A patient practices traditional methods of HEALTH maintenance. To what is this patient referring?
1. Ethnocultural heritage practices that safeguard HEALTH
2. How a population safeguards its health
3. What someone traditionally does to maintain his or her HEALTH
4. Usual and accepted practices of health maintenance
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Explanation: 1. Cultural heritage influences methods that form traditional HEALTH maintenance practices.
2. How a population safeguards its health is comprised of many varied methods and practices that may or may not be considered traditional.
3. What a person traditionally does to maintain his or her health is not sufficient unless the underlying cultural heritage for a practice is known.
4. Usual and accepted practices of health maintenance that do not address a specific tradition are vague.
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