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Risk factor most commonly identified by women?

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Family History (breast 69%, cervical 50%, colon 43%)

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Risk factor most commonly identified by men?

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Age (prostate 51%, colon 34%)

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Percentage of women thought non were risk factors?

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About 2%

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Percentage of women who did not know any of the risk factors?

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14% (breast), 23% (cervix), 24% (colon)

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Percentage of men thought non were risk factors?

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About 2%

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Percentage of men who did not know any of the risk factors?

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about 23% for both

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What percentage of women know all three risk factors for breast cancer?

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9%

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What percentage of men know all three risks for prostate cancer?

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7%

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Who is better at identifying risks, younger or older women?

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Younger

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As men get older, they become better at identifying age as a risk for what?

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Prostate cancer

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What percentage of women 18-44 identified the risk of multiple sex partners for cervical cancer

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33%

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Overall, what percentage knew that diet and cancer were related?

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33%

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Aside from gender and age, what other demographic factors are associated with low levels of knowing sick factors? (4)

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Income, education, ethnicity, medical care

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Did the respondents overestimate or underestimate survival rates for cancer?

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Underestimate

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Risk factors that may predict injury deaths? (8)

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Perceived health status, disease of disability, stress symptoms, overweight, smoking, drinking style, organized sports, physical exercise

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Two-way relationship that health behaviors have with injury risk?

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They can either directly cause an injury (drunkenness), or they can be indicators of health compromising or risk taking behaviors (smoking)

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Why is adolescence an important time for health behaviors and risk behaviors?

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Many take up risk-taking behaviors during adolescence like smoking and drinking. Also schools often end then too for most, causes violence

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How long were the subjects studied in regards to risk-taking behaviors?

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about 11.4 years

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What gender difference was found in regards to death?

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Men were more likely to experience injury death than women (0.9% to 0.2%)

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What portion of death involved alcohol?

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33%. 101 out of 298

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What was the average age of death?

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23.8 years

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What was the strongest predictor of intentional or unintentional injury death?

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Reoccurring drunkenness

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What health variable predicted injury deaths?

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Drinking, smoking, leisure-time physical activity (but not when re-calculated)

24
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Role of frequent physical activities in injury deaths?

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Significant in decreasing chances, but lost after adjustment for age, sex, education, etc.

25
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What are the 2 factors best predicted injury deaths?

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Drinking habits and smoking

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General population v adolescent suicide rates in recent decades

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General population has stayed stable, but since 1950s, adolescent suicide rates have more than tripled.

27
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Is homicide more common than suicide in adolescents?

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Homicide

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Is homicide more common than suicide in adults?

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Suicide

29
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Warning signs of suicide? (13)

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Depressed mood, substance abuse, loss interest, decreased activity levels, decreased attention, isolation, withdrawing, sleep changes, appetite changes, verbal and written clues, giving possessions away

30
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Do adolescents who attempt suicide talk about their deaths?

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Yes, they often talk to friends, make threats

31
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Describe male and female difference in suicide patterns.

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Females have more thoughts about suicide and attempt suicide more, but males succede in suicide attempts more (4-5 times more)

32
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What is the best predictor of suicide?

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A prior suicide attempt

33
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Most common method of suicide?

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Guns (67%) are first, hanging (18%) is second

34
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What is the evidence on genetic factors and suicide?

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No suicide gene, but there is evidence that identical twins will both be suicidal more than fraternal twins

35
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What is the relationship of socioeconomic status to suicide?

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Adolescent suicide occurs in all socioeconomic groups

36
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What age group has the highest suicide rate?

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Older adults (60-95)

37
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How is gender related to suicide by age group?

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Males are more likely to commit suicide

38
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What may be negatively affecting the behavior of older adults?

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Elder suicide is rarely talked about in social context, rarely addressed.

39
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What was the average ages of the two groups studied?

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Younger was 20.6. Older was 75.1

40
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What were the two scales used?

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The Suicide Opinion Questionnaire (SOQ) and Suicide Risk Scale (SR scale)

41
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Name one opinion where older people scored higher.

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Acceptability and normality, religion, and irreversibility

42
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What was one opinion scale where young adults scored higher?

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Risk, motivation

43
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What were the actual risk scores of the two groups?

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younger was 3.2, older was 2.4

44
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One positive attitude held by older group

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A moral obligation as a strong reason not to commit suicide

45
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One negative/hazardous attitude held by the older group

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A suicide attempter cannot be dissuaded by a concerned listener. a suicidal person is not depressed or lonely

46
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Why was the older group score lower?

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Self-reporting is low in that group, and the old people were all community-dwelling, none were in homes

47
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How many official ways are there to die?

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113

48
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What kind of psychological experience is death?

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Not single nor uniform

49
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What is the leading cause of death in 1-14?

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Accidental injury

50
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What is the leading cause of death in 1-14?

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Injury, homicide, suicide, cancer, heart disease

51
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hat happens based on the different causes of death?

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Psychological experiences, death anxiety, preventative behavior, coping and grieving

52
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What are the 5 types of death?

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Degenerative death, epidemic death, sudden death, horrific death, premature death

53
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Degenerative death examples

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Cancer, diabetes, heart disease

54
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Degenerative - what groups are

A

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