Primer 10 Flashcards
5 clues an illness may be due to env.
- patient suspects
- atypical pattern of illness
- temporal pattern suggests it - holidays, home etc
- no obv. other cause
- Sx suggest a specific env. cause
what is a hazard
inherent cap. of an agent to cause harm
what is receive, path, source model
for there to be a risk, the indiv (receiver), must be exposed (path) to a hazard (source)
what are 3 key aspects to assess in risk assessment
- hazard identification
- risk characterization - is the hazard likely to cause these types of Sx
- exposure assessment
5 types of hazard
- bio
- chem
- physcial
- ergo
- psychosoc
what is host, agent, env. in wrong med being given
host - PT to tired to enquire about meds
agent - nurse too hurried
env - night and not enough light
active vs. passive interventions
active - seatbelts- have to keep using them
passive - vaccines - just give once
6 critical elements of risk communication
- message
- messenger
- encoding
- the channel
- decoding
- recipient
important aspects of the message
simple message, but also what one should do with that info
important aspects of the messenger
attitude and empathy more important than status/profession
5 aspects of the recipient that need to be taking into account and tailored to
- general disposition - optimisitics are low risk feelers
- affective forecasting - most people think they will cope worse than they do
- perception of threat - most people think they are at less risk than they are for illness
- confirmatory bias - we pay attn. to things that support our previous beleifs
- reduction of vulnerability - need to feel invulnerable can make people ignore risks
what is channel
usually spoken, but can be enhanced with visuals etc.
what is encoding and decoding
language, jargon, slang - both members need to speak the same code
