. New social …

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What is Growth and Development

WEBThey view development as a lifelong process that can be studied scientifically across three developmental domains—physical, cognitive, and psychosocial development. Physical …

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4.4 Diagnosis – Nursing Fundamentals

WEBA nursing diagnosis is defined as, “A clinical judgment concerning a human response to health conditions/life processes, or a vulnerability for that response, by an individual, …

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Chapter 10: Ambulatory Care Informatics – Foundations of …

WEBIntroduction to Chapter 10. Technology plays a significant role in enhancing patient outcomes and streamlining operational efficiencies in the ever-evolving healthcare …

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4.3 Assessment – Nursing Fundamentals

WEB4.3 Assessment Open Resources for Nursing (Open RN) Assessment is the first step of the nursing process (and the first Standard of Practice set by the American Nurses …

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Outpatient SOAP Notes – The Foundations of Clinical Medicine

WEBOutpatient SOAP Notes. In the outpatient clinic, SOAP is the traditional note structure: S ubjective, O bjective, A ssessment, P lan. Although electronic health records may …

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1.3 What Is Human Services

WEB1.3.4 Collaboration, Knowledge, and Quality of Life. Collaboration is an essential part of human services and means that many agencies and services must work together to …

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14 Physical Development in Middle Childhood

WEBphysical growth. Middle childhood spans the years between early childhood and adolescence, children are approximately 6 to 12 years old. While growth spurts can …

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