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38 Cards in this Set
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Goal of healthy life
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better quality of life
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What is morbidity rate?
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illness rates
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prevalence
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# of existing cases
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incidence
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# of new cases
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Why do we track centenarian
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to learn why they live longer
- genetics -other reasons |
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Top 5 causes of death in US
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1. heart disease
2. cancer 3. stroke 4. accidents 5. COPD |
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Top 3 causes of death in the 15-24 year old
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1. accidents
2. homicide 3. suicide |
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Y.P.L.L
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years of potential life lost
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chronic
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usually sth that reoccurs
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acute
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sth that happens once
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syndrome
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variety of symptom that we cannot pinpoint
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Infant mortality rate
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# of infants die within 1 year of their life
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What is the significance of infant mortality rate?
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used to determine healthiest nations of the world
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Why USA in the lower ranks of health?
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most money is spent on tertiary prevention that cost most money
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3 types of disease prevention
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1. Primary prevention
2. secondary prevention 3. tertiary prevention |
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Primary prevention
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-being active
-eat healthier -sleep more -limiting alcohol use -practice safe sex |
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Secondary prevention
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-physical exams
-vaccinations -mammograms etc |
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Tertiary Prevention
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-rehabilitation
-doctor visit -surgery |
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4 things needed to change
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1. awareness of present condition
2. knowledge; health 3. ability to make good decision 4. motivation |
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Why motivation is a big challenge?
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-peer/social pressure
-culture/habits -values |
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Define stress
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-a nonspecific response of the body to any demand made upon it
-our response to stress is a syndrome |
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What did Hans Selye came up with?
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General Adaptation Syndrome
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General Adaptation syndrome
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-response to our stress
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General adaptation syndrome
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-introduced to stress
-nervous system activates by increasing hormones -epinephrine, cortisol -immune system is compromised -body out of homeostasis -fight or flight response |
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2nd stage of General Adaptation syndrome
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-attempt to get back to homeostasis
-its a challenge -immune system is compromised |
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3rd stage of General Adaptation Syndrome
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-debilitating illness
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Two ways to fix stress and define each
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-cope: remove stress, or change reaction to the stress
-adapt: sth we want to avoid |
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Result due to adaptation of stress
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-psychosomatic illnesses
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psychosomatic illness and examples
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-illness due to not coping with stress and adapting to stress
- hypertension, headaches, skin problems, chronic illnesses |
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common defense mechanisms
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-repression
-denial -rationalization -displacement -projection -reaction formation -regression |
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Repression
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- motivated forgetting; keeping disturbing thoughts and feelings in the unconscious
- forgetting a car accident event |
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Denial
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- refusing to believe sth because it causes anxiety or pain
- no admitting sth is wrong |
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Rationalization
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-asserting that one's illogical behavior is rational or good
- eating unhealthy and saying its ok because of no time |
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Displacement
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- redirection of feelings from the real target to someone or something else that is less threatening
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Projection
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- attributing one's own unacceptable impulses, thoughts, feeling, motives or characteristics to someone else
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Reaction formation
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- behaving in a way that is the exact opposite of what one really feels like
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Regression
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-reverting to child-like or juvenile behavior to avoid a threatening circumstances
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Is it ok to use defense mechanism
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its ok to use them bud don't over do it
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