Lecture 4 - NEWS - Part B Flashcards
What are the 2 major public health concerns addressed in this deck
Lack of public health in some countries
Smoking
When did the Soviet Union make public health a high priority?
after the Russian Revolution in 1917
WHY did the Soviet Union make this change?
right after the war - famine, lack of sanitation. taught people to practice basic hygiene, trained physicians, built hospitals
Why did these public health practices stop in Russia?
STALIN drove russia to isolation. put funds towards defense, space race
When did the public health disaster in Russia become known?
late 1980’s
Why was infectious disease so prominent in Russia??
cold war industrialization lead to extreme environmental pollution
How could public health fix or alleviate these issues in Russia?
- Spending more money
- Immunizations
- Diet modifications
- Behavior modification (alcohol, tobacco)
When was the Surgeon General’s report on smoking published and what did it conclude??
1964 - “cigarette smoking is a cause of lung cancer in men, and suspected among women”
What are tobacco control strategies??
-curb availability of tobacco products
-educate about the harms
-reduce exposure in public places
-monitor distribution and industry practices
How has the use of tobacco been regulated?
-regulation of the tobacco industry
-workplace smoking bans
-limit smoking in public places
Tobacco use has also been controlled by use of the _____
media
What was the first legal instrument designed to reduce tobacco related deaths and disease around the world?
FCTC (framework prevention on tobacco control)
They have determined ____warning labels are more effective than ____ warning labels
graph, text
What is the biggest opponent to tobacco control efforts?
the tobacco industry itself
What is the biggest opponent to tobacco control efforts?
the tobacco industry itself
