Adult Health

Question 1

list inequalities in relation to men’s health

Answer 1

shorter life expectancy
less likely to show health seeking behaviours
suicide and mental health

Question 2

list potential initiatives to tackle men’s health inequalities

Answer 2

workplace health interventions

social prescribing initiatives

Question 3

reasons for shorter life expectancy in men

Answer 3

suffer from life limiting disease sooner
higher mortality rate
more accidental injury + interpersonal violence

Question 4

reasons for men less likely to show health seeking behaviours

Answer 4

stigma
less socially connected
more prone to substance misuse, alcohol dependence and homelessness

Question 5

suicide in men

Answer 5

3 out of 4 are men even though women are more likely to attempt
method of suicide more likely to be violent
signs of depression present differently

Question 6

what is self care?

Answer 6

what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health

Question 7

how can good self care affect health?

Answer 7

modifies risk factors for NCDs

help w/ communicable disease via risk avoidance, good hygiene, health literacy

Question 8

list the 7 pillars of self care

Answer 8

knowledge and health literacy
mental wellbeing
physical activity
health eating
risk avoidance
good hygiene
rational use of products and services

Question 9

self care continuum

Answer 9

daily choices > lifestyle > self managed ailments > minor ailments > long term conditions > acute conditions > compulsory psychiatric care > major trauma

Question 10

how to change self care behaviours

Answer 10

activation
incentivisation
nudges
gamification
personalisation

Question 11

types of substance misuse

Answer 11

alcohol

drugs

Question 12

risk factors for drug misuse

Answer 12

ACEs

struggling with mental health

Question 13

impacts of drug misuse

Answer 13

smoked - lung issues
injected- blood clots, bacterial skin infections, viral infection
struggle with formal work
associated with violence and abuse

Question 14

support and treatments for drug misuse

Answer 14

GP
secondary care
psychiatry/specialist services
pain management

Question 15

heroin substitute

Answer 15

methadone

Question 16

alcohol misuse is defined as?

Answer 16

> 14 units per week or binge drinking

Question 17

risk factors for alcohol misuse

Answer 17

men + middle aged
less deprived
mental illness
abuse during childhood

Question 18

what is the alcohol harm paradox?

Answer 18

less deprived is risk factor for alcohol misuse but more harm is done to more deprived

Question 19

impacts of alcohol misuse

Answer 19

relationship breakdown
domestic abuse
crime
road traffic accidents

Question 20

support + treatments for alcohol misuse

Answer 20

brief advice, self help, follow up, planned withdrawal

Question 21

acute withdrawal symptoms from alcohol

Answer 21

hypertension
tachycardia
sweating
tremor
agitation
delirium tremens: confusion, seizures, hallucinations, hyperthermia

Question 22

alcohol abuse is a major risk factor for what?

Answer 22

Wernicke’s encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency)