Lifestyle Disease

Question 1

Examples of Lifestyle Disease

Answer 1

heart disease and stroke, obesity and type 2 diabetes, smoking, alchohol, drug abuse

Question 2

Medical Model

Answer 2

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Question 3

Prevention

Answer 3

primary - before illness starts
genetic counseling
immunizatoins

Question 4

Secondary Prevention

Answer 4

identifying before an illness can cause damage

annual inspection

Question 5

Tertiary Prevention

Answer 5

containing or slowing down the damage

Modifying risk factors

Question 6

Primary Prevention Barriers

Answer 6

we only have limited knowledge right now
lack of knowledge about how we develop health threatening behaviours
health behaviours are learnt in the home

Question 7

3 Reasons why primary prevention has been ignored

Answer 7

Traditional Structure of Medicine
Difficulty of getting people to practice
Difficulty in applying methods of attitude and behavioural change to health

Question 8

Behaviour Change Approach

Answer 8

Attitiudes based on beliefs of the individual

Question 9

BCA criticism

Answer 9

unable to target the major socio-economic causes of ill health
operates top-down
assumes direct link between knowledge, attitudes and behaviours
assumes homogenity among the recievers of health promotion messages

Question 10

self empowerment approach

Answer 10

Empower people to make their own healthy choices

Question 11

Criticisms of approach

Answer 11

assumed that rational choices are healthy
reliance upon simulation
inadequate concept of power