Stress and Prevention Flashcards
Upstream
“I am going to go up there and fix it”
- Beyond brochures
Upstream Primary Prevention
Proactive, crtically thinking about populations, as well as families and individuals
- Most impactful
Primary
-Brochures to teach healthy eating
Secondary
-Screening
Tertiary
-Treatment, support, rehab
Allostatic Load
-Wear/tear on the body’s system related to prolonged or excessive stress.
Cortisol
-Fat into Sugar
-Survival
- Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis is responsible for making cortisol
Sympathetic NS
Fight / Flight
Social Advantage vs Disadvantage
-People with greater social status means more likely to experience stress in beneficial ways
- People with less faces more frequent and numerous stressors, while having limited social material resources for coping
EX of Stress Related Outcomes
-Risk for PreTerm Delivery
-Increased risk of obesity, heart disease
-Mental Health
“Weathering”
Tenacious high- effort coping with chronic stressors due to marginalization
-Leads to chronic health conditions
- Working so hard = consequences of stress