Health Behavior
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Behaviors expressed by individuals to protect, maintain or promote their health status. For example, proper diet, and appropriate exercise are activities perceived to influence health status. Life style is closely associated with health behavior and factors influencing life style are socioeconomic, educational, and cultural. |
| Previously Indexed: |
Attitude to Health (1969-1988) |
Health Behavior Categories.
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Patient Compliance - Voluntary cooperation of the patient in following a prescribed regimen. |
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Treatment Refusal - Patient or client refusal of or resistance to medical, psychological, or psychiatric treatment. (APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms, 8th ed.) |
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