PSY-3635 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Seat Belt, Public Health, Distracted Driving

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Psychology (A&S)
• Course: PSY-3635
• Professor: Schlundt David

Document Summary

Overview: clinical vs public health models, targets for public health intervention, what is the role of government, using public policy to change behavior and improve population health. Intensive interventions to have dramatic impacts: public health. Small changes with large numbers of people. Some risky behaviors: tobacco use, unhealthy dietary behaviors. Inadequate physical activity: alcohol and other drug use, sexual behaviors, behaviors that may result in violence and unintentional injuries. Small changes can have big effects in populations. Enactment of legislation or changes in policy. Policy initiatives that have worked: smoking tn enacted both of these in the past few years. Raising tobacco taxes: motor vehicle morbidity and mortality. Raising the drinking age to 21 nationwide. Banning use of hand held electronic devices. Is it right to use public policy to change individual behavior: the libertarian argument. Minimize government interference in private choice: the public health argument. The cost to society of the cumulative impact of individual choices (billions of.