It is a common and sometimes lethal infectious disease, usually attacks the lungs and spread to other parts of the body.
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Why are older residents more likely to spread Tuberculosis?
Older residents may carry a dormant version of the disease because they were never properly treated.
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What two approaches is the government taking right now to increase the number of people who take treatment?
One through the use of incentive programs such as free hamburgers, two through the use of comics/commercials.
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In the Central Canadian subarctic, are women or men more likely to be diagnosed with diabetes?
women
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How is Tuberculosis most often Spread?
It is often Spread through the air
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Name at least three explanation that health offical give for the rise in Tuberculosis?
Poor living conditions, strange nature of the disease, fading expertise in the illness, elder residents with dormant form of the disease, overcrowding
200
What has the BC government done to provide better health care to aboriginals in the province?
They have instigated a program, where by the aboriginal communities will have better control over health service deliveries from the government
200
Were all or some of the study participants diagnosed with diabetes?
All
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How long is the TB cure process and why is this a problem?
The cure process usually takes between 6-12 months and this is an issue because it requires a regimented program of antibiotics which people often tend to ignore.
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Did the majority of study participants explain the high diabetes rates as a result of additives/chemicals (contaminated food model)?
Yes or No?
No
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Who raised the issue of TB 100 years ago and what ultimately ended up happening?
Peter Bryce, his reports were dismissed, and his position was terminated
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What does the contaminated food model blame for the diabetes epidemic?
additives/chemicals in foods and/or the white man
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What is the Inuit rate of Infection compared to non-aboriginal Canadians?
186 times that of non-aboriginals
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The majority of research participants were women What is the explanation that the researchers gave for this?
1. They are more likely to seek out care from the local health centre
2. Studies show that more women have diabetes then men (in the Central Canadian subarctic)
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What approach did Stefan Grzybowski take in attempting to eradicate the disease?
He essentially went house to house treating people with slews of antibiotics; it was called a “military style campaign”
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What does the biomedical teaching model emphasize?