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1) A) How would you make the case to a decision maker about the importance of investing in primary prevention? What evidence would you cite? What examples? B) Community-based intervention programs do improve social environments and health

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1) A) How would you make the case to a decision maker about the importance of investing in primary prevention? What evidence would you cite? What examples? B) Community-based intervention programs do improve social environments and health. How can they be maintained and sustained beyond their initial effectiveness?

2) A) How might you implement the six Spectrum of Prevention levels to address poor nutrition and physical inactivity in your community? How could you ensure that your chosen activities are synergistic? B) Do you believe the social constructs surrounding health inequities are also avoidable? Provide a specifi c example.

3) A) The text mentions tobacco - free legislation, routine immunization, water fl uoridation and motorcycle helmet laws as compelling evidence that primary prevention is effective. Can you name other primary prevention examples? B) The chapter stated that health inequities are avoidable. Do you agree or disagree? Why?

4) Briefly describe the meaning of each diacritic in the following transcription. Diacritics related to timing and prosody, discussed in Chapter 6, are also included.

(a) [y 3 1]

(b) [w e]! Y]

 (c) [h 2Z l o[!]

(d) [p l: iQ z U]

 (e) [k 4N p 1M k 9B f 8M]

(f) [g 7F d m 9! r n 8! a]

 (g) [e] d 8 = n o[Q ; q 8 t_]

5) For each phonetic symbol and modification listed here, provide the appropriate diacritic marks. Diacritics related to timing and prosody, discussed in Chapter 6, are also included. Example: [k^L], partially voiced and labialized

 (a) [ q ], nasalized and lengthened

 (b) [ d ], devoiced and unreleased

 (c) [ s ], dentalized and lengthened

(d) [ 8 ], breathy and raised

(e) [ u ], unrounded and nasalized

(f) [ l ], velarized and devoiced

 (g) [ . ], retroflexed and partially voiced

(h) [ t ], aspirated and frictionalized

6) For each phonetic description, provide the phonetic symbol and appropriate diacritic mark. Recall that Chapter 6 includes some diacritics related to timing and juncture as well. Example: Voiceless lingua-alveolar fricative with nasal emission

 (a) Nasalized high-front tense vowel [         ]

 (b) Unaspirated voiceless bilabial stop [         ]

(c) Labialized voiced lingua-dental fricative [         ]

 (d) Lowered mid-front lax vowel [         ]

(e) Glottalized high-mid-back lax vowel [         ]

(f) Trilled voiceless lingua-alveolar stop [         ]

(g) Devoiced bilabial nasal [         ]

(h) Retroflex voiceless palatal fricative [         ]

 (i) Dentalized voiced lingua-alveolar fricative [         ]