SOC 4369 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Advanced Maternal Age, Prenatal Care, Nicotine
Document Summary
Identify sections of the population at greatest risk to target prevention and interventions. Evaluate effectiveness of prevention and intervention efforts. The study and prevention of chronic diseases is more difficult than that of infectious diseases. Chronic diseases develop over long periods of time. Difficulty in pinpointing risk factors and establishing prevention efforts. Gradual onset of disease may provide the opportunity for early detection or intervention in the early stages of disease. To identify the cause, risk factors, condition, health state new and existing. To study the natural history and prognosis. To evaluate both preventive measure, therapies, and facilitate research. Diseases classified according to signs and symptoms. Diarrheal, respiratory, cutaneous/soft tissue, cns, septicemic disease; and fever. Risk factors: high blood cholesterol <200 mg/dl is desirable, hypertension, smoking. Nicotine and carbon monoxide, diet, physical inactivity. Long-term, ongoing study on residents of framingham, ma. Began in 1948 with 5,209 adult participants. Objective: identify common factors that contribute to cvd.
