Health Psych Week 8-9.5

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering definitions, prevalence, pathology, risk factors, treatments for Alzheimer's Disease, and information about STIs, HIV/AIDS, and the Healthcare System

is a clinical syndrome characterized by .

difficulties with memory, language, problem-solving, and other thinking skills

__ is one cause of dementia and the most common contributor.

Alzheimer's Disease

Dementia is an __ term for loss of memory and other thinking abilities.

umbrella

Alzheimer's Disease is the __ leading cause of death in the U.S.

seven

__ are buildups of protein fragments between neurons.

Beta-Amyloid Plaques

__ are buildups of tangled protein within neurons.

Tau tangles

__ is the damage or destruction of neurons.

Neurodegeneration

__ is a primary uncontrollable risk factor for AD.

Age

The __ is a genetic risk factor for AD.

APOE gene

__ older adults are twice as likely as White adults to have dementia.

Black

__ older adults are 1.5 times as likely as non-Hispanic/Latino White older adults to have dementia.

Hispanic/Latino

__ , particularly education in early life, are modifiable risk factors for dementia.

Socioeconomic factors

The FDA has approved eight __ treatments for Alzheimer's disease.

Drug

Five of the FDA-approved drug treatments for Alzheimer's affect __.

neurotransmitters

__ diseases are transmitted from one human to another, from a human to an animal, or from an animal to a human.

Communicable

__ diseases are non-transmissible.

Noncommunicable

__ are responsible for the eradication of many communicable diseases.

Vaccines

__ is the ability of bacteria, viruses, and other microbes to resist the effects of drugs.

Antimicrobial resistance

__ are communicable and spread through sexual contact or congenitally.

Sexually transmitted infections

__ is a primary method of prevention for STIs.

Condom use

Half of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis cases are among __.

Adolescents and young adults aged 15-24

HIV stands for __.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

AIDS stands for __.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

AIDS is defined by a __ count of less than 200.

T-cell

HIV can be spread via __.

Unprotected sex and blood exchange

The AIDS epidemic was first documented around __.

1980s

__ is a rare cancer of the blood vessels that secure the skin and mucous membranes and other glands and that was indicative of AIDS.

Kaposi's sarcoma

__ reduces the risk of HIV from sex by about 99%.

PrEP

PEP must be started within __ hours after possible exposure to HIV.

72

CART stands for __.

Combination antiretroviral therapy

The U.S. has a __ healthcare system.

Pluralistic

HMOs and PPOs (Health Maintenance Organization and Preffered Provider Organization) insurance is __ based.

Employer/employee

Medicare is a __ system.

Single payer

__ are our personal views of symptoms, health, and illness.

Illness representations

__describes when people seek diagnostic labels and identify symptoms consistent with those labels.

Identity of illness

The __ component of illness representation refers to beliefs that a condition is acute or chronic.

Timeline

The __ component of illness representation refers to perceptions of the physical, social, and economic impacts of symptoms.

consequences

__ component of illness representation refers to beliefs about whether the illness can be prevented, controlled, and/or cured.

Controllability

__ are individual characteristics that influence propensity towards healthcare use.

Predisposing factors

__ are resources of the individual or community that make it possible to access care.

Enabling factors

__ are perceived and objective health conditions requiring care.

Need-based factors

__ is the tendency to avoid seeking medical care.

Delay behavior

__ is the ability to understand healthcare information to make decisions and follow instructions.

Health literacy

__ is closely following the advice of a healthcare provider.

Adherence