Health Flashcards
4 physical causes of malaria
•Temp above 16° year round
•Vegetation to digest blood
•Stagnant bodies of water
•Warm rainy areas for survival
3 Human causes of malaria
•poor sanitation provides breeding grounds
•dams leave stagnant water
•migration allows disease spread
3 social impacts of malaria
•people too I’ll go work
•no money, kids cannot go to school
•low income means no food = starvation
4 economic impacts of malaria
•strain on underfunded healthcare
•too I’ll to work= no income
•few tourists due to malaria threat
•effected economy due to sick workforce
2 environmental impacts of malaria
•crops I harvested due to sick farmers
•food shortages lead to famine
6 Malaria management strategies
•insecticides eg. Malathion
•draining stagnant water
•plant eucalyptus trees to soak up moisture
•educate to not be bitten eg. Cover body
•mosquito nets over beds
•mustard seeds in ponds create sticky surface to drown larvae
4 social impacts of heart disease
•decreased life expectancy
•struggle to work for income
•deteriorating mental health
•increased isolation if people cannot take part in activities
3 Economic impacts of heart disease
•increased sick days reduce productivity
•increased demand for medical treatment puts strain on NHS
•benefit payments put strain on government
5 causes of heart disease
•lack of exercise leads to high blood pressure and obesity
•stress increases blood pressure
•fatty foods increase cholesterol
•smoking increases heart rate and blood pressure
•high cholesterol and blood pressure can be inherited
6 solutions to heart disease
•good labelling encourages better food choices
•medical check ups
•fitting pacemakers to repair hearts
•ban tobacco advertisements + Cigarette packet images
•drugs eg. Warfarin to thin blood
• heart transplants to repair
6 effects of HIV
•prevention+detection is expensive
•tourist areas effected
•people die younger less active economy
•adults become ill so children must provide
•I’ll people less able to work
•less food grown as less workers
6 HIV management strategies
•Caesarean sections
•cheaper testing kits
•antiretroviral drugs to slow effects eg. PEP
•fresh needles for healthcare
•educational campaigns eg. Tip of the iceberg UK ad
•health campaign to promote condom use
5 ways HIV is transmitted
•unprotected sex
•infected blood transfusion
•sharing needles
•breast feeding
•Vertical transmission (birth)