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Pathogenesis	Salutogenesis
Start  = disease or problem	Start  = health potential
Avoiding problems and its causes	Approaching potential and its causes
Eliminate risk factors	Create health (salutary) factors
Reactive - react to signs, symptoms, and indications of disease	Proactive - create conditions of physical, mental, and social well-being
Disease or infirmity is an anomaly	Humans are flawed and subject to entropy
Idealistic perspective - treat disease	Realistic perspective - go get health
Prevent pain or loss	Promote gains or growth
Prepare or help prepare one to live	Enhance capacities/potential for full life
Avoid/prevent from being pushed backward	Help/enhance ability to move forward
Against disease and infirmity	For health
For those who need healing cures	For those who want better health
Prevention of negative health	Promotion of positive health
Health promotion	Prevention of disease and infirmity
Outcome - absence of problem	Outcome - presence of a gain
Keep from making situation worse	Continuous improvement
Minimization of problems	Optimization of potential