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© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. Health & Medicine Medical Sociology What will affect your health? 1

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. 2

How does society shape human health? 2/3 of U.S. adults are overweight Cultural patterns encourage unhealthy food Social inequality Technology ◦ PET scans & CAT scans 3

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. What group differences may effect you? Women VS men Women are healthier and live longer 4

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. What are the major causes of deaths in high income countries? What are you most likely to die from? Heart disease Cancer Stroke 5

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. What are young Americans most apt to die from? Accidents 6

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. Do you remember? What are some general trends effecting your health? How is gender related to health? What are you most apt to die from in the U.S. if you are older? What are you most apt to die from if you die young? 7

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. How does smoking effect you? Effects ◦ Physically & Psychologically addictive ◦ Frequent minor illnesses ◦ Increased prenatal death 8

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. Smoking (cont.) Greatest preventable cause of death 440,000 die prematurely More than deaths from: ◦ Alcohol, Cocaine, Heroin ◦ Homicides, suicides, car accidents ◦ AIDS ◦ Combined 9

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. What sexually transmitted disease are you likely to get? Genital herpes ◦ Infects 1 in 5 adults ◦ (50 Million U.S. adults) 10

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. Where is AIDS worldwide? Highest number of cases? ◦ Sub-Saharan Africa Most rapidly rising rate? ◦ Thailand U.S. rate is declining 11

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. What high risk behaviors should you avoid? IV drug use (Sharing needles) Using drugs that impair judgment Anal Sex 12

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. Do you remember? What is the greatest preventable cause of death? In a classroom of 30 students, how many will have herpes (statistically)? Where is the largest number of AIDS cases in the world? What high risk behaviors should you avoid? 13

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. How can human genetics research help? Stop disease before it develops Information about their future medical condition Health profile of a future child 14

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. What is social epidemiology? Study of the distribution of health and illness in a population 15

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. Medical technology in poor countries ◦ What happens as medical technology attacks infectious diseases in poor countries? ◦ Populations increase rapidly 16

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. What is euthanasia? Assisting in the death of a person suffering from a terminal illness. 17

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. Do you remember? How can human genetics research help? If I study the distribution of illness in the U.S., what am I? What could be a latent function of increasing medical technology in poor countries? What is euthanasia? 18

© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D. 19