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 Past smokers or people who have been smoking
Nicotine for a long time are less likely to develop
Smoking Parkinsons, surprisingly.
Chew, snuff Studies also show that once Parkinsons is
Cigarette developed, smoking no longer has an effect.
Source:
https://www.aan.com/PressRoom/home/Press
Release/813
Alcohol and other drug use High liquor consumption is associated with a
Drinking higher risk of Parkinsons.
Alcoholism But on the other unexpected hand, a study also
Drug addiction provides evidence that moderate beer
All illegal drugs consumption is related to a lower risk.
All medication
Source:http://www.mdedge.com/neurologyrevi
ews/article/73139/movement-disorders/does-al
cohol-consumption-reduce-risk-parkinsons
Behaviors that contribute to unintentional Many people with Parkinsons also experience
injuries and violence a ranging severity of depression. In extreme
Car accidents cases, this depression can lead to self-harm or
Reckless behavior other harmful behavior.
Homicide/murder Some symptoms of depression are also
Self-harm behaviors symptoms of Parkinsons such as feeling tired,
Gang violence/bullying low energy, etc
Source:
https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/content/depress
ion-and-parkinsons
Unhealthy dietary behaviors Side disorders such as constipation, depression,
High fat/cholesterol diets fatigue, etc associated with Parkinsons can be
High sodium benefited by a healthy diet.
Eating disorders Parkinsons is associated with the loss of
Over eating/Binge eating dopamine which is made by amino acids.
Proteins are also made by amino acids so eating
more protein can be beneficial.
Source:http://www.foodforthebrain.org/nutriti
on-solutions/parkinsons-disease/about-parkins
ons-disease.aspx
Inadequate physical activity Exercise is proven to help slow down the
Sedentary development of Parkinsons. One study showed
Inactive that people who exercise a minimum of 2.5
Lack of exercise (exercise) hours a week had a slower decline.
 Physical activity Exercise can also improve skills such as
balance, tremor, etc which are normally
worsened by Parkinsons.
Source:
http://www.parkinson.org/understanding-park
insons/treatment/Exercise/Neuroprotective-Be
nefits-of-Exercise
Sexual behaviors that may result in HIV Exposures during the pregnancy and/or birth
infection, other sexually transmitted diseases, can result in a higher risk of Parkinsons.
and unintended pregnancies
However, no association was found between
HIV/AIDS
Parkinsons and early births, birthweight, etc.
STIs/STDs
Toxic exposures during pregnancy can result in
Premature birth
the death of dopaminergic neurons and/or other
Birth defects
neurons. This results in a higher risk for
Parkinsons.
Source:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti
cles/PMC3132935/