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Figure 1.1
Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness, Chapter 1
Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness, Chapter 1
2010 Leading Causes of Death Heart disease: 597,689 Cancer: 574,743 Chronic lower respiratory diseases: 138,080 Stroke (cerebrovascular diseases): 129,476 Accidents (unintentional injuries): 120,859 Alzheimer's disease: 83,494 Diabetes: 69,071 Nephritis, nephrotic syndrome, and nephrosis: 50,476 Influenza and Pneumonia: 50,097 Intentional self-harm (suicide): 38,364
CDC .2010. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/lcod.htm
Ages 2534 Accidents Suicide Homicide Cancer Heart Disease HIV/AIDS Diabetes Stroke
Quantify and report a health risk. - Measure of comparative risk of a health-related event such as disease or death between two groups. It is the chance that a person receiving an exposure will develop a condition compared to the chance that a non-exposed person will develop the same condition.
iHealth, 2011, pg. 19
Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness, Chapter 1
Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness, Chapter 1
Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness, Chapter 1
behavior selected as the object for a behavior change program Obtain information about your target behavior Find outside help if needed
Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness, Chapter 1
Public Health
Charles Edward Winslow - Bacteriologist and graduate of MIT in 1898 - Defined public health in 1920. Definition valid today The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting physical health and efficiency through organized community efforts for the sanitation of the environment, the control of community infections, the education of the individual in principles of personal hygiene, the organization of medical and nursing services for the early diagnosis and preventive treatment of disease, and the development of the social machinery which will ensure to every individual in the community a standard of living adequate for the maintenance of health.
Practice: Public Health Community, population Government funded Less money prevention
biostatistics and health services. Environmental, social, behavioral and occupational health are also important subfields. There are 2 distinct characteristics of public health: 1. It deals with preventive rather than curative aspects of health 2. It deals with population-level, rather than individual-level health issues
public health advice Remember that anecdotes are not facts Be skeptical and use your common sense
Fit & Well: Core Concepts and Labs in Physical Fitness and Wellness, Chapter 1