CFD 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Cardiovascular Disease, Safe Sex, Sexual Orientation
1 May 2018
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Chapter 1- Taking Charge of your Health
➢ “Clearly no knowledge is more crucial than knowledge about health, without it no other life goal can be
successfully achieved...”
Wellness: New Health Goals
• Health: overall condition of body or mind
• Wellness: optimal health and vitality
o Making conscious decisions that affect risk factors
• Dimensions of wellness:
o Physical
o Emotional
o Intellectual
o Interpersonal
o Cultural
o Spiritual
o Environmental
o Financial
o Occupational
• The nine dimensions of wellness are interrelated and may affect each other
Examples of Qualities and Behaviors Associated with The Dimensions of Wellness
• Physical
o Eating well
o Exercise
o Safe sex
• Emotional
o Self esteem
o Self confidence
o Optimism
• Intellectual
o Communication
o Keep
relationship
o Cultivate support
• Spiritual
o Compassion
o Fulfillment
o Joy
• Environmental
o Reducing waste
o Clean and
natural
o Recycling
New Opportunities for Taking Charge
• 1900s versus today
o Morbidity and mortality rates
▪ Infectious disease: a disease that can spread from person to person
• Life expectancy has nearly doubled
• Impaired life
o Chronic disease: a disease that develops and continues over a long period of time
➢ Life expectancy in 1900- 47 years old
o Infectious disease
Leading Causes of Death in The United States
• Heart disease- 3.7%
• Cancer- 22.9%
• Chronic lower
respiratory- 5.7%
• Stroke- 5.2%
• Accidents- 4.9%
Lifestyle and Environmental Contributors to Death Among Americans
• Tobacco- 19.1%
• Obesity- 8.8%
• Alcohol consumption- 2.6%
• Microbial agents- 2.3%
Leading Causes of Death Among Americans Ages 15–24, 2011
• Accidents - 40.6%
• Suicide- 15.8%
• Homicide- 15.2%
• Cancer- 5.4%
• Heart disease- 3.2%
Health Issues for Diverse Populations
• Sex and gender
• Ethnicity
• Income and education
• Disability
• Geographic location
• Sexual orientation
Quantity of Life Versus Quality of Life
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Document Summary
Clearly no knowledge is more crucial than knowledge about health, without it no other life goal can be successfully achieved . Examples of qualities and behaviors associated with the dimensions of wellness: physical. Intellectual: eating well, exercise, safe sex, emotional, self esteem, self confidence, optimism, communication, keep relationship, cultivate support, spiritual, compassion, fulfillment, joy, environmental, reducing waste, clean and natural, recycling. New opportunities for taking charge: 1900s versus today, morbidity and mortality rates. Infectious disease: a disease that can spread from person to person: life expectancy has nearly doubled. Impaired life: chronic disease: a disease that develops and continues over a long period of time. Life expectancy in 1900- 47 years old: infectious disease. Leading causes of death in the united states: heart disease- 3. 7, cancer- 22. 9, chronic lower respiratory- 5. 7, stroke- 5. 2, accidents- 4. 9% Lifestyle and environmental contributors to death among americans: tobacco- 19. 1, obesity- 8. 8, alcohol consumption- 2. 6, microbial agents- 2. 3%
