INTERCONNECTIONS CHART

Directions: Find 2 connections between the Center for Disease Controls health priority areas and your health fair topic.
Describe how your health fair topic relates to all the health priority areas (two facts for each category).
YOU MUST CITE YOUR SOURCEBE SPECIFIC (Author, web site address, journal, magazine, etc)
Use the bullets underneath each priority area as subtopics - if you are having difficulty connecting to the
Main Priority Area.
CDC Health Priority Area How is the listed health priority area
connected to your topic? Cite your source
Tobacco use Sex is used in advertising to sell cigarettes
Nicotine frequently. This not only causes all the usual
Smoking problems of sex in advertising, but also leads to
Chew, snuff nicotine use. Cigarette companies primarily aim
Cigarette these efforts at men.
Source:
http://tobacco.stanford.edu/tobacco_main/imag
es.php?token2=fm_st129.php&token1=fm_img
3764.php&theme_file=fm_mt011.php&theme_
name=Psychological%20Exploits&subtheme_n
ame=Sex%20Sells
Alcohol and other drug use Sex is used extensively in advertisements for
Drinking alcohol. Sexual content in alcohol ads makes
Alcoholism alcohol consumption seem especially desirable,
Drug addiction even more so for teens.
All illegal drugs
All medication
Source:
http://www.substance.com/century-sexist-booze
-ads/192/
Behaviors that contribute to unintentional Self-harm is an action commonly associated
injuries and violence with low self-esteem. Sex in advertising is
Car accidents proven to cause this low self-esteem (especially
Reckless behavior in young people) because of idealization and
Homicide/murder the proliferation of unrealizable beauty
Self-harm behaviors standards.
Gang violence/bullying
Source:
http://public.wsu.edu/~taflinge/esteem.html
Unhealthy dietary behaviors Eating disorders are also frequently associated
High fat/cholesterol diets with low self-esteem. Theyre among the most
High sodium unhealthy of all dietary behaviors. Sex in
Eating disorders advertising reinforces unreachable standards
Over eating/Binge eating which are correlated with eating disorders.
Source:
http://public.wsu.edu/~taflinge/esteem.html
(same as previous)
Inadequate physical activity Sex in advertising may incite people, especially
Sedentary young people without much experience in this
Inactive arena, to watch more television and in the end
Lack of exercise (exercise) encourage a more sedentary lifestyle. This is
 Physical activity due to the fact that sex in advertising unfairly
targets ethos.
Source: I had a hard time finding something, so
this is largely conjecture. I included extra
information below to compensate.
Sexual behaviors that may result in HIV Sex in advertising is proven to contribute to
infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, higher rates of sexual activity, especially among
and unintended pregnancies
young people. This increase, especially with
HIV/AIDS
regards to young people, is certain to bring
STIs/STDs
about an increase in the frequency of STD/STI
Premature birth
transmission and unintended pregnancy.
Birth defects
According to a study prepared for the Kaiser
Family Foundation, fifty hours of
programming selected included 156 acts of
sexual intercourse and only five references
within three episodes to contraception or
safer sex. The only mention of HIV/AIDS
referred to contraction through IV drug use
and not sexual activity.
Source:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9
068.html

http://depts.washington.edu/thmedia/view.cgi?s
ection=medialiteracy&page=fastfacts