1. Consider the spread of the following emerging infectious diseases, using the

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1. Consider the spread of the following emerging infectious diseases, using the chain of infection: E. coli O157:H7, Lyme disease, Ebola virus, hantavirus, influenza, tuberculosis, vCJD. For each disease, how can the chain of infection be interrupted?

2. Compare the medical approach with the public health approach to saving lives from cardiovascular disease. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each approach?

3. Think of a movie or video or TV program you have seen in which one or more characters behaves in self-destructive ways. Analyze that behavior using the ecological model

a. (A good video to use for this purpose is Women of Substance, about cocaine-addicted pregnant women, available on the Internet at www.archive.org/details/ddtv_170_women_of_substance)

4. Do you believe statements by tobacco companies that their advertising is not aimed at getting kids to smoke? Explain your response

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Answer 4-

The advertisements by tobacco companies aim more at the side effects of smoking. For example, it can cause cancer and lung diseases. Even the people who are not smoking but surrounded by smoke can become ill. Also, it decreases the longetivity of a person. So we can say they aim less in making kids stop smoking.

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