PUBHLTH 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Drug Injection, Insulin Resistance, Independent Community And Health Concern
Document Summary
Please note: audios and videos chapters 1-15 are available on your class website. Rectangularizing the life curve: differences between normal and typical aging, typical aging majority of people have problems as they age, the slope decreases at a quicker rate. Ideal (normal) aging physiological functions are decreasing however at a slow rate: not the immediate manifestation of chronic illness, what we would like to have. Primary, secondary, & tertiary prevention: primary prevention of the occurrence or incidence of illness or injury, deals with prevention of disease or infirmity when people are at-risk of the disease. Interventions are specifically targeted toward a disease state. Individuals may be at-risk for disease state: secondary prevention of disease or injury progression, prevention of severity or prevalence of disease or injury. Individual already has a disease state: seeks to alleviate or lessen symptoms, seeks to stop progression, tertiary prevention of permanent disability or death due to illness or injury.
