Public Health Exam 2 Flashcards
100 on exam 2
Why do people engages in unhealthy behaviors?
- lack of knowledge
- psychological environments
- risk perceptions
- peer pressure and role modeling
- physical environment
- community norms
- benefits immediate; cost deferred
- addiction
Ecological Model
Intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional, community, societal/public policy
Intrapersonal
biological factors, beliefs, knowledge, personal fianaces, skills, attitudes, preference, self- efficacy
Interpersonal
role modeling, peer pressure, social support, family, partner, friends
Institutional/ organizational
school, workplace, social groups, religious groups
community
community initiatives, neighborhood characteristics, relationships between organizations, community norms
Societal/ public policy
media, zoning, social norms, laws, enforcement of laws
health outcomes are influences by the….
interactive characteristics of individuals and environments
Major Health Risks
tobacco, poor diet, and lack of exercise
Wonder Drug
PHYSICAL EXERCISE
- helps with anxiety, dementia, risk of stroke
- weight, diabetes, disability, breast cancer and bowel cancer
Alcohol Related Death- Acute and Chronic Causes
Acute-
- motor vehicle crashes, poisoning, suicide, homicide, drowning
Chronic-
- stroke, hypertension, various cancers, adiction
Alcohol Abus is highest aroung young adults
- heart disease is highest among those who do not drink and are heavy drinkers
Alcohol Injuries amoung college students
- death, assault, and date rape
Policy gone wrong… Prohibition
positive health affects- liver problems decrease and consumption dropped
social consequences- disrespect for the law, more murder, and bootlegging
Reduction in Motor Vehicle injuries
-public health success
- target safety efforts= roadway improvements, campaigns against drunk driving, vehicle safety improvements
Strategies for health behavior change
- Education
- Incentives
- law and policies
Certain Groups Smoking is Higher
- prisons
- rural areas
- southern areas
- military
Smoking is higher amoung those with mental health issues
- because not focused on long term issues but mental health
- people die with diesease that are tied with smoking
Youths are not Smoking
- vaping increased than decreased
- nicotine is not killing it is everything else in it
- smoking rates are decreasing
Harm Reduction
- vaping is used as harm reduction cause smoking is worse
- harder for older people to stop smoking
Disability-adjusted life years
a measure of overall disease burden, capturing the number of years lost from poor health, disability, or premature death
Decision to Smoke is a Combination of
psychological, social, cultural, economic, and political factors influence individual behavior
What is Mental Health
- a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realize their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their communities
- it is an intergal component of health and well-being that underpins out individual and colective abilities to make decisions, bild relationships and shape the world we live in
Mental and behavioral disorder are amoung…
the leading causes of disability in the US