Unit 4

Life Factors come under 5 headings: Genetic, e.g. predisposition to particular conditions, cystic fibrosis, coeliac disease, asthma, brittle bone disease, rheumatic disease. Biological, e.g. foetal alcohol syndrome, maternal infections, effects of diet in pregnancy. Environmental, e.g. exposure to pollution, damp/overcrowded housing, access to recreational facilities, access to health and social care services, bullying, family dysfunction, effects of culture, religion and beliefs, effects of discrimination Socioeconomic, e.g. income, expenditure, education, values and attitudes, peer groups, employment status Lifestyle, e.g. nutrition and dietary choices, alcohol intake, use and misuse of substances

Instructions For P2, you will create an article for your magazine to explain the effect of five life factors on your chosen celebrity at two particular life stages (e.g. infancy and adolescence). i.e. choose 5 life factors and explain how your celebrity would be effected at 2 stages of their life. The life stages are: conception; pregnancy; birth and infancy – 0-3 years; childhood – 4-9 years; adolescence – 10-18 years; adulthood – 19-65 years; older adulthood; 65+; the final stages of life

Let’s watch some short clips about genetic factors… Cystic fibrosis Coeliac disease Asthma Brittle bone disease Rheumatic disease Pearson: Page 148-149 Collins: Page 172-173

Let’s watch some short clips or read about biological factors… Foetal alcohol syndrome Maternal infections Effects of diet in pregnancy Pearson: Page 150 Collins: Page 173

Let’s watch some short clips or read about environmental factors… Exposure to pollution Damp/overcrowded housing Access to recreational facilities Access to health and social care services Bullying Family dysfunction Effects of culture, religion and beliefs Effects of discrimination Pearson: Page 150-155 Collins: Page 177

Let’s watch some short clips or read about socioeconomic factors… Income and expenditure Education Values and attitudes Peer groups Employment status Pearson: Page 155-157 Collins: Page 177-179

Let’s watch some short clips or read about lifestyle factors… Nutrition and dietary choices Alcohol intake Use and misuse of substances Drugs Smoking Pearson: Page 158 Collins: Page 180-181