Ch.21. Health and medicine
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Ch. 21. Health and
Medicine
Medical Sociology
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Today’s coming
attractions !!
How does culture shape your health?
What are you most likely to die from?
How long will you live?
What is the greatest preventable cause
of death?
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How does the culture shape
your health?
Social inequality
Technology
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What are you most likely to die
from?
Heart disease
Cancer
Stroke
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Are you in a high risk health
group?
Men vs women?
Young white affluent females?
Anorexia
Deaths among young people:
African American males
Homicide
Other young people
Accidents
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How long will you live?
76.9 years
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What is the greatest
preventable cause of death?
Smoking
Effects:
Physically and psychologically addictive
Frequent minor illnesses
Increased prenatal death
Smoking related deaths
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Are you between 15 and 25
years old?
You are in the highest risk group for
sexually transmitted diseases.
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HPV – Human papillomavirus
Most common in people under 25 years
old.
40 million in the U.S. are infected
“Most sexually active people will get
HPV” – without knowing it.
About 50 types of HPV can cause genital
infections.
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HPV – Human papillomavirus
(cont.)
Treated, but not cured
Most infections go away by themselves
Some types cause genital warts and
cervical cancer.
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Genital herpes
Infects 1 in 5 adults (Now 1 in 4)
50 Million U.S. adults
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Chlamydia
Most common infectious disease in US.
3-5 million infected each year
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Big ideas you can use!!
Perhaps 1 in 3 people have or
will get a sexually transmitted
disease.
Most do not know they have it.
Some STD,s make others
easier to catch.
Eg. Chlamydia, gonorrhea, and
herpes makes HIV easier to get.
Get tested before going to bed.
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Aids worldwide
Highest number of cases?
Southeastern Africa
Most rapidly rising rate?
Thailand
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High risk behaviors
IV drug use
Using drugs that impair judgment
Anal sex
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Big ideas you can use!!
Do not smoke
Use condoms
Remember; Most people with sexually
transmitted diseases have no symptoms.
Assume your partner may have an
infection until tested.
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Medical ethics
Euthanasia
Assisting in the death of a person suffering
from a terminal illness.
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Human genetics research
Stop disease before it develops
Information about their future medical
condition
Health profile of a future child.
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Tomorrow’s coming
attractions!!
World population changes
Ways of measuring population
Age-sex pyramids (Not in Egypt)
Ideas about population change
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