Drugs
True or False. A drugs is any substance, natural or artificial, other than food, that by its chemical nature alters structure or function in a living organism.
What is true?
Refers to negative opinions and attitudes about mental illness.
What is stigma?
True or false. Alcohol falls under the drug category of a stimulant.
False. Alcohol is a depressant.
True or False? A typical U.S. smoker spends over $2,000 a year on cigarettes.
True. The average pack-a-day smoker pays $6 per pack adding up to $2,190 per year. That’s a lot of money to pay to hurt yourself.
The definition of public health is:
The science and art of _________ disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and mental health and efficiency through organized community efforts.
What is Preventing?
Public health is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health and mental health and efficiency through organized community efforts.
Drugs that are forbidden by the law. This means that it is illegal for someone to use or have these drugs in their possession.
What is an illicit drug?
Negative thoughts or feelings toward self.
What is self stigma?
True or false. The only thing that can sober someone up is time.
True. The only thing that can sober someone up is time.
True or false. Over 700 chemicals are found in cigarettes.
True. Over 700 chemicals are found in cigarettes.
True or false. The public health approach is focused on clinical prevention (focused on individuals).
False. The public health approach is focused on population health and prevention which is differentiated from clinical prevention (focused on individuals) and clinical treatment (focused on treatment of disease in individuals.)
True or false. Stimulants speed up body systems, delay fatigue, produce hyperactivity
What is true?
The American with Disabilities Act makes it illegal to discriminate in the areas of _____(name one)_____
What is employment, transportation, communication, or recreation?
True or false. The size of a person will not change the effect alcohol has on someone.
False. The size of a person is a factor in how alcohol affects the body.
True or false. Dangers associated with secondhand or passive smoking include respiratory issues, cancer, bronchitis
True. Dangers associated with secondhand or passive smoking include respiratory issues, cancer, and bronchitis.
When public health interventions generally occur?
public health is focused earlier in the disease process as prevention.
True or false. Any drug that produces effects might cause harm when abused.
What is false. Any drug that produces effects might produce benefit when used carefully and has the potential to produce harm when abused.
Ratio of Americans experience mental health problems each year.
Almost 1 in 5 Americans experiences mental health problems each year (18.5%)
Alcohol kills more people than any other drug? True or False?
False... Tobacco kills more
True or false. 10 years after quitting your risk of dying is cut by 25% compared to that of a smoker's.
False. 10 years after quitting your risk of dying from lung cancer and bladder cancer is about half that of a smoker's. Your risk of getting cervical cancer or cancer of the larynx, kidney or pancreas decreases too.
________________, the basic science of public health, describes the patterns of health and disease within a population and identifies the factors related to any disease, including chronic disease.
What is epidemiology?
List a support for someone who has an addiction
- Family members - Friends - Therapists - Counselors - Faith communities - Telephone help lines
According to the WHO (World Health Organization), mental health is:
"... a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can ____(2 words)_____ and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community."
Work productively
"... a state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community."
True or false. 80% of teens have had one alcoholic beverage before they are 21.
True.
True or false. The effective way to quit smoking is by quitting "cold turkey" (abrupt and complete cessation)
False. Smoking is very addictive and quitting "cold turkey" generally isn't effective. The majority of smokers need help quitting in ways like:
-support from your friends and family
-signing up for a program
-taking a medication that can help you quit
Name one of the 10 public health achievements in the 21st century
What is immunizations
improvements in motor vehicle safety
workplace safety
control of infectious diseases
a decline in deaths from heart and stroke
safer and healthier foods
family planning
fluoridation of drinking water
recognition of tobacco as a health hazard ?