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QUESTION 1.

According to your textbook, youth violence is a very serious problem. Please note that there are certain risk factors that are leading to violent behavior in our youth. They include hyperactivity, impulsiveness, poor behavioral control, attention problems, history of early aggressive behavior, and low educational achievement.

Please choose one risk factor and one family factor from the list above, and provide suggestion(s) to answer the following question: What do you think needs to be done in order minimize the level of risk associated with the risk factor of your choosing and to improve the overall family environment (associated with the risk factor you have chosen) so the violent behavior or adolescent violence is minimized significantly.

QUESTION 2.

There is strong evidence that by focusing on prevention, a health promotion program reduces the costs (both financial and human) that individuals, employers, families, insurance companies, medical facilities, communities, the state, and the nation would spend on medical treatment. Please describe how the focus on prevention enables local communities, for example, to save money or reduce costs?

QUESTION 3.

The typical American diet is too high in saturated fat, sodium, and sugar and too low in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, calcium, and fiber. Such a diet significantly increases the risk of numerous diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, stroke, osteoporosis, and many cancers (colon, prostate, mouth, throat, lung, stomach). Overall, unhealthy eating habits and inactivity affect quality of life and cause disabilities. What do you think needs to be done in order to reduce the intake of saturated fat, sodium, and sugar in our products? Who is responsible for monitoring the acceptable levels in these three categories?

QUESTION 4.

Health inequalities arise from the societal conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age. Why do you think such inequalities are more prevalent in third world countries and are less prevalent in the industrialized ones? What are some of the key contributors to common health inequalities?

Textbook:

Edberg, M. (2015). Essentials of health behavior: Social and behavioral theory in public health (2nd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning. 9781284061277