Eastern Illinois University Personal Health Care by Age Group Answers

Answer the below questions in one paragraph for the following age groups: adolescents (age 5 – 17) and young adult (post high school to 24 years)

  1. What are major health issues?
  2. What are major risk factors/leading causes of death or injury?
  3. Identify community health strategies that may prevent or improve #1 or #2? Identify these strategies in terms of primary, secondary or tertiary prevention levels.

Answer the below questions in one paragraph for the following age groups: adult (25 – 44 years old) and adult (45 – 65 years old).

  1. What are major health issues?
  2. What are major risk factors/leading causes of death or injury?
  3. Identify community health strategies that may prevent or improve #1 or #2? Identify these strategies in terms of primary, secondary or tertiary prevention levels.

The elderly population can be divided into 3 categories: over 65/young old, middle old, old old. Pick two of the populations and answer the below questions.

Discuss in one paragraph for each age group (pick two) the following questions and/or concerns.

  1. What are major health issues?
  2. What are major risk factors/leading causes of death or injury?
  3. Identify community health strategies that may prevent or improve #1 or #2? Identify these strategies in terms of primary, secondary or tertiary prevention levels.