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| Current US surgeon general |
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| Age groups 1-44 leading cause of death |
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| Second leading cause of death for age groups 15-34 |
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| Suicide followed by homicide |
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| Number 1 Cause of nonfatal injury |
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| Number 1 Cause of Nonfatal injury for age group 10-24 |
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| Unintentional Struck By/Against |
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| Number 1 Cause for unintentional injury deaths for age group 1-4 |
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| Number 1 cause for unintentional injury for deaths for age group 55+ |
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| Maternal, infant, and child health |
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| health of women of childbearing age from pre-pregnancy, through pregnancy, labor, and delivery, and the postpartum period and the health of the child prior to birth through adolescence. |
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| Example of intervention program for women, infants, and children |
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| Stronger medical and social services |
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| TEST QUESTION: Health of nation judged by |
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| america is ranked what in infant mortality among all the industrial nations in the world |
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| US census bureau definition of family |
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| group of two or more related by birth, marriage or adoption and residing together |
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| Friedman's definition of family |
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| Two or more persons who are joined together by bonds of sharing and emotional closeness and who identify themselves as being part of a family |
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| Community health perspective |
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| a marriage or having two parents who serves as an important family characteristic in relation to a child's well being |
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| Increased health risks for infants and children who are raised in single-parent families |
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-adverse birth outcomes
-low birth weights
-increase of infant mortality
-children living in poverty |
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| teenage pregnancy has greater health risks |
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-more likely to divorce early
-less likely to receive and adequate education
-greater incidence of infant low birth weight and pre-maturity, and higher mortality rates
-live in poverty |
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Process of determining the preferred number and spacing of children in one's family and choosing the appropriate means to achieve this preference
(Nongovernment)
or
(Government)
-Title X
-Give priority to low income families |
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| Abortion (Roe v Wade, 1973) |
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-number of deaths from illegal abortion has declined
-number of legal abortion has started to decline |
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| death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management |
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| 3 Fundamentals to Safe Motherhood |
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1.risk assessment
2.treatment for medical conditions
3.education |
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| Infant mortality rate equation: |
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deaths of children under 1 yr/1000 live births
(important statistic as sentinel marker for health of a city, state, country) |
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birth to 28 days of life (1 month)
-premature births
-low birth weight
-birth defects |
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28 to 365 days of life (1 month to 1 year)
-birth defects
-sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
*Third leading cause of death of infants (between ages of 2 and 4 months) |
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| what country has highest mortality rate of individuals dying under age of 5 |
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| majority of birth defects attributed to what |
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environmental hazards and unhealthy behaviors of the mother during pregnancy
Low birth weight problem and these individuals 40 times more likely to die in first year of life than healthy babies |
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-Unintentional injuries
*Motor vehicles
-Homicide Rates
-Suicide Rates |
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-Unintentional injuries
-child abuse and neglect
-infectious diseases |
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| TEST QUESTION: WIC Program |
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Women, infants, and children program
-reside in the state
-meet income guidelines
-meet nutritional risk criteria as determined by assessment
Providing health insurance
-medicaid
-CHIP
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) |
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| START of Adolescents, Young Adults, and Adults |
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| 25-64 years of age (half of US Population) |
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| Most productive years of life |
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| 2 things on understanding age group health risks and problems |
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-detect risks for specific target populations
-propose specific reduction programs |
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| Two subgroups for young adult/adolescent population |
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*Puberty to Maturity: Faces hormonal changes, physical maturation, and frequent opportunities to engage in risky behavior
*Young adults:Face many physical, emotional, and educational changes |
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| Adolescents and young adult stage difficult due to: |
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-increased freedom
-access to health compromising substances and experiences
-lifestyle changes
*this stage in life is critical to developing good health knowledge and habits |
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| young females participating in workforce has... |
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third leading cause of death
17% of 9th-12th graders have thought about attempting suicide |
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| lower in females than males but females attempt suicide 2x as often as males |
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-8th leading cause of death for all Us men
-4x more likely to DIE from suicide than females
-suicide rates are highest among Whites and second highest among American Indian and Native Alaskan men
-60% of suicide deaths used gun |
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| Report attempting suicide during their lifetime three times as often as men |
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| what two communicable diseases cause morbidity among the young adult/adolescent age group |
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| Herd immunity (TEST QUESTION) |
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| a form of immunity that occurs when the vaccination of a significant portion of a population provides measure of protection for individuals who have not developed immunity |
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| Teenage pregnancy rates are twice as high in US as... |
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| England, France, and Canada |
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| US rate is ______ times higher than what two countries? |
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| 9x higher; Netherlands and Japan |
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| Strategies for Improving Health of Adolescents and Young adults |
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-Community Based
-Comprehensive
-Collaborative
-Multifaceted |
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Cancer
Cardiovascular Disease
Chronic Disease |
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| Health Behaviors and lifestyle choices |
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Smoking
lack of exercise
alcohol consumption
weight |
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| risk factors for chronic disease |
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smoking
lack of exercise
alcohol consumption
body weight |
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| non-function in insulin, destroyed |
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| Strategies for Improving the Health of Adults |
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1.Primary Prevention programs
-exercise -nutrtion
2.Secondary prevention
-clinical screening
3.Tertiary Prevention
-medication compliance |
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| when are people most likely to be depressed |
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middle age 40-50 years old
men more likely at age 50
women more likely at age 40 |
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| changes that occur as living things grow older |
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| study of aging from the broadest perspective |
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| medical practice specializing in treatment of the aged |
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| senility is the result of disease only affecting what percent of seniors living in non institutional settings |
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| Factors that affect population size and age |
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-Fertility Rates
-Mortality Rates
-Migration and Net Migration |
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| comparison b/w society's unproductive and productive individuals |
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| Labor-force support ratio |
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| based on the number who are actually working |
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| Do men have longer or shorter life experiences compared to women |
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| men tend to marry older or younger women than themselves |
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| What fraction of elders live in southern states |
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| list of income sources of seniors |
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1.SS
2.Earnings
3.Pensions/Assets |
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| seniors less likely to partake in what action? |
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-consume large amounts of alcohol
-smoke cigarettes
-be overweight or obese |
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| 90% of abuse cases the perpetrator is.. |
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| family member and 2/3 of the perpetrators are adult children or spouses |
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| instrumental needs of elders |
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-income
-housing
-personal care
-health care |
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