https://padlet.com/lainey_maurer/8w8psp1zb1ppt1lc health couse 1, unit 1.2 en-us 2021-06-02 20:32:57 UTC 2021-06-09 16:44:54 UTC hello@padlet.com lainey_maurer https://padlet.com/lainey_maurer/8w8psp1zb1ppt1lc/wish/1580709967 A friend of mine had lost almost 40 pounds once lockdown started, back in March of 2020. She had always struggled with maintaining a stable weight but now she was labeled 'extremely underweight' and was placed into the 7th percentile weight category for her height and age. She was even labeled with anorexia nervosa by her doctors, specifically because of her weight, not her eating habits. After months of talking with her doctors and parents, they had finally come to the solution of putting her on medications to help regulate her weight and hopefully help her not feel ill whenever she ate. This was a group based decision because although her doctors and parents left the decision up to her, they were still heavily involved in the process that was making sure she was healthy. Individual decision making has certain pros and cons. First, let’s look at the pros. (iBook unit 1.2, decision making)]]> 2021-06-02 20:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lainey_maurer/8w8psp1zb1ppt1lc/wish/1580709967 lainey_maurer https://padlet.com/lainey_maurer/8w8psp1zb1ppt1lc/wish/1580722804 A family friend had a baby within the last year and as a single mother, she became very depressed and had pre-existing anxiety. She had people who could help her care for the baby but it was still very hard for her. She had struggled with mental health for several years prior to her pregnancy, and was medicated for it but during her pregnancy, her doctors decided to take her off of medication for the well-being of the child, but continue with weekly therapy. After the baby was born, she still continued with depression and anxiety but even worse than pre-partum. Again, she was unable to start back on normal medication for the sake of the baby and breast feeding. Therapy continued but never really got far. She looked into alternative forms of medicine that wouldn't put her baby in harm and came across some research done on CBD oil. She talked it over with her doctor, who agreed that until the baby was able to be switched to formula, that this was the best option to help with her depression and anxiety. In my opinion this would be considered an individual decision because she did all the research on this specific topic and brought it up with her doctors.  Collaborative decision making involves many members, many views and many approaches and hence better decision making (iBook unit 1.2, decision making).]]> 2021-06-02 20:42:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lainey_maurer/8w8psp1zb1ppt1lc/wish/1580722804 lainey_maurer https://padlet.com/lainey_maurer/8w8psp1zb1ppt1lc/wish/1580744453 One of my very close friends struggles with diabetes. He was diagnosed three years ago. It came as a shock to his family and doctors because there was no history of diabetes in his family tree, he wasn't overweight and he was very active, involved in sports and work. My friend wasn't very educated on how to deal with diabetes and how to keep his blood sugar at a manageable rate. After talking with his doctors, they decided to give him insulin injections that he could administer himself, at home. They also gave him a device to make it easier to view his blood sugar levels and told him to keep a close eye on his diet, what he was eating etc. This would be considered a group based decision because my friend nor his family members knew how to deal with the effects of diabetes, and his doctors were a big help. When a group gets together to make a decision, it has potential of collecting more and full information(iBook unit 1.2, decision making).]]> 2021-06-02 20:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lainey_maurer/8w8psp1zb1ppt1lc/wish/1580744453