COMM 3313 Lecture 1: PH Notes Week 1
5 Sep 2016
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Over 2/3 of adults 20 years and older are obese. Smoking: 30% young men and 20% young women smoke. 1/5 of women 18-44 report forces sexual intercourse. Flu remains a major cause of death for 65 and older. Accidents #1 cause of death for ages 1-44. Life expectancy: black 73. 2 years, white 78. 2 years. 52% black women and 32% white women are obese. Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. However, health is more commonly experienced as the absence of physical, mental, social disease, or illness and should be considered a basic, universal human right. Communication is a complex transactional process that involves the generation, transmission, receipt and interpretation of symbols: people, messages, channels, feedback, noise, context.
