NHM 417 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Adipose Tissue, Birth Weight, Physical Examination
6 Dec 2016
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Lifestyle choices - smoking, alcohol, stress management, physical activity. How do these factors impact health and nutritional status: define these methods of obtaining data, and know the strengths/differences of each: (review figure 3-1, page 70 and the related text. ) Emotional comfort: surveys - cross-section (not the entire population) of the target population. Must have a well defined purpose and be valid and reliable. Pro"s - relatively inexpensive, can be self administered, used with individual or group. Con"s - you may not be surveying a completely unbiased group of people including health risk appraisals - designed to alert people about risky health behaviors, including questionnaires with an educational message. Blue cross blue shield of mississippi: screening - designed to reverse, slow or halt progress of chronic disease. Pro"s - used in both clinical and community settings: focus groups - informal group sharing opinions, concerns or experiences. Led by a trained moderator with listening being the most important skill.
