MEDI231 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Health Promotion, Binge Drinking, Gangrene
6 Aug 2018
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To gain an understanding of the different approaches to health promotion. To be able to understand how they are applied for different health behaviours. To understand how to apply the socioecological approach to promote health. To provide an understanding of health promotion approaches in the context of smoking. Health impacts: most preventable cause of ill health and death in australia, major risk factor, chd, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, cancer. 2010 national drug strategy household survey: showed, around 2. 8 million (15%) australians aged 14 years and older smoked daily, males more likely smokers (20%) than females (16%) Indigenous australians were more likely to be smokers (38%) than non- Mean number smoked: among current smokers, 123 per week in lowest ses areas compared to 70 in areas with the highest. Ses: 147 per week for atsi people compared to 101 for non indigenous, 105 per week for english speaking rather than 65 for non english speaking.
