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1: Introduction to Personal Health

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    34831
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    Learning Objectives

    Students will be able to:

    • Define health
    • Demonstrate understanding of the role of health in the practice of health promotion
    • Discuss the concepts of health, health education, health promotion and some related terms
    • Identify social determinants of health
    • List the levels of disease prevention
    • Know the two overarching goals of Healthy People 2010
    • Identify the dimensions of health disparity as described in Healthy People 2010
    • Provide a literal definition of the term “disparity”
    • Interpret three definitions of health disparity
    • Distinguish between the terms “health inequality” and “health inequity


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