1. 1 Ch. 21. Health and Medicine Medical Sociology

2. 2 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?

3. 3 How does the culture shape your health?  Social inequality  Technology

4. 4 What are you most likely to die from?  Heart disease  Cancer  Stroke

5. 5 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

6. 6 How long will you live?  76.9 years

7. 7 What is the greatest preventable cause of death?  Smoking  Effects: Physically and psychologically addictive Frequent minor illnesses Increased prenatal death Smoking related deaths

8. 8 Are you between 15 and 25 years old?  You are in the highest risk group for sexually transmitted diseases.

9. 9 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.

10. 10 HPV – Human papillomavirus (cont.)  Treated, but not cured  Most infections go away by themselves  Some types cause genital warts and cervical cancer.

11. 11 Genital herpes  Infects 1 in 5 adults (Now 1 in 4)  50 Million U.S. adults

12. 12 Chlamydia  Most common infectious disease in US.  3-5 million infected each year

13. 13 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.

14. 14 Aids worldwide  Highest number of cases?  Southeastern Africa  Most rapidly rising rate?  Thailand

15. 15 High risk behaviors  IV drug use  Using drugs that impair judgment  Anal sex

16. 16 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.

17. 17 Medical ethics  Euthanasia Assisting in the death of a person suffering from a terminal illness.

18. 18 Human genetics research  Stop disease before it develops  Information about their future medical condition  Health profile of a future child.

19. 19 Tomorrow’s coming attractions!!  World population changes  Ways of measuring population  Age-sex pyramids (Not in Egypt)  Ideas about population change