What is the community health nursing definition of health?
a. Health is a person's goal-directed purposeful process toward well-being or wholeness.
b. Health is an individual's physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
c. Health is the mutual adaptation between a person and his or her environment in meeting daily existence.
d. Health is families and aggregates choosing actions to ensure safety and well-being.
ANS: D
The text stresses that health is not just the result of an individual's choices, but choices and actions of individuals, families, groups, and communities that lead to better health.
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