HEALTH
"the balance of the person, both within one's beings--physical, mental, and spiritual--and in the outside world--natural, communal, and metaphysical--is a complex, interrelated phenomenon
ILLNESS
imbalance of one's being
Physical
organs such as skin, skeleton, muscles, diges...
HEALTH - Correct Answer "the balance of the person, both within one's beings--
physical, mental, and spiritual--and in the outside world--natural, communal, and
metaphysical--is a complex, interrelated phenomenon
ILLNESS - Correct Answer imbalance of one's being
Physical - Correct Answer organs such as skin, skeleton, muscles, digestive system,
cardiovascular system. Genetic inheritance, body chemistry, gender, age, nutrition
mental - Correct Answer cognitions (thoughts, memories, knowledge). Affect and
emotions. Self-esteem and self-efficacy
spiritual - Correct Answer learned spiritual practices (formal or informal). Dreams,
symbols, stories, how we understand the world, understandings of causality
health traditions model - Correct Answer describes beliefs and practices used to
maintain, protect, and restore health
restore - Correct Answer practices that cure and heal
Maintain examples - Correct Answer eat a balanced diet; eat Kosher diet. Daily
exercise, weekly church attendance, Sunday brunch with the family, daily call to mother,
wear a Saint medal, wear a FitBit
protect examples - Correct Answer crossing yourself before crossing a street, wearing
an amulet to protect against the evil eye, eating garlic to ward off a cold, following
superstitions about specific causes of illness (eg never walk through a hole in a fence
while pregnant)
restore examples - Correct Answer seeing an herbalist or medical doctor, exorcism,
blessing, sacrifice/dedication/spiritual journeys, vacation; in Europe: "take the cure"
religion is a - Correct Answer causal belief system
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