Exam 28: Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse

Under the framework of the Bio/Psycho/Social Interaction, what do the Biological/Genetic factors include?

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The Biological/Genetic processes influencing behavior include heritability and biologically conditioned aspects of addiction.

Community prevention, which includes primary, secondary, and/or tertiary prevention, is unique to public health. Describe what each type of prevention focuses on when it comes to drug and alcohol use/abuse.

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a. Primary prevention is directed at preventing the initial use of drugs (e.g., drug-related education programs or anti-drug advertising).
b. Secondary prevention focuses on early identification of drug use and intervention before the progression to drug or alcohol dependence (e.g., drug testing).
c. Tertiary prevention includes substance abuse treatment.

Describe the three key components (epidemiologic triad) of understanding a public health problem so that drug and alcohol use/abuse can be understood in the context of behavioral health.

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The three key factors are:
a. The host is the individual with the problem.
b. The agent is the substance.
c. The environment includes social, economic, physical, political, and cultural settings in which the host and agent interact.
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Discuss the prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug use in high school seniors compared to the overall U.S. population.

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Under the framework of the Bio/Psycho/Social Interaction, what do the Biological/Genetic factors include?

Community prevention, which includes primary, secondary, and/or tertiary prevention, is unique to public health. Describe what each type of prevention focuses on when it comes to drug and alcohol use/abuse.

Describe the three key components (epidemiologic triad) of understanding a public health problem so that drug and alcohol use/abuse can be understood in the context of behavioral health.

Discuss the prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug use in high school seniors compared to the overall U.S. population.

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