PSYC 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: List Of Muppets, Public Health
25 Jun 2018
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LECTURE 4 – June 12 th
Men’s Health
19 – 94 years
oSmoke, alcohol, diet, sleep and exercise are the top 5 contributors to poor
health in men
o62% have unhealthy eating habits (too much sugar, salts, fats)
o54% have unhealthy sleep
o~50% of men do not exercise more than 150 minutes / week
o40% of men have unhealthy alcohol intake (15+ drinks a week)
Most adults so not consider the size of drink as a factor (1 large class
of wine = two drinks technically, but most just see it as one)
o20% have unhealthy tobacco smoking habits (BC is lowest [12%])
Behavioural Detriments of Health and Disease
Health problems; sinful, negligent, indulgent, ignorant, reckless, selfish behaviours.
Public health approaches: to control or cajole the health-related behaviours of
civilization, to protect individuals from the behaviour of others, to mobilize the
behaviour of groups to influence health-related social and physical
Current diseases: chronic pain
As linked to PROXIMAL causes > e.g., hygiene practices
DISTAL determinates > e.g., physical activity and general dietary patterns
Predisposing Factors – reside within the INDIVIDUAL
Knowledge – understanding things like how much food an actual “serving” is (1
apple does not mean one serving)
Beliefs – I am older so I do not need as many calories as a younger person
Values
Attitudes – are readily changed
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Document Summary
Health problems; sinful, negligent, indulgent, ignorant, reckless, selfish behaviours. Public health approaches: to control or cajole the health-related behaviours of civilization, to protect individuals from the behaviour of others, to mobilize the behaviour of groups to influence health-related social and physical. As linked to proximal causes > e. g. , hygiene practices. Distal determinates > e. g. , physical activity and general dietary patterns. Knowledge understanding things like how much food an actual serving is (1 apple does not mean one serving) Beliefs i am older so i do not need as many calories as a younger person. Enabling factors shaped over time by cultural and social expectations. Availability of health resources counsellors, psychologists and therapists available. Accessibility of health resources counsellors, psychologists and therapists are not accessible because they are not covered under health care like psychiatrists are. No single intervention reaches all segment of a population. No single intervention reaches different segments with the same degree of effectiveness.
