Assess the realtive importance in factors in the spread of disease Flashcards
Economic factors influencing the spread of disease
Covid in China (screening and infrastructure)
Globesity (diseases of affluence)
CVD
Examples of Social factors influencing the spread of disease
Cancer in UK
Globesity
HIV in Africa
Political factors influencing the spread of disease
NGO activity for cholera in Haiti positive and negitive
Vaccine uptake in the US
Environmental factors influencing the spread of disease
Hurrucanes in Haiti Cholera
Climate in ethiopia malaria
Climate in europe Influenza
Economic factors effecting spread of Covid 19 in China
Infectious bacterial
China has 6.7 beds per 1000 people
Cases quite unknown
Better infrastructure and investment capability decreased cases (people can afford to live with some lockdowns)
Economic factors effecting globesity
Non communicable lifestyle disease
(growing global obesity)
Children in the bottom income quintile are at three times greater risk of obesity than those in the top income quintile at age 11
Economic factors affecting CVD
Non communicable lifestyle disease
Leading on from higher globesity
Lower income more likely to be afected by CVD
Degenerative and man made diseases (stage 3 of epidimiologic transition model)
30-65% deaths from CVD
More exposure to unhealthy advertising (internet)
Social factors affecting Cancer in the UK
Non communicable lifestyle disease
No smoking inside + in cars
Anti smoking campaigns on cigarette packets
Smoking prevelence down 18-14% from 2014 to 2018
Social factors towards HIV in Africa
Stigma towards it especcially men
Women have less control over sexual partners
Social factors affecting ease of travel
Infectious bacterial
Led to rapid spread of Covid 19 which became pandemic in 3 months
first spread to geographically close areas
overcomes distance decay
Political factors affecting cholera in Haiti (Negative)
Infectious bacterial
UN peacekeepers introduced cholera for first time in a century
Country was unprepared as well as already corrupt
Political factors affecting cholera in Haiti (positive)
Infectious bacterial
Red cross and red crescent
water purification tablets and hand washing day
Political factors affecting covid in US
Infectious bacterial
Vaccination uptake due to political beliefs
1.1 million total deaths one of the highest death to case ratio dispite economic significance
Environmental factors affecting cholera in Haiti
Infectious bacterial
Hurricanes and led to internal displacement of people
closer together in unsanitary conditions led to increase in cholera cases
Environmental factors affecting Malaria in Ethiopia
Non infectious bacterial vector bourne
Climate and vector conditions
mosquitoes most active between 18-40
high stagnant water source in monsoon season (eggs from female anophales mosquito)
