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50 Cards in this Set
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What are the components of a public health model?
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Agent, Person, Environment
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The agent in a public health model refers to what?
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the drug
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What two components are included under the person of a public health model?
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Internal factors, external factors
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What are internal factors?
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things that arent changeable (gender, race, lacking enzymes, genetics, etc)
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What are external factors?
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things that are changeable (driving experience, drinking experience, family members, relationships,etc.)
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What are some environmental factors in the public health model?
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Physical setting, social factors/policies, religous, cultural, physical, legal, availibility of health care
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Describe primary prevention
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Preventing a problem completely
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Describe secondary prevention
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Early intervention (blood tests,etc)
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Why is a public health model a good fit? (P.E.L.P.S.)
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Population vs. Individual, Education, Levels of Prevention, Patterns of drug use are communicable, Scientific framework
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Define epidemiology
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Study of dynamics & distribution of diseases and conditions in populations
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Name 4 sources of measuring drug use
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Consequences, Surveys, Industry sales figures, Illicit drug trends
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What does DAWN stand for and what is it?
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Drug Abuse Warning Network; two sources of data; drug-related visits to hospital emergency departments and drug-related deaths
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What does DASIS stand for and what is it?
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Drug and Alcohol Services Information System; Primary source of national data on substance abuse treatment
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What does UCR stand for and what is it?
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Uniform Crime Reports; Collected by police dept. and reported to FBI
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What does ADAM stand for and what is it?
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Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Program; arrestees in selected cities interviewed regularly regarding drug use
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What does NHSDA stand for and what is it?
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National Household Survey on Drug Abuse; door to door survey
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Name the stages of drug involvement on a spectrum
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Beneficial use, casual use, problematic use, chronic dependance
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Differentiate between primary and secondary sources
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Primary sources contain methods and data so that the reserach could be repeated, secondary sources don't have as much specific data
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Tertiary sources and advertisements tend to be _______.
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biased
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What are retrospective studies?
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look into the past for causes of diseases that people currently suffer from
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What are Prospective studies?
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Start in present and monitor groups of people into the future
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Name 4 basic errors in research (P.I.D.S)
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Presentation, Interpretation, Data collection, Sampling
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Define pharmacology
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the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and esp. the effects of drugs
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Differentiate between set and setting
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Set is the mindset and expectations of the user. Setting is the environment in which the user is in
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What is the quickest route of administration?
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Smoking
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What is a site?
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How and where drug is being taken in
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What is a mechanism?
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How the drug is effecting your body
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What are the four groups of drugs?
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Stimulants, Depressants, Hallucinogens, Marijuana/Other
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What do stimulants do to the CNS?
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Speed it up
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What are some examples of Stimulants?
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Amphetamines, Caffeine, Nicotine, Cocaine
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What do depressants do to the CNS?
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Slow it down
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What are some examples of depressants?
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Alcohol, Narcotics, Barbiturates, Tranquilizers
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What effect do hallucinogens have on the body?
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Alter perception
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What are some examples of hallucinogens?
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LSD, Plants & mushrooms, PCP
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What effect does marijuana have on the body?
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Sedation and drowsiness
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What is considered a standard drink?
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12 ounces of beer, 6 ounces of wine, 1.5 ounces of 80 proof alcohol
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What are the four basic drives?
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Hunger, thirst, sex, drugs
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Name 7 characteristics of Intoxication
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Time, Perception, Emotion, Unity, Reality, Ineffability, Sense of longing
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Name some examples of non-chemical ways to achieve states of intoxication
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Fasting, twirling around, sexual relationships, nature, exertion, music
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What is mystification?
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Redefinition of everyday problems as medical conditions that require treatment/medication
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Name 4 causes of mystification
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Misleading consumers, keeping consumers misinformed, not providing a complete picture, not telling the "whole truth"
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What are the 6 parties involved in mystification?
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Patients/Consumers, Pharmaceutical industry, advertising industry, medical community, herbal community, government
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What is the importance of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994?
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Companies arent required to prove that their products actually do what they claim
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What are 5 solutions to mystification?
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Regulate advertising, limit production, drug training, continuing education, consumer responsibility
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Name 5 features of a consumer friendly ad
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Description of the condition, fair balance of risks and benefits, how effective is the drug (success rates), other methods of treatment, cost of treatment
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The Chinese, Greeks, and Romans were the first to use this
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Alcohol
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Native Americans used this for healing and blessings
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Tobacco
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Ethiopia, Arabia, and Europe were first to use this
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Caffeine
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Name some of the impacts of cocaine on the Latin American economies
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Most profitable cash crop, new concentration of wealth, corruption of judge, military, police, and politicians, and insurgencies fuelled by drug money
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What is state dependent learning?
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If you're under the influence while learning, the next time you're learning you will not be as effective as if you were under the influence
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