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The actions one takes to overcome a disease or disability.  

A branch of the United States Public Health Service (USPHS).  

People, facilities, materials, and products that are available for preventing disease and disability, promoting health, and treating diseases and disabilities, and restoring health and habilitating or rehabilitating the handicapped, health education resources. Resources (human, monetary or material) used in producing health care and services. They include money, health manpower, health facilities, equipment and supplies. Resources,…

All behavior, since all behavior is influenced by health, and health influences all behavior.  

Something that promotes health.  

The aggregate of all purposeful activities designed to improve personal and public health through a combination of strategies, including the competent implementation of behavioral change strategies, health education, risk factor detection, health enhancement, and health maintenance. A report by the U.S. Surgeon General in 1979 that presented five major goals of health for the United…

A complex process of providing an environment conducive to optimal development of the individual and/or providing the necessary individual qualities for one to overcome obstacles standing in the way of growth and development. Specific intervention strategies that occur at the primary levels of prevention designed to make the host stronger or more resistant to infection,…

All of the activities within a school, community, or agency setting that are related to health, medical, dental, and psychological services; education and environment; and that are directed toward the improvement of personal and societal health.  

Numerous occupations that are concerned with one or more aspects of human health, health professional.  

A person trained and qualified in one or more of the health professions, health practitioner.