Comprehensive Health Assessment

What was your total score? 530
What score did you get in each of the following areas?
Social and Occupational Health: 53
Social and Psychological Health: 55
Stress Management: 30
Fitness: 36
Nutrition and Weight Management: 43
Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Use: 91
Disease Prevention: 52
Sexual Health: 45
Safety Practices and Violence Prevention: 32
Health Care Consumerism: 42
Environmental Health: 51
Now that you have completed your assessment and recorded your scores, answer the following questions:
1. Overall, how would you rate your health?
2. Looking at your scores above would you say you are living a “balanced” life? Why or why not? Please use specific examples from the assessment.
3. Which area do you consider to be most important? Why? Again, please use specific examples from the assessment.
4. What area would you most like to improve? Why? Be specific.
5. Which area do you consider least important? Why? Be specific.
6. Do you think you owe it to society to take good care of your health? Why or why not? Please explain.

The 3 video to watch

– YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqRkElvQkYc

– https://www.thedoctorstv.com/videos/debating-embryonic-genetic-testing-part-two

– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qbe8hXH_1c

Part B — Chapter 2 – Ethics of Genetic Testing
Please watch the videos posted in Module 1 Videos page. After watching the 3 video segments; answer the following questions:
1. Should we, as a society, allow genetic testing to be done on an embryo/fetus in utero (before birth)? Why or why not? Are there certain conditions/limitations that should be imposed? Explain your answer.
2. If we, as a society, allowed/approved wider scale genetic testing in utero, who should have access to this testing? Please explain.
3. Should insurance pay for genetic testing? Should terms/conditions be imposed? Explain your answer.
4. What do you think wide-spread genetic testing in utero would do to variation in the gene pool? How do you think this would impact the human species?
5. According to the Center for Genetics and Society, over 40 countries have signed an agreement to prohibit the manipulation of genes for the purpose of producing “designer babies”. The United States was not one of these countries. Do you think we should be part of this agreement? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
6. Based on the information above, would you ever consider using the results of genetic testing for Embryo selection? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
7. Do you think laws should be passed to govern use of genetic testing? Why or why not? Explain.
8. What part of this assignment was most difficult to understand? Explain your answer.
IMPORTANT:
You are required to include both in-text and a list of citations, even if you are using information from your textbook or the videos you are required to watch. Citations must be in APA style.

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