Pyschology Lecture 10 Flashcards
What is the Social Ecological Model
A model acknowledging that the individual is influenced by a collection of larger interrlated and cumulative contexts such as organizations communities and governments.
What is Epidemiology
study of changing patterns of health and disease across populations and geographic areas
what is the index case
the first identified instance of a medical problem
what ia pandemic
a large epidemic that occurs on a worldwide basis, crossing international boundaries; usually affecting large numbers of people
What is Pre-symptomatic when it comes to COVID
Someone who is confirmed to have the virus but is not yet showing symptoms
What someone who is Asymptomatic
someone who has not had the illness confirmed and has no symptoms
what is the incubation period
the time between exposure to the virus and the onset of symptomsw
whats the reproduction number
the number of people, on average, an infected person ends up infecting
What does prevalece mean
the number of cases that have been confirmed or presumed
What is point prevalence:
the number of cases present at a particular point in time
what is period prevalence
the total number of cases that have occurred over the course of an incident
what are current cases
the total number of cases minus those who have recovered or died from the disease
What is incidence
the number of new cases that emerge in a given time period
What is behavioural activiation
mechanisms focused on positive responses that enhacne resilience in the face of challenge
what is secondary control:
a process where we work on the things we can control in liew of the things we cannot
What is acceptance based coping
paying attention to how one relates to emotions rather than letting the emotions take charge of ones behaviour
Whats gradient of health?
the often found relationship between socioeconomic status and health. health is positively related to wealth
as poverty increases, health status decreases, found in virtually all countries
distribution of wealth is a predictor of the health of a countries citizens.
What are social determinants of health
factors such as housing, employment, SES, and food availability affect the health of populations
Whats the harm reduction strateg?
attempts to reduce the harmful effects of a behaviour when faced with the reality that health compromising behaviour cannot be eliminated from a population.
Harm reduction strategies are what in nature
Non judgemental
What are two important psychological factors for Harm reduction strrategies
Trust and Compassion
Why does the public not accept harm reduction strategies
because they fail to accept that these strategies do not indicate endorsement of health compromising behaviours, especially those that are illegal.
What is efficacy
the extent to which the drug has the potential to yield itsintended outcomes under ideal circumst ances
what is effectiveness
a drugs ability to yield intended outcomes under realistic conditions.
