Impacts on Heart Disease in Canada Brittany Gray

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Impacts on Heart Disease in Canada Brittany Gray

Media

In August 2007, roughly 1200 facebook communities advocated for different diseases

Public Health uses Social media forgetting through to teens whom don’t read much or watch TV, all they do is sit on social media

The nature conveyed by the media, the amount of coverage received, and ways that it represented can affects viewers knowledge, attitudes and behaviours

Plays a huge roll in influencing public’s thoughts and attitudes , behaviours of the rerlavance to chronic disease

Employment

Sick pay may be more generous than being at work, and will discourage patient to find work or even go back to work

Employer fear of illness, subsequent litigation can Can act as a barrier

If the job isn’t rewarding, the patient more than Likely won’t return to work

The older the patient, the more likely they won’t Return to work

Health Care System

Medications include Antiarrythmics, Anticoagulants, Beta-blockers,Diurectics, Nitroglycerine, Chloesterol lowering medications etc

Performing surgeries such as Cardioversion therapy, Coronary artery Bypass, Heart Valve surgery, implantable pacemaker, mechanical assist device etc

3.3 billion healthcare costs each year for Heart Disease

Individual

Prevention is eating healthy and staying active

60,000 diagnosed each year

Symptoms include shortness of breath, nausea and fatigue

Men usually get severe chest pain, while women get tightening of the chest and pressure

Economy

Decreased Life expectancy

Overall depression rates rise

In 2000, Heart Disease costed Canada 22.2 billion

Family

Heart patients with good family support tend on loose depression after a month

Communication is key to helping families say healthy during this time

Patients dealing with Heart Disease deal with anxiety and depression tend to have little tolerance for noise etc.