Nursing 2230A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cardiovascular Disease, Indoor Air Quality, Photovoice

• School: Western University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: Nursing 2230A/B
• Professor: Jennifer Scarfe- Brideau

Document Summary

What was it your caregiver did to make (cid:455)ou feel u(cid:374)de(cid:396)stood/(cid:374)ot u(cid:374)de(cid:396)stood . Chronic health challenges (4 most prevalent chronic health conditions in canada: cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, respiratory illness, depression, anxiety, arthritis. Fou(cid:396) (cid:373)ost (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374) (cid:396)isk fa(cid:272)to(cid:396)s (cid:894)phac(cid:895: smoking (affects ca, cvd, dm, respiratory illness, unhealthy diet (affects ca, cvd, dm, harmful use of etoh (ca, cvd, dm) Other chronic disease risk factors (phac: air quality, where you live, age, gender, family history/genetics, occupational hazards (factory work, risky lifestyle (iv drug use can lead to hiv, hepatitis, sexual practices, stress. Chronic disease growing burden of disease (phac) Large urban areas are aging less quickly than rural populations. Rising obesity rate driving chronic disease epidemic: obesity increasing among canadians esp children, youth and aboriginal ppl, 1 of 4 canadian children overweight or obese, 1 of 6 canadians aged 20+ are obese.