CFD 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Autonomic Nervous System, Infection, Adrenal Gland
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
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Quantity of Life Versus Quality of Life
Promoting Health and Preventing Disease
• Health promotion: the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its
determinants
o National institutes of health (NIH)
o Centers for disease control and prevention (CDC)
The Healthy People Initiative
• Healthy People 2020
o Increase quality and years of healthy life
o Eliminate health disparities among Americans
o Create social and physical environments that pr
o omote good
health
o Promote healthy
development and
behaviors
Factors That Influence Wellness
• Health habits
• Heredity/family history
• Environment
• Access to health care
• Behavior can make a
difference
• Take personal
responsibility for your
wellness
Being Healthy for Life
• Maintaining good health is an ongoing process
• Keep informed about the latest health news
• Making changes in your world:
o Some things you can’t completely control
o Help create an environment that supports wellness for everyone
• What does the future hold?
Review
• Causes of death of Americans 15-24-
o Accidents, suicide, homicide
• A goal of healthy people 2020
o Eliminate health disparities
• #1 factor in determining an individual’s level of wellness
o Lifestyle
• How are income and education linked with health status
o Higher poverty and lower education linked to poor health
• The 9 dimensions of wellness can be characterized as
o Interrelated
12%
88%
Impared life
Healthy life
10%
18%
19%
53%
Medical Care
Heredity
Environment
Lifestyle
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• Name the 9 dimensions of wellness
o Physical, emotional, intellectual, interpersonal, cultural, spiritual,
o Environmental, financial, occupational
• The leading cause of preventable death of Americans is…
o Tobacco use
• L, G, B, T teens have a higher risk for…
o Suicide
• The health determinant that we no control over
o Genetic makeup
• A fact about the health of diverse populations in the us
o Ethnic minorities have higher rates of death and disabilities as compared to the whole
• Emotional wellness would include
o Trust, optimism, and self-confidence
• Describe spiritual wellness
o Beliefs that give our lives meaning and purpose
• The objective of public health
o To prevent disease
• To improve a behavior, it is best to…
o Choose one change
• Occupational wellness can be measured by
o Fulfillment
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Document Summary
Chapter 1- taking charge of your health successfully achieved . Clearly no knowledge is more crucial than knowledge about health, without it no other life goal can be. Examples of qualities and behaviors associated with the dimensions of wellness: physical, eating well, exercise, safe sex, emotional, self esteem, self confidence, optimism. Intellectual: 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%
