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Health promotion Flashcards

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What is the recommended alcohol limit in the UK?

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No more than 14 units a week spread across 3 days or more.

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What is a healthy BMI?

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18.5-25 kg/m2

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What is the recommended exercise amount of adults?

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  • Strengthening workout twice a week

- 150 mins mod intensity activity a week

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What are the stages in the Stages of Change model?

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  1. Precontemplation
  2. Contemplation
  3. Preparation
  4. Action
  5. Maintenance
  6. Relapse
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What are the risks of excessive drinking?

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  • Stroke
  • Heart disease
  • Liver disease
  • Brain damage and nervous system damage
  • Oral, oesophageal/pharyngeal and breast cancer
  • Mental health effects
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What is single session drinking? What are the risks?

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Binge drinking

  • Accidents/injuries, risky behaviour
  • Vomiting while unconscious
  • Hypertension and heart attack
  • Gastritis, pancreatitis, encephalitis
  • Alcohol poisoning - seizure, V, low RR
  • More likely to develop drinking problem and alcoholism
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What drugs shouldn’t you drink alcohol with?

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  • Sedatives eg. diazepam, increase risk of overdose and resp depression
  • Analgesics (all), liver damage, GI problems and PUD, resp depression
  • Antidepressants - worse sx and drowsy
  • Anticoag - increase risk of bleed
  • Antihyperglycaemic - drunk can mimic hypoglycaemia
  • Anticonvulsants - increased drowsiness
  • Antihypertensives - long term drinking increases BP
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What is the advise around alcohol and pregnancy?

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Should never use alcohol while pregnant = foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, miscarriage, premature birth and low birth weight.

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What is the advice for older people and drinking?

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Older people more likely to take medication (interaction) and aren’t able to breakdown alcohol as efficiently.

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What is a CAGE questionnaire?

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Used to assess whether a person engages in harmful drinking and if they are alcohol dependent:
Feel should Cut down
Annoyed by criticism of drinking
Guilt
Eye opener - had drink first thing in the morning?

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When would you recommend structured community based intervention for alcohol reduction?

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People w alcohol dependence who:

  • Limited social support
  • Physical or psychiatric comorbidities
  • Not responding to other interventions
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When would you offer psychological intervention for someone w alcohol dependence? What do you offer?

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For harmful drinkers w mild alcohol dependence offer:

  • CBT
  • Behavioural therapies focused on alcohol problems
  • Couples therapy
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What are the signs and sx of Wernicke’s encephalopathy?

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Ataxia (can’t coord voluntary movement). confusion and mental state alt and eye problems eg. paralysis, nystagmus

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What are Wernicke and Korsakoff syndromes?

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Due to deficiency of thiamine/VitB1.

Wernicke’s is more acute, if untreated transitions to Korsakoff which is irreversible and chronic.

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How is Korsakoff syndrome characterised?

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Short term memory loss = can’t form new memories or retain new info

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How is Wernicke’s managed?

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Parentral thiamine (usually IM), plus Vit B12 and folate orally.

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What are the w/drawal symptoms for smoking?

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  • Weight gain due to increased appetite, usually about 5-9 kg if no attempt to exercise or eat healthy
  • Irritability, depression, restlessness
  • Poor conc
  • Disturbed sleep
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What is VBA in smoking?

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Very brief advice:

  • Current and past smoking behaviour
  • Info about risks of smoking and benefits of stopping
  • Options for quitting
  • Refer to local smoking cessation service
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What options of there for quitting smoking?

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  • Non pharmacological - NHS stop smoking services

- Pharamcological - NRT, bupropion, varenicline

20
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What are the recommended calorie intakes in men and women?

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Women - 2000

Men - 2500

21
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What groups are at risk of substance abuse?

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  • FH substance abuse
  • Childhood sexual abuse
  • Mental health issues
  • Problem w sexual orientation/gender identity
  • Low academic achievement
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When is it important to ask about recent drug use?

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  • Acute chest pain in young person
  • Acute psychosis
  • Mood and sleep disorders
23
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What is harm reduction?

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People will continue using drugs, a why to reduce the harm they get because of drug use:

  • Needle exchange
  • Drug testing in clubs and at festivals
  • Info for safer drug use
  • Drug consumption rooms
24
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What is methadone?

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Long acting synthetic opioid - used for treating opioid dependence. Normally viscious oral solution (can’t be injected)

25
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What is bupenorphine?

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Partial agonist properties and antagonists properties. Will block the effects of additional opioids.
Better than methadone as can’t use heroin on top and gives you a clearer head.

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