PUBHLTH 1 Final: Public Health Final Review Study Guide
7 Feb 2017
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Eating habits are unclear with mixed results cuz there is a decrease in heart disease but increase in obesity. Sex education is a big issue bruhh. Regulation- laws and policies that are enforceable that limit some of individual behaviors that could risk their lives. State v. national disease screening guidelines. Drugs such aas heroine and marijuana is accepted. Most important predictor of health is ses (socioeconomic status): income, education, and occupation. Higher ses leads to more health behavior. Health is affected by: gender, marital status, race and ethnicity. 4 factors that determines they"re facing a threat: Self efficacy- sense of control of one"s life, it"s a stress reduction. Transtheoretical model (ttm)- development of self efficacy stages. Health promotion is more effective in social environment. One of the highest priority of ph: maternal & child health. Infant mortality rate is an indicator of health status of population!! Izz high foh blacks cuz they be getting preggers but don"t want that responsibility.
