injuries among older adults, with 25% of people over the age of 65 suffering from a serious fall each year — that is, 29 million serious falls and 3 million emergency room visits. Tens of thousands of older Americans die each year from Falls and many others realize that the source of chronic health problems was suffering a bad fall., social isolation, hypervigilance, and problems of saludEl social isolation and loneliness were associated with limited physical health activity, not taking medications, poor nutrition, excessive alcohol consumption and fumar22Autor/a: Elizabeth L. Tung, Louise C. Hawkley, Kathleen A. Cagney, and Monica E. Peek Source: Health AffairsVol. 38, No. 10: Violence & Health https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00563 Social Isolation, health Loneliness, and Violence Exposure

In Urban Adultssocial isolation is a key

predictor of mortality in the US. UU. and it can health increase in communities affected by violence. Qualitative studies have documented that people living in high-crime neighborhoods often report being confined to their homes due to safety concerns.However, few quantitative studies have empirically assessed the relationships between exposure to violence and social isolation. In 2018, we conducted one-hour in-person surveys with 504 adults health in Chicago, Illinois.La prior exposure to community violence was associated with a 3.3-point reduction (on a 100-point scale) in the frequency of interaction with network confidants, a 7.3-point reduction in perceived social support from friends, and health

a 7.8-point increase in loneliness.At a time when public health and policy leaders are calling for solutions to the ” loneliness epidemic”, identifying populations at greatest health risk due to violence could help focus interventions and ensure equitable access to social support and médico.La exposure to violence can adversely affect a person’s physical and psychosocial health, according to two new studies co-authored by the University of Chicago’s health social epidemiologist, Elizabeth L. Tung, MD.The studies were based on in-person surveys of more than 500 adults living in Chicago neighborhoods with high violent crime rates, and in predominantly racial and ethnic minority groups. The results health

• were published on October 7 in the October issue of Health Affairs.The first report, “social Isolation, loneliness, and exposure to violence in adult urban”, found that health social isolation and loneliness were associated with limited physical activity, not taking medications properly, poor nutrition,
• excessive alcohol consumption and smoking.The data showed that the more violence a person experienced in their own community, more lonely era.La greater loneliness was found among people health who were exposed to community violence and tested positive for PTSD.The results of the study are particularly problematic for older people living in violent neighborhoods, who are more prone to loneliness health

and who may already have chronic

health problems such as diabetes, health obesity or heart disease, Tung said. Loneliness is a growing health problem, and a key predictor of mortality in the United States. Seventy – seven percent of the survey respondents were 50 years of age or older.”The association between exposure to violence and loneliness is really health interesting, because there is such a strong link,” Tung said. “The omnipresence of violence seems to be more evident now than ever.What health makes that sense of violence in our culture in general to loneliness?”Social withdrawal could be a survival strategy in violent neighborhoods, but it is not a good option in the long term.”Someone who health is socially isolated and only has a

higher risk of cardiovascular disease, as well as someone with a history of smoking. Loneliness is a public health problem with real health implications, ” Peek said. “Violence affects more than just the victims, but the entire community. Everyone’s health is potentially affected.”The findings of the study relate to a broader conversation across the country about how problems such as loneliness, food insecurity and housing affect a person’s physical and psychological health, Peek added.”Our health care system is changing and evolving, and we are beginning to think not only about health care but also about the social needs of our patients, and we are trying to use the medical system as a way to integrate those needs. Having a more holistic approach will better help our health outcomes, ” he said.The authors of the study were

senior research fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago health

• and University of Chicago sociology professor Kathleen A. Cagney.The second report, “keeping the guard up: hypervigilance among urban residents affected by community and police violence,” directed by Nichole A. Smith, student of medicine, Faculty of medicine, Pritzker, University of Chicago, quantified
• a connection between exposure to community violence and police and hypervigilance.Hyperarousal, a state of emotional high of feeling always “on guard”, you can avoid that people take decisions of life style healthy.Hyperarousal chronic can lead to hypertension, cardiovascular disease,

impairment of memory, anxiety disorders and difficulty regulating emotions.”It is a phenomenon very well studied, mainly in veterans. But it’s very little studied in community settings where you have this chronic exposure to violence,” Tung said.The study found a surprisingly strong association between hypervigilance and exposure to police violence rather than community violence. Exposure to community violence resulted in a 5.5% increase in the hypervigilance score, while