17-02-23 - Health Promotion (Alcoholic liver disease)

Question 1

Learning outcomes

Answer 1

• Describe the epidemiology of liver disease in the Scottish population
• Outline the political, economic, behavioural and organisational barriers to reducing alcoholic liver disease in Scotland
• Explain the Tannahill Model of Health Promotion
• Define the Ottawa Charter for health promotion
• Identify professionals and agencies who have a role to play in reducing alcoholic liver disease
• Explain the concepts of population and risk approaches to disease prevention
• Give examples of population and risk approaches to reducing alcoholic liver disease and alcohol related harm

Question 2

What are 3 evolutionary benefits that come from being able to process alcohol?

Answer 2

• 3 evolutionary benefits that come from being able to process alcohol:

1) It has a strong, distinctive smell that makes the fruit easy to locate.

2) It’s easier to digest, allowing animals to get more of a commodity that was precious back then: calories.

3) Its antiseptic qualities deterring infectious microbes that may have made the primates sick

Question 3

What is alcoholic related liver disease (ARLD)?

What 6 potential stages in ARLD?

Answer 3

• Alcohol-related liver disease (ARLD) refers to liver damage caused by excess alcohol intake
• 6 potential stages in ARLD:
  1) Normal liver
  2) Steatosis (fatty liver)
  3) Steatohepatitis
  4) Fibrosis
  5) Cirrhosis
  6) Hepatocellular carcinoma