PUBHLTH 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Obstructive Lung Disease, T Helper Cell, Lean Body Mass
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Accounts for almost half of all deaths. Keep lean body mass, decr % body fat. Stress supresses the immune system"s abailty to produc and maintain lymphocytes and. Stress: decr numbers of b cells, t cells, t helper cells, supressor or cytotix t cells and large granular lymphocytes. Prohibition: does not always work better to use the other two options. Most important predictor of health is socioeconomic status: less access to medical care, more stress, not healthy nutrition, air pollution, lead paint, crime, violance, health affected by gender, marital status, education. Nutrition : poor area eat higher calories food. Conditions of the physical environment: high crime area wont exercise outside. Higher ses leads to more healthy behavior. By taking action i can protect myself. Self efficacy is incr by previous successful performance. Self efficacy is incr by seeing other successfully perform especially if model is a peer. Theories are used for programs to promote behavior change.
