Injury (Ch 17)
This is the leading cause of injury death in the US in 2023
What is poisoning (driven mostly by drug overdose deaths)?
This is a main measure of children's health and gauge of society's attention to children's health
What is the infant mortality rate?
This is the most common type of mental health disorder
What are anxiety disorders?
This environmental contaminant was used for years in thermometers and other lab equipment, and due to coal mining, now exists at dangerous levels in the tissues of fish such as tuna
What is mercury?
This bacteria, found primarily in eggs and poultry, causes gastrointestinal distress through food-borne illness
What is salmonella?
This is the name of the government agency that oversees workplace safety
What is OSHA - the Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
This is the number one risk factor for infant mortality
This is the Towson University office where students in crisis can receive therapy through same-day appointments
What is the Towson University Counseling Center?
This is the name of the cancerous lesions caused by radiation exposure on the skin from the sun's ultraviolet light
What is melanoma?
This governing body is responsible for overseeing drug safety for over-the-counter and prescription drugs
What is the Food and Drug Administration?
What is the environment?
This country has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in the industrialized world
These are some of the reasons people do not seek treatment for mental health disorders
What are cost of treatment and mental health stigma
The "____ Girls" painted glow-in-the-dark paint on watches - and suffered the consequences from exposure to a dangerous contaminant
What is Radium?
This is one of the technologies used to kill bacteria, viruses, and parasites in food
What is refrigeration, heating, and irratiation?
These are the 2nd and 3rd leading causes of injury death in the United States in 2023
What are motor vehicle crashes and firearms injuries?
Public health campaigns recommend putting children to sleep on their backs to prevent this cause of infant mortality
What is SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)?
This is a mental health condition with onset in the early 20s characterized by misinterpretations of reality and hallucinations
What is schizophrenia?
This substance is responsible for the poisoning of residents of Flint, Michigan
What is lead?
This bacteria spreads through the feces of farm animals, particularly cattle
What is E. coli bacteria?
These are the "three E's of injury prevention"
What are Education, Enforcement, and Engineering?
This is the type of prenatal vitamin that prevents Spina Bifida
What is folic acid?
This is a breathing technique used by Navy Seals
What is box breathing?
This is the name for factory farms for animal cultivation
What are Concentration Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs)?
This food additive is banned in California because of its link with behavioral problems in young children
What is Red Dye #3?