...Week 1 Assignment SCI/163 March 31, 2010 Healthy People 2020 Scavenger Hunt 1. What is the mission of Healthy People 2020? The mission is to educate people about diseases, health issues and how to be healthier. 2. List five new topic areas for Healthy People 2020? Global Health Blood Disorders and Blood Safety Sleep Health Adolescent Health Early and Middle Childhood 3. Select one topic area from Healthy People 2020. What is the goal of the topic? What is one objective of the topic? Why is this topic and objective important? The topic I chose will be about sleep health. The goal is to help people understand the concept of sleep disorders and how to improve your sleep habits. The objectives are to encourage people to seek help if you have a sleep disorder, by encouraging people this may reduce car crashes as well. People need to be aware how important it is to get enough sleep to fully function. 4. What part of the website did you find most useful? The part that is the most useful and resourceful to me is the overview tab. You will find a brief description of the topic, as well as resources and hint to prevent the health issue discussed. 5. What resources located on this website would you consider using in the future? Resources I will use will be using will be the explanation of diseases and what you can do to improve. The resources will be under the overview, objective, interventions and resources tab. 6...
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...Associate Level Material Physical Fitness and Nutrition Worksheet In order to obtain optimal health, it is critical to be physically fit and eat a healthy and balanced diet. Becoming knowledgeable about what it means to be physically fit and learning how to evaluate the nutritional value of what you eat may greatly increase your ability to improve your health and wellness. In this three-part worksheet, you identify the five components of health related fitness, critique a recipe for nutritional value, and respond to two short answer questions about nutrition. Completing this assignment is a step towards gaining the knowledge needed to better manage your physical fitness and nutrition. Part 1: Five Components of Health Related Fitness Table Complete the table below. The first row has been filled in for you as an example. Components of Physical Fitness Description How to Incorporate in Your Life Benefit(s) Cardiorespiratory Fitness Being able to exercise at a moderate to high intensity for a long period of time Walk 2 miles at a brisk pace every day. Reduced the risk of heart disease, hypertension, and high cholesterol. Muscular Strength Maximum force able to be exerted by a single contraction by a muscle or muscle group 3 days per week high intensity weight training with maximum resistance Sufficient resistance to enhance strength Muscular Endurance Ability to perform high-intensity muscle contractions repeatedly without fatiguing 8 – 10 different exercises...
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...Physical Fitness and Nutrition Worksheet Week Two Danielle Church SCI/163 October 2, 2013 Professor Sean Gary Physical Fitness and Nutrition Worksheet Week Two Part 1: Five Components of Health Related Fitness Table Components of Physical Fitness | Description | How to Incorporate in Your Life | Benefit(s) | Cardio respiratory Fitness | Being able to exercise at a moderate to high intensity for a long period of time. | Walk two miles at a brisk pace every day. | Reduced the risk of heart disease, hypertension, and high cholesterol. | Muscular Strength | Maximum force able to exert by single contraction of a muscle or muscle group. | Start out with crunches, lunges, and squats. | The ability to carry out tasks easier like yard work. | Muscular Endurance | Ability to perform high-intensity muscle contractions repeatedly without fatiguing. | Doing push-ups to build up muscular endurance. | Increased metabolism, Reduced fatigue, fewer injuries, and fewer back problems. | Flexibility | Ability to move joints freely through their full range of motion. | Start with stretching or yoga to help with flexibility. | Being able to keep joints flexible and ability to reach or move. | Body Composition | The amount and relative proportions and distribution of fat mass and fat-free mass in the body. | By exercising, correctly eating, and managing time. | Living longer and living a healthy life. | Part 2: Critique a Meal 1. What is...
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...ne Food Borne Illnesses: Giardia Alexa Glisson SCI / 163 November 21, 2012 DR. Larry Bassman Food Borne Illnesses Alexa Glisson SCI/ 163 November 21, 2012 Giardia When generally thinking of parasites and food-borne illnesses, we tend to think about the poorest and dirtiest places on Earth. In reality, parasites can be found almost anywhere on this planet. One type of common food-borne illness is giardiasis or a giardia infection. This infection is in the intestine and caused by microscopic giardia parasites. The given the opportunity this vicious creature will infect anybody regardless of sex, age, living conditions, and body types. Surprisingly this is a zoonotic disease affecting not only humans but also domestic and wild mammals. There are several ways a person can contract this illness. The most common way to contract the illness is ingesting water that has been contaminated with animal feces. This is the reason we are constantly reminded never to drink water from a lake or stream that have not been purified. Given that many of undeveloped countries have little or no clean water, the majority of the cases of giardiasis affect children and adults in these third world countries. A person can also get infected by eating raw or undercooked contaminated food, touching something that has feces on it from a day care or nursing home environments, and unprotected anal intercourse. Once this parasite has found a home inside someone or something’s...
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...Measles Nicole Snedegar SCI/163 (BSAV1HKN73 07/27/2015 University of Phoenix Measles Measles has not been a problem in this country for many of years. Recently, measles has been spreading outward from Disneyland in California, in the worse outbreak in years. The epidemic is fueled by growing enclaves of unvaccinated people. (Salzberg, July) Measles is an infectious viral infection that is serious for small children, but easily preventable by a vaccination. The measles are highly contagious virus that lives in the nose and throat of the infected person. The measles are spread by someone with the viral infection coughs or sneezes. The virus can live up to two hours in an airspace where the infected person coughed or sneezed. (Transmission of measles, March 31, 2015) The immune system is made up of a network of cells, tissue, and organs that work together to protect the body. Every time a germ is overcome, the immune system remembers the germ, so when the body comes in contact with that germ it is defeated quickly. The symptoms of measles are coughing, fever, red eyes, light sensitivity, muscle aches, runny nose, sore throat, and white spots inside the mouth. A widespread rash is the classic sign of measles. These symptoms usually appear with in fourteen days of exposer to the virus. Measles will usually disappear within two or three weeks, and there is no prescription medication to treat the measles. (Higuera, 2015) Your doctor may recommend you take...
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...Syphilis Ryan Robinson SCI/163 December 12, 2013 Dr. O Syphilis Syphilis is a highly contagious disease spread primarily by sexual activity, including oral and anal sex. Syphilis can be passed through kissing and close bodily contact(WebMD, 2011). This disease spreads from sores, which a majority of the sores go unnoticed. The person that is infected is unaware he or she has the disease and passes it on to his or her partner. Transmission of the bacteria usually occurs during vaginal, anal, or oral sex. The syphilis bacteria are passed from person to person through direct contact(WebMD, 2011). Syphilis can enter the body through cuts in the skin and scrapes, or wet kisses which rarely happens. The disease also can be passed from using a needle from a infected person. According to USATODAY, there was a syphilis outbreak in the porn industry in the summer of 2012. Jesse Spencer known as Mr. Marcus was one of nearly a dozen porn actors who tested positive during the syphilis outbreak last summer in Los Angeles, CA . The outbreak led the porn industry officials to briefly call for a moratorium on filming(USATODAY, 2013). The first sign of syphilis is a small sore. The sore appears at the spot where the bacteria entered the body. The disease starts as a painless sore usually on your genitals, rectum, or mouth. Syphilis can be cured sometimes with an injection of penicillin. Syphilis can damage the heart, brain, other organs, and can be life threatening if not treated early(MayoClinc...
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...Food Borne Illness: Norovirus Dezenia Giron SCI/163 June 18, 2012 Franklin Keathley Norovirus Norovirus is a gastrointestinal illness; also known as Norwalk Virus. Norovirus has many names such as, Food Poison or Stomach Flu. Food Poison can be cause by eating food that may contain germs or bacteria. In most cases of food poison is from bacteria called Staphylococcus; another name for food poison is stomach bug or stomach virus. Stomach Flu it is not the same as Influenza or Flu. Stomach flu is gastroenteritis illness caused by a virus as a result of diarrhea and vomit. Norovirus can be transmitted from an infected person, contaminated water or food and if the contaminated surface is touching. The virus can cause the intestine or stomach to get inflamed, which leads of causing diarrhea, stomach pain, throw up, and nausea. Another example of how Norovirus transmit is DayCare centers, nursing homes/custodial institutions. Concerning food a person must be careful with oysters, raw shellfish, and anything grown in sewage-contaminated waters. Norovirus can also cause fever, headache, and body aches. Norovirus can lead to dehydration because of throw up, extremely illness, and diarrhea many times a day. Everyone is at risk; however, older adults, children, and people who have others illness such as, Diabetes or kidney disease are at higher risk for Norovirus. Cruise line requires reporting outbreaks sickness to the Centers for Disease Control if 3% or more reported...
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... You are required to use the concepts and terminology you have learnt from this course and from your own research. Refrain from relying solely on nontechnical, “common sense”, arguments. You can discuss the case with fellow students but if you do so, you have to disclose in the first footnote of your assignment who those students were, together with their student numbers. Use your own words in writing and avoid plagiarism as described in the Course Outline to avoid failure or possible expulsion. Using a formal citation method for in-text and end-text references. Referencing examples: Reference to a journal publication: Van der Geer, J., Hanraads, J.A.J., Lupton, R.A., 2010. The art of writing a scientific article. J. Sci. Commun. 163, 51–59. Reference to a book:...
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...Dangers of Salmonella Jennifer Castro Sci/163 10/17/2013 Mrs. Toohig Title of Paper Salmonella infection, or salmonellosis, is a bacterial disease of the intestinal tract. Salmonella is a group of bacteria that cause typhoid fever, food poisoning, gastroenteritis, enteric fever and other illnesses. People become infected mostly through contaminated water or foods, especially meat, poultry and eggs. Salmonella is a gram-negative, rod-shaped bacilli that can cause diarrheal illness in humans. Put simply, Salmonella is a bacterium shaped like a rod with a cell wall composed of peptidoglycan. There are many different kinds of these bacteria. Salmonella serotype Typhimurium and Salmonella serotype Enteritidis are the most common types in the United States. You can get salmonellosis by eating food contaminated with salmonella. Food may become contaminated by the unwashed hands of an infected food handler. A frequent cause is a food handler who does not wash his or her hands with soap after using the bathroom. Salmonella may also be found in the feces of some pets, especially those with diarrhea. You can become infected if you do not wash your hands after contact with these feces. Salmonella bacteria are also found in raw foods such as eggs, milk, chicken, turkey, and meat. If these foods are not processed or cooked well, the bacteria stay alive in the food and can infect someone who eats it. Salmonella infections typically affect the intestines...
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...Food Borne Illness Peggy Pena SCI 163 July 6, 2012 Marie Leger Food Borne Illness According to the Centers for Disease Control, Clostridium perfringens is a spore-forming gram-positive bacterium that is found in many environmental sources as well as in the intestines of humans and animals. It is commonly found on raw meat and poultry. The bacteria’s survival is based on conditions with very little or no oxygen. The toxin it generates causes the food borne illness. Clostridium perfringens bacteria grows in food after it has been cooked. If foods such as poultry or beef are not cooked at the recommended temperature and not kept at a temperature that is either warmer than 140°F or cooler than 41°F, clostridium perfringens can easily set in. Clostridium perfringens often occurs when foods are prepared in large quantities, such as a catering event. An example of a real outbreak in the United States was documented by the New York State Department of Health. The New York State Department of Health’s Bureau of Community Environmental Health and Food Protection have confirmed six food borne outbreaks in 2006. Clostridium perfringens was one of them. Out of the 1466 ailments associated with food borne illness, 117 of them were Clostridium perfringens. Outbreaks in hospitals, schools or prisons are more common according to the Centers for Disease Control. Symptoms of Clostridium perfringens are watery diarrhea and abdominal cramps. Symptoms usually develop within...
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...Writing Styles and Mechanics Alia Ward SCI/163 February 21, 2014 Lisa Pettis Writing Styles and Mechanics Clostridium perfringens are one of the United States well known basis of food poisoning. According to "Clostridium Perfringens" (2014), clostridium perfringens (c. perfringens) is a spore-forming gram-positive bacterium that is found in many environmental sources as well as in the intestines of humans and animals. This food poisoning grows in situations with small to none oxygen, and instances where it can grow at a rapid speed. Clostridium perfringens are transmitted through consumption of poultry, beef, and gravies that are not thoroughly cooked. Besides, the reason why these are sources of c. perfringens is because they are not well cooked, or reheated correctly, also if the food has not cooled or been in the heat for too long. Unfortunately, people all around the world have suffered from the form of food poisoning clostridium perfringens. For example, the dozens of Portland sixth-graders wracked with cramps, vomiting and diarrhea at an Outdoor School excursion fell sick from a tainted batch of chuck roast, egg noodles and sour cream, the Multnomah County Health Department said Monday (Kavanaugh, 2013). Based on Kavanaugh (2013), after testing the menu of fruits, veggies and other food dished during the overnight field trip, inspectors believe they found their culprit: the Beef Stroganoff. The illness...
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...Salmonellosis, a Food Borne Illness SCI/163 March 26, 2012 Dr. Cornelia White Abstract This paper explains the food borne illness known as Salmonellosis, the bacteria Salmonella. Citing references from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the Journal of Environmental Health by Rebecca Berg, this paper goes in depth on the bacteria. A reader will learn where the bacteria originates, how it is transmitted, what steps can be taken for prevention, and one of the largest outbreaks in the United States in the last ten years. Keywords: Salmonella, bacteria Salmonellosis, a Food Borne Illness Salmonellosis is known to have approximately 40,000 recorded cases in the United States every year. With so many people not reporting their symptoms, this number could be thirty percent higher. Salmonellosis is an infection with the bacteria known as Salmonella. Salmonella was discovered and also named over 100 years ago by an American scientist named Salmon. Salmonella is a bacterium that lives in the intestines of humans and animals; it is generally contracted by eating food contaminated with animal feces. It also can be contracted by coming into contact with human feces, specifically after a food handler uses a bathroom without washing their hands with soap and water. Contaminated foods most often come from animal sources, such as different poultry, beef, pork, eggs, dairy, and even vegetables. Salmonella also can be contracted from pet...
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...Chronic Diseases Cody MacLeod SCI/163 May 15, 2012 ROBIN TAMAS Chronic Diseases The chronic disease that I used for my health risk assessment is heart disease. I chose this particular ailment based on the fact it essentially kills more people each year than the next few leading causes of death combined. Heart attacks in specific are the number one killer in both men and women adults. A heart attack is caused by blockages in the arteries that connect to your heart, otherwise known as coronary arteries. Death aside, heart attacks can also cause severe disabilities, drastically decreasing your quality of life. While heart attacks are largely preventable to a certain degree, there is always a risk and therefor care should be given to maintain a healthy heart. The easiest, and arguably most obvious way to maintain a healthy heart is to stop smoking, and avoid as much contact with secondhand smoke as humanly possible. Smoking causes 30% of all cancer deaths, and can also lead to strokes. Statistically, there are over 400,000 deaths via smoke-related cancers every year. Even with all the warnings and awareness around the hazards of smoking, over 43 million Americans feed the habit. Another common and avoidable cause of heart disease is unhealthy diet, especially cholesterol and saturated fats. Saturated, or trans fats can cause your body to overwork your blood-clotting capacities and lead to a much higher chance for both heart attacks and strokes. Full-fat dairy products are...
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...Addiction (Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor) Sci/163 Jihanne Pompee 8/17/2015 The movie Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor has been out since 2013. I have watched this Movie one time the year it came out, and never wanted to watch it again because it was a sad movie that I couldn't watch it again. This is the second time I will be watching this movie because I felt like this was the best movie to write about, addiction it a hard thing to deal with because you don't know how to stop it. I want to give all the information to show how this movie has shown me how people act. The main character her name is Judith, Judith was married to her childhood sweetheart named Brice. She felt like her marriage life was just so boring. Judith was working as a therapist at a matchmaking agency owned by Janice, which is her boss. While Judith is working there, she meets this guy named Harley, which is a wealthy man. He tries to do everything to get with her, but she refused it. Judith was so tempted to sleep with him, but she knew she was married. Judith wanted the fantasies that were always on her mind about Harley, but she didn't want to mess up her marriage, she did, though. When Judith finally slept with Harley, she felt hurt, but she like it. She was addicted to the Sex and drug. She felt like she was free and was able to do everything that her husband was not able to give her, and she was able to live her life how she wanted it. Judith's mother was trying...
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...Hepatitis A Kyndra Cockrell SCI/163 July 4, 2011 Mark Levit There are several food borne illnesses that we can develop such as salmonella, staphylococcus or Giardia, but the one I want to discuss is Hepatitis A. There are several forms of Hepatitis (Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C) but Hepatitis A is the most common type. Hepatitis A is a highly contagious infection that affects the liver and causes the liver to become inflamed and function improperly. Hepatitis A can be contracted several ways; the most common way is through food that has been contaminated by fecal matter or through contaminated water. Another way is through intravenous drug use or sexual activities with an infected person through oral-anal contact. People who work in daycare centers or senior living facilities are at a higher risk of contracting Hepatitis A because of the frequent diaper changes and assisting seniors with wiping themselves after bowel movements. Also people who travel to other countries such as Asia, South or Central America where water treatment is not sufficient (NIH, 2011). Symptoms of Hepatitis A usually do not show up for 2-7 weeks after being exposed. The symptoms are usually mild but they may last for several months after being exposed, especially in adults. The symptoms include, dark urine, loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, yellowing of the skin, clay like stool, muscle aches, and pain on the right side of the belly (WebMD, 2010). You can only...
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