10:832:101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Assisted Living, Influenza Vaccine, Elderly Care
16 Feb 2017
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Many associated with unhealthy behaviors and poor lifestyle choices. Lifestyle improvements and public health advances have led to decline in death rate for adults: adult death rates, ages 25-44, adult death rates, ages 45-64, cancer. #1 cause of death for adults ages 45-64. Females breast, lung, and colorectal: cardiovascular diseases, age-adjusted mortality rates dropped over past 60 years. Mainly due to public health efforts related to smoking cessation, increased physical activity, and nutrition: health behaviors, risk factors for chronic disease. Most significant for adults smoking, lack of exercise, bmi, alcohol: risk factors for personal injury. Motor vehicle safety seatbelts and alcohol use: awareness and screening of certain conditions. Figure 08. 08: obesity trends among u. s. adults: 1990, 2000, and 2010. Figure 08. 10: age adjusted prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among us adults: community health strategies, role of individual behavior, social factors, environmental factors, and previous influences on their health across lifespan, primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention efforts for adults.
