1. John Snow took the handle off the Broad Street pump. Briefly describe
an analagous activity for the following health problems.
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Drinking and Driving
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Childhood Depression
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Another problem behavior, e.g., the dependent variable for your class paper.
2. What were the mediators targeted by the MRFIT, STAR, and JOBS programs?
3. Pick one of the prevention projects listed below, and in approximately
one page, (1) summarize the goals and major results of the project, (2)
describe the mediators targeted by the program, and (3) briefly describe
the behavior change theories mentioned.
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Fast Track--conduct disorder prevention study
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Head Start--program to improve educational achievement
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COMMIT--smoking treatment project
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MATCH--alcoholism treatment project
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ATLAS--anabolic steroid prevention project
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or another major prevention project that interests you besides MRFIT, JOBS,
or STAR.
4. Briefly summarize one of the following four articles. Copies of these
articles are in the GRC.
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(Pearce & Dayton) Cancer and polyunsaturated fat.
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(Harrell, Woodyard, & Gates) Vitamins and offspring intelligence.
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(Sackett et al.) Use of nurse practitioners and health outcomes.
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(Ast & Schlesinger) Effects of Flouridation.
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