Examples of risk factors include: smoking is a major risk factor for lung cancer; depression is a risk factor for suicide; young age, black race, and living in poor communities, represent risks for being the victim of homicide.
All diseases have risk factors. Some risk factors cannot be changed; others can be changed. If you have risk factors that cannot be changed, it is even more important for you to change the risk factors you can change.
Visit websites devoted to each disease. For instance information about cardiovascular disease can be found in The American Heart Association website. Or visit general, health related sites, such as CDC.gov, Mayoclinic.org, World Health Organization, and finally look at my posted PowerPoints for specific diseases.
1. Cardiovascular disease
2. Ovarian cancer (female students) or testicular cancer (male students)
3. Breast cancer (female students) or prostate cancer (male students)
4. Lung cancer
5. Colorectal cancer
1. Risk Factors:
2. I have risk factors 1 and 4. Both risk factors are the result of behavioral and lifestyle choices.
3. Reducing my risk by making healthy choices:
· Risk factor 1 - As a Type 2 diabetic, I can manage my diabetes better through healthier food choices and increase my exercise, which will lower my blood sugar values to minimize this risk; time frame - start now!
· Risk factor 4 - I am not obese, but I am overweight. I will use the same choices as for risk factor 1. I will make better food choices. I will change my activity habits and exercise more. I will find out what programs are available through the SRSC and sign up for at least one class each semester; time frame - start now!
Higher/highest risk ………………………………………………………………………………. Lower/lowest risk
Add your discussion here.
Activity
#3
-
66.7
points
Risk Factors for Disease
Risk Factors
are conditions, behaviors, or
other factors that increase the chan
ces of disease
development,
injury, or death
for
people
.
Risk factors are not "causes" of disease. Instead we say risk factors have a
correlation
to disease,
injury or fatality
. They are not considered factors of causation because causation
hasn't been proven. What has been shown is there is a
relationship
betw
een the two events that MAY be a
cause and effect one (currently unproven) or a third or fourth etc. factor may be an unidentified cause. What
we do know is that the greater the number of risk factors at work in someone's life, the higher the risk of
illne
ss, injury or death.
Examples
of risk factors include
: smoking is a major risk factor for
lung
cancer; depression is a risk factor for
suicide
; young age, black race, and living i
n poor communities, represent
risk
s
for being the victim of
homicide
.
All
d
iseases
have risk factors. Some risk factors cannot be changed;
others
can be changed. If you have risk
factors that cannot be changed, it is
even more important
for you to
change
the risk factors you can change.
Visit websites devoted to each disease. For instance information about cardiovascular disease can be found in
The American Heart Association website. Or visit general, health related sites, such as CDC.gov,
Mayoclinic.org, World Health Organization, and fi
nally look at my posted PowerPoints for specific diseases.
For this think piece you will evaluate
your own personal risk factors for
each
of the following diseases:
1.
Cardiovascular disease
2.
Ovarian cancer (female students) or testicular cancer (male stude
nts)
3.
Breast cancer (female students) or prostate cancer (male students)
4.
Lung cancer
5.
Colorectal cancer
First
,
list the risk factors
for each of the listed diseases
in bulleted lists
.
Visit websites devoted to each
disease. For instance information about l
ung cancer can be found on The American Lung Association website.
Or visit general, health
-
related sites, such as CDC.gov,
NIH.gov,
Mayoclinic.org,
and/or
World Health
Organization.int/en.
Identify the risk factors that can be changed and those that can't
.
You might wish to put
something like "changeable or unchangeable before or after each risk factor.
Second,
for each disease
,
identify the risk factors you have
and
how you have
each one
(ex:
family history
, current
or past
lifestyle
choices
, born with, e
tc.
)
.
Third,
w
hat
can you
do to
change
the ones that can be changed?
(See example
below)
In the
final paragraph
,
prioritize
the disease you have the highest risk of developing, second highest, third
highest, and so on, based on your number of risk factors. Then discuss how concerned you are about
developing
the higher
risk diseases
and which changes you will begin to make
and
when you intend to initiate
the changes
.
Now discuss
why
you've prioritized these diseases in this way. Are there any with very low risk
which should be prioritized lower/lowest in your list?
Draw a line
between those with virtually no or really low
risk a
nd those you need to pay attention to.
Why
? Discuss your concern about your high priority diseases: how
much concern, what changes you'll make, and how soon you'll make the changes. Then tell me why you have
little or no concern for the diseases below the
line. Blah, blah, blah.
Activity #3 - 66.7 points
Risk Factors for Disease
Risk Factors are conditions, behaviors, or other factors that increase the chances of disease development,
injury, or death for people. Risk factors are not "causes" of disease. Instead we say risk factors have a
correlation to disease, injury or fatality. They are not considered factors of causation because causation
hasn't been proven. What has been shown is there is a relationship between the two events that MAY be a
cause and effect one (currently unproven) or a third or fourth etc. factor may be an unidentified cause. What
we do know is that the greater the number of risk factors at work in someone's life, the higher the risk of
illness, injury or death.
Examples of risk factors include: smoking is a major risk factor for lung cancer; depression is a risk factor for
suicide; young age, black race, and living in poor communities, represent risks for being the victim of
homicide.
All diseases have risk factors. Some risk factors cannot be changed; others can be changed. If you have risk
factors that cannot be changed, it is even more important for you to change the risk factors you can change.
Visit websites devoted to each disease. For instance information about cardiovascular disease can be found in
The American Heart Association website. Or visit general, health related sites, such as CDC.gov,
Mayoclinic.org, World Health Organization, and finally look at my posted PowerPoints for specific diseases.
For this think piece you will evaluate your own personal risk factors for each of the following diseases:
1. Cardiovascular disease
2. Ovarian cancer (female students) or testicular cancer (male students)
3. Breast cancer (female students) or prostate cancer (male students)
4. Lung cancer
5. Colorectal cancer
First, list the risk factors for each of the listed diseases in bulleted lists. Visit websites devoted to each
disease. For instance information about lung cancer can be found on The American Lung Association website.
Or visit general, health-related sites, such as CDC.gov, NIH.gov, Mayoclinic.org, and/or World Health
Organization.int/en. Identify the risk factors that can be changed and those that can't. You might wish to put
something like "changeable or unchangeable before or after each risk factor. Second, for each disease,
identify the risk factors you have and how you have each one (ex: family history, current or past lifestyle
choices, born with, etc.). Third, what can you do to change the ones that can be changed? (See example
below)
In the final paragraph, prioritize the disease you have the highest risk of developing, second highest, third
highest, and so on, based on your number of risk factors. Then discuss how concerned you are about
developing the higher risk diseases and which changes you will begin to make and when you intend to initiate
the changes. Now discuss why you've prioritized these diseases in this way. Are there any with very low risk
which should be prioritized lower/lowest in your list? Draw a line between those with virtually no or really low
risk and those you need to pay attention to. Why? Discuss your concern about your high priority diseases: how
much concern, what changes you'll make, and how soon you'll make the changes. Then tell me why you have
little or no concern for the diseases below the line. Blah, blah, blah.
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