Ch.1 Principles , Measurements, and the Health Development Link Flashcards
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What are some reasons to study Global health ?
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- To understand the progress that has already been made
- To understand the challenges that still remain
- To understand the health development link
- To understand that there are disparities among groups
2
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What is Health ?
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- Health is a state of complete physical , mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
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What is Public health ?
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- The science of preventing disease , prolonging life and promoting physical health and mental health and efficiency through organized community efforts toward a sanitary environment
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What is Global health ?
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- Global health emphasizes transnational health issues and health determinants and solitons , it involves many differences some which are between the health sciences and studies but some are way beyond , like geographical differences, it promotes intradisciplinary collaborations and really global health is a symphyses of population based prevention and individual level care.
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What are the four main differences in focus , ethical basis , emphasis and interventions for public health and medicine ?
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- Focus
- Public health : Population
- Medicine : individual - Ethical basis
- Public health : Public Service
- Medicine : Personal service - Emphasis
-Public health : Disease prevention and health promotion for communities
- Medicine : Disease diagnosis , treatment and care for individuals - Interventions
- Public health : Broad spectrum that may target the environment , human behavior , lifestyle and medical care
- Medicine : Emphasis on medical care.
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What is a demographic transition ?
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- This is when a country transitions from a high birth and death rates to low birth and death rates
- For instance , underdeveloped countries have a higher birth and death rate and when a countries economical rate rises the birth and death rate are usually lower.
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What is a epidemiological transition ?
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- This describes the change in pattern of population age distributions , mortality, fertility , life expectancy and causes of death
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What are some of the key issues in global health ?
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- Environmental health
- Nutrition
- Womens health and reproductive health
- Child and adolscent health
- communicable diseases
- Noncommunicable diseases
- Injuries
9
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What does OECD stand for and what does it do ?
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- OECD= Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
- OECD talks about the wealthier countries that work together to promote economic growth , prosperity and sustainable development for all.
10
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What are the 7 parts of the world broken down into in the organization of data map ?
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- East Asia and Pacific
- Latin America and Caribbean
- North America
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Europe and Central Asia
- Middle East and North Africa
- South Africa
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What are the 6 parts of the world broken down into in the WHO regions map?
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- Africa region
- Europe region
- Region of America
- Eastern Mediterranean Region
- South East Asia Region
- Western Pacific Region
12
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What does GNI per capita mean ?
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- The dollar value of a countries total income in a year divided by its population
- This reflects the average income of an individual before taxes
13
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What is GNI ?
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- The sum of income of each person that lives in the country
14
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In the ghost map video shown , what caused the deaths ?
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- The dirty diaper and waste that was being dumped into the river contaminated the water and the people were consuming the water from the river without being aware that is was contaminated
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When were the Sustainable development goals formulated and how many are there?
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- They were formulated in 2015 and all the countries that signed pledged to meet goals by 2030
- there are 17 Sustainable development goals
