economic and social development in health Flashcards
as countries develop what should happen?
the economic and social condition that people live in should improve
due to social and economic improvement what else should improve?
healthcare
what are economic developments linked to health?
-technology improves food productivity and supply
green revolution
-improved transport for medical supplies and food
-investement in drainage and sewers
-trading (global systems_
what are social developments linked to health?
- improved sanitation
- better education of health and disease
- better training for doctors
- programmes such as NGOs that provide improved healthcare
what happens to the population when socio-economic development occurs?
rapid increase in population
death rates decrease
fertility then starts to decrease due to improvement in fertility
why can developments create a demographic divedend?
as death rate slows down and so does fertility rates
This creates economic growth as it provides a bulge of younger people adding to the workforce and decrease in dependant people
what is epidemiological transition?
phase of development that occurs due to a increase in population
that effectively changes the rates of mortality and disease
what is ET caused by?
socio economic development
how does socio economic developments cause ET?
increase in technology and medication reduces the death rate
what is evidence to support ET?
the idea that communicable disease have now been replaced by non communicable diseases and degenerative disease such as dementia due to the fact that people are growing older
what is a breakthrough of medicine that reduced diseases?
penecillin in 1928
