Interventions or activities that focus on preventing problems before they occur
What is primary prevention?
society or economic factors influencing health are the focus
What is macroscopic focus?
men are not supposed to drink more than this number of alcoholic drinks per day
What is two?
Women are recommended to drink this amount of alcohol per day and no more?
What is one drink
Health issue causing the most concern in the US today
What is obesity/COVID?
a term used in health for death (__________ rate) or (Infant ___________ rate)
What is mortality
Nurse who used statistics to influence health policy; and emphasized clean air, nutrition, and environmental determinants of health.
Who is Florence Nightengale?
A Modifiable lifestyle choice that leads to many preventable diseases and illnesses. Quitting this could lead to a longer lifespan
What is tobacco use?
a term used to explain illness or illness rates
What is morbidity?
The major assumption of this model was that a person's main determinant of using preventive health behavior was disease avoidance
What is the Health Belief Model