Hybrid Health Education In-depth Study Topic: Cardiovascular Diseases

DECISION INFLUENCES CHART - Use the sample chart for your reference.

Directions: Use specific quotes or facts to explain how these areas can influence a
persons opinion, either positively or negatively, regarding your topic. Be sure to
parenthetically cite each fact. You must find 2 cited facts per section on this chart.

Influences Examples

Media (magazines,
newspapers, billboards,
Advertising, TV, radio,
videos, films,
promotions, coupons,
etc.)
- Over the past few decades, media campaigns have
been used in an attempt to affect various health
behaviours in mass populations. Such campaigns
have most notably been aimed at tobacco use and
heart-disease prevention, but have also addressed
alcohol and illicit drug use, cancer screening and
prevention, sex-related behaviours, child survival,
and many other health-related issues (Use of mass
media campaigns to change health behaviour)

- Finally, mass media campaigns can prompt public

discussion of health issues and lead to changes in
public policy, resulting in constraints on individuals
behaviour and thereby change. For example, a
campaign discouraging smoking because of its
second-hand effects on non-smokers might not
persuade smokers to quit, but it might increase
public support for a new policy that restricts
smoking in specific places, which might have the
secondary effect of persuading smokers to quit
(Use of mass media campaigns to change health
behaviour)

- Improvements in intensive care, surgical

Technological/Medical
Advances
(computer, research
studies, new medicines
techniques, cancer therapy, and therapy for a variety
of chronic diseases (like diabetes mellitus and heart
disease) have led to prolonged survival and better
quality of life for millions of people. The impact of
technology on the practice of medicine is among the
most salutary changes that occurred in the twentieth
or procedures, etc.) century (Breiman, 4).
- A new class of drugs, given by injection just once
or twice a month, can slash harmful LDL cholesterol
levels by about 50%. Studies are underway to see if
any of these experimental agents, called PCSK9
inhibitors, prevent heart attacks or improve heart
disease survival ("This Year's Top 10 Advances in
Cardiovascular Disease).

- "Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both

men and women in the United States. In 2006, heart
Interpersonal disease caused 26 percent of deathsthats more
Communications than 1 person out of every 4 people.Although heart
disease is sometimes thought of as a "man's disease,"
(family, friends, peers, around the same number of women and men die
co-workers, teachers, each year of heart disease in the United States.
etc.) Unfortunately, 36 percent of women did not
perceive themselves to be at risk for heart disease in
a 2005 survey. But heart disease does indeed affect
women. Generally, the risk of cardiovascular disease
increases as you age" ( "Who is affected by
cardiovascular diseases?").
- "During 2008-2010, death rates due to heart disease
were highest in the South and lowest in the West.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for people
of most ethnicities in the United States, including
African Americans, Hispanics, and whites" ( "Heart
Disease Facts").

- A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction,

occurs when a part of the heart muscle doesnt
Immediate Risks receive enough blood flow. The more time that
passes without treatment to restore blood flow, the
greater the damage to the heart muscle ( Heart
Disease).
- The five major symptoms of a heart attack are: pain
or discomfort in the jaw, neck, or back, feeling
weak, lightheaded, chest pain or discomfort, pain or
discomfort in arms or shoulder, and shortness of
breath (Heart Disease).
 - Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD). The same
narrowing that occurs in coronary artery disease can
Long-Term Risks happen in the arteries that supply blood to the arms
and legs. The main symptom of PAD is severe leg
pain when walking ( Long Term Complications of
Heart Disease).
- Pulmonary Embolism. A pulmonary embolism is
similar to a stroke, but the blocked blood vessel is in
the lungs instead of the brain. Symptoms include
shortness of breath, chest pain on breathing, and
bluish skin ( Long Term Complications of Heart
Disease).
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Breiman, R. F. "Impact of Technology on the Emergence of Infectious Diseases."

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"Heart Disease." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Department of Health

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"Heart Disease Facts." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. Department of

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"Long Term Complications of Heart Disease." Healthline. N.p., 3 Sept. 2014. Web. 07

Feb. 2017.

"This Year's Top 10 Advances in Cardiovascular Disease." Harvard Health. Harvard

Medical School, Dec. 2014. Web. 07 Feb. 2017.

Wakefield, Melanie A., Barbara Loken, and Robert C. Hornik. "Use of Mass Media

Campaigns to Change Health Behaviour." Lancet. U.S. National Library of

Medicine, 09 Oct. 2010. Web. 07 Feb. 2017.

"Who Is Affected by Cardiovascular Disease?" Secondscount.org. The Society for

Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, 04 Nov. 2014. Web. 07 Feb.

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