Unit 1
Most common "rate" in health promotion research.
Death rate
Often measured as "lack of disease".
Health
Field of study that states we are often irrational, rely on emotions, and struggle to predict the future.
Behavioral economics
Conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play that affect a wide range of health and quality-of life-risks and outcomes.
Social determinants of health
Between 1900-2020, which year had the lowest life expectancy?
1918 (Spanish Flu)
The study of distribution and determinants of health-related states or events, and the application of this study to the control of disease and other health problems.
Epidemiology
Having a BMI >30, but remaining free from heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, and high blood pressure.
Metabolically healthy
Social norms
A particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage.
Health disparity
Studies that use human cells in a petri dish.
In vitro
Statistic that determines the magnitude of difference between groups.
Effect size
Percentage of individuals who are successful with long-term weight loss.
5%
Altering our understanding of the experience from a burdensome duty to a rewarding experience.
Framing
Level of prevention focused on avoided the development of a disease and/or removing risk factors.
Primary
The phone number for JG Wentworth.
877-Cash-Now
Study design that does not involve any sort of intervention, rather researchers follow trends in free living subjects.
Observational
Denominator in most epidemiological rates.
100,000
Bias: The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change.
Cognitive dissonance
Type of health insurance that most Americans have.
Employer-based
Film that won best picture at the 2001 Oscars.
Years lived with disability + Years of life lost
Disability adjusted life years
Only type of study that can determine true cause and effect.
Randomized control trial (RCT)
It is more effective and more efficient to intervene not on a small, at-risk group, but rather on the whole society.
False economy of targeting
Type of government funded healthcare that was "expanded" under the Affordable Care Act.
Medicaid
These two countries share the longest/largest border in the world.
US/Canada