1. Unit 4

2. Life Factors come under 5 headings:
Genetic, e.g. predisposition to particular conditions, cystic fibrosis, coeliac disease, asthma, brittle bone disease, rheumatic disease.
Biological, e.g. foetal alcohol syndrome, maternal infections, effects of diet in pregnancy.
Environmental, e.g. exposure to pollution, damp/overcrowded housing, access to recreational facilities, access to health and social care services, bullying, family dysfunction, effects of culture, religion and beliefs, effects of discrimination
Socioeconomic, e.g. income, expenditure, education, values and attitudes, peer groups, employment status
Lifestyle, e.g. nutrition and dietary choices, alcohol intake, use and misuse of substances

3. Instructions
For P2, you will create an article for your magazine to explain the effect of five life factors on your chosen celebrity at two particular life stages (e.g. infancy and adolescence).
i.e. choose 5 life factors and explain how your celebrity would be effected at 2 stages of their life.
The life stages are:
conception;
pregnancy;
birth and infancy – 0-3 years;
childhood – 4-9 years;
adolescence – years;
adulthood – years;
older adulthood; 65+;
the final stages of life

4. Let’s watch some short clips about genetic factors…
Cystic fibrosis
Coeliac disease
Asthma
Brittle bone disease
Rheumatic disease
Pearson: Page
Collins: Page

5. Let’s watch some short clips or read about biological factors…
Foetal alcohol syndrome
Maternal infections
Effects of diet in pregnancy
Pearson: Page 150
Collins: Page 173

6. Let’s watch some short clips or read about environmental factors…
Exposure to pollution
Damp/overcrowded housing
Access to recreational facilities
Access to health and social care services
Bullying
Family dysfunction
Effects of culture, religion and beliefs
Effects of discrimination
Pearson: Page
Collins: Page 177

7. Let’s watch some short clips or read about socioeconomic factors…
Income and expenditure
Education
Values and attitudes
Peer groups
Employment status
Pearson: Page
Collins: Page

8. Let’s watch some short clips or read about lifestyle factors…
Nutrition and dietary choices
Alcohol intake
Use and misuse of substances
Drugs
Smoking
Pearson: Page 158
Collins: Page