Final Flashcards
What is poverty relief?
Addresses the poors survival needs and immediate problems
Short term relief and goals
What is poverty reduction?
Process by which the causes of deprivation and inequity, and root causes of poverty are addressed
Takes into account multiple stake holders
Help develop potential, increase productive capacity, reduce barriers in terms of participating in society
Give some examples of poverty reduction
Technical and financial aid for development
Food security initiatives
Social welfare programs
Strengthening educational and occupational opportunities
Access to vaccination and medication
Strengthening health systems
Supporting local businesses
What are some strategies for poverty reduction?
Collaboration between rich and poor countries
Identify poor nations priorities for research/development
Learn what the country needs in foreign assistance
Education as a driver for economic growth
Realistic portrait of what poor countries can pay for
Poor countries should adopts a poverty reduction strategy
Describe collaboration between rich and poor countries
Well governed, politically organized developing countries get far too little help/donor aid
Describe the identification of poor nations priorities for research/development
Translating ideas and policies into practice
Focusing on projects at the national vs symbolic level
Describe the process of learning what a country needs in foreign assistance
Promoting bottom up approach (find out what they need first then give money)
Clear identification of goals and targets to be achieved
Describe a realistic portrait of what countries can pay for
Dropping user fees for essential health/educational services
Facilitating social policies and governance
Pro-poor spending
What are some things required for long term sustainable change?
Large-scale, long term donor financing for recipient countries to finance their investment plan
Harmonization of aid across various aid agencies
Decentralization of investments
Consider both infrastructure and operational costs
Capacity building of the public and private sectors
Improving info tech and transmission
Enable poor countries to respond to climate change
Reduce barriers to global trade
Strategies to monitor and evaluate aid flow/use
What are the core five principles underlying the PRSP approach of poverty reduction?
- Country-driven: promoting national ownership of strategies through broad based participation of civil society
- Result oriented: focusing on outcomes that will benefit the poor
- Compréhensive: recognizing the multidimensional nature of poverty
- Partnership oriented: coordinated participation of development partners
- Long term perspective for poverty reduction
Who was John Peters?
First director of the human rights division at the UN
What are the parts to the international bill of human rights?
- Universal declaration of human rights (adopted in 1948)
- International covenant on economic, social, and cultural rights (1966)
- International covenant on civil and political rights and its two optional protocols (1966)
What were some developments after then universal declaration of human rights?
Development of human rights conventions dealing with specific types of rights
Infomend human right being incorporations into the domestic legislation of many countries
Provided a strong basis for development of human rights international law
Development of an international criminal court
Greater willingness to intervene in other countries affairs for the sake of human rights
Define human rights
Rights of individuals simply because they are human, rights which are universal, collection of universally adopted principles founded on social justice and equality that consider freedom and well-being
Define civil rights
Rights of individuals to receive equal treatment and to be free from unfair treatment and discrimination, which may be protected by certain legal characteristics
Describe social justice
The desire for a well ordered society
The right to basic equal liberty and opportunities
Offices and positions that are accessible to all under fair and equitable conditions and opportunities
Social and economic disparities that benefit the least advantaged individuals
What is amartya sen capabilities approach?
Focus on individuals capability of achieving the kind of live they have reason to value
Claims that individuals can differ greatly in their abilities to convert the same resources into valuable functionings
Using income solely as a measure of inequality is insufficient
What a person actually has often matters less than what a person can actually do with what they have
Define legal rights
Entitlements that are enforced by the courts
Define moral rights
Entitlements that are not enforced by the courts but are influenced by historical, cultural, and moral consensus
What is a health indicator?
Variably that helps to measure changes in a health situation directly or indirectly and to assess the extent to which the objectives and targets of a program are being obtained
Measure human rights
What are human rights indicators?
Measure that provides information on the extent to which human rights norms and standards are addressed in a given situation
Measure health
What is meant by the right to health?
People have the right to basic health care services and interventions
Right to health not the right to be healthy
What are the most commonly reported issues with the right to health?
Availability: functioning public health and health care facilities
Accessibility: non-discrimination, physical, economic, information accessibility
Acceptability: respectful of medical ethics and culturally appropriate, sensitive to age and gender
Quality: scientifically and medically appropriate
What are the three types of state obligations?
Respect: not to interfere directly or indirectly with the employment of the right to health
Protect: prevent third parties from interfering with the right to health
Fulfil: adopt appropriate legislative, administrative, budgetary, judicial, promotional and other measures to fully realize the right to health
What occurs when conducting an analysis for a human rights-based approach to health?
Assessment: what is happening, where and who is more/most effective?
Causal analysis: why are these problems occurring?
Role/responsibility analysis: who has the obligation to do something about it?
Capacity analysis: what capacities are needed for those affected and those with a duty to take action?
Implementation: when and how can capacity development efforts produce the greatest results
What are some priority areas in the rights based approach to health?
Developing national plans which are closely monitored and include right to health indicators and pay particular attention to vulnerable groups
Strengthening health system governance, leadership, and accountability
Access to good quality, evidence based preventative, curative, and rehabilitative services, and referral networks
Access to care should be based on need
Investing in health to reduce poverty
What are the fundamentals of participatory action research?
Emphasizes participation and action
Seems to understand the world by trying to change it, collaboratively and following reflection
Emphasizes collective inquiry and experimentation grounded in experience and social history
Promotes an explicit sharing of power unusually in traditional research formats
What is PAR?
Seeks to understand the world by trying to change it, collaboratively and reflectively
Emphasizes principles of collective inquiry and experimentation grounded in experience and social history
What is a CBR matrix?
Community based rehabilitation matrix
Helps structure the consultation process
Five top cells: health, education, livelihood, social, empowerment
What is the MEL matrix?
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning matrix
Looks at the stakeholders involved and their engagement indicators, process indicators, expected outcomes, and unexpected outcomes
What are some challenges to PAR?
Getting research funds Getting through ethics Recognizing a variety of expertise Putting more time in intially Misconceptions around scientific rigour Occasional publishing issues
Define sex
Biological and physiological characteristics that define men or women
Determined by genetics
Male or female
Define gender
Socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women
Define gender equality
The absence of discrimination on the basis of a persons sex in opportunities, allocation of resources or benefits, and access to services
Define gender equity
Fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits, power, resources, and responsibilities between men and women
In low income countries who are more likely to report ill health?
Women are more likely to report ill health
Why do men tend to live shorter lives?
Estrogen protects women against heart disease until later age
Men are more likely to be successful at suicide though women more likely to try
Men do more high risk activities
Men more likely to die from alcohol or drugs
More likely to smoke
Less likely to access public health services or use preventative medicine
Marriage is a protective factor for women
What kinds of illness are women more likely to experience?
Experience more frequent illnesses and disabilities but these are not typically life threatening, also gave some unique biological risks
Get hit later with more disabilities
What diseases are men more likely to be hit with?
More life threatening, more permenent disability, and more earlier deaths
What social determinants are men more likely to see?
Exposure to occupational risks
What social determinants are women more likely to see?
Poor Malnourished Domestic and sexual violence Preference for male babies Reduced access to paid work Illness and death more associated with their living conditions
What are some common barriers to health care experienced by men?
Sign of weakness to get help
Cannot take time off work as might be prédominent break winner
What are some common barriers to health care experienced by women?
Responsible for more caregiving tasks so too busy to get help
Less control over resources to pay for health care
Might need to be accompanied by another individual
What is reproductive health?
Concerns the reproductive processes, functions, and systems at all stages of life
Aim to assure that people are able to have a responsible and safe sex like, and that they have the capability to reproduce and the freedom to decide when and how
What are some examples of sexual health services and family planning?
Family planning counselling and education
Prenatal care
Safe delivery
Prevention and management of abortion and miscarriage
Treatment of reproductive health conditions
What is natural fertility?
When women or couples do not vary behaviours that affect their chance of subsequent birth, including birth intervals
What is controlled fertility?
When women/couple behaviour influences the interval to the next live birth
What are coale’s preconditions for fertility limitation?
- Willing: Acceptable of the possibility and moral acceptability of control of fertility
- Ready: perception of advantages from reduced fertility
- Able: knowledge and mastery of effective techniques of fertility control
Define contraception
Prevention of contraception/pregnancy through the use of drugs, devices, and sexual practices
What are some modern contraceptive methods? Traditional?
Modern: have been developed through modern technology or medical research (sterilization, the pill, condoms, injectables, etc)
Traditional: used to limit fertility historically, often with the use of more natural methods (eg. Rhythm method, withdrawal, douching, abstinence)
Define birth interval
The amount of time between one live birth and the next
What birth interval does WHO recommend?
2 years
Should wait 6 months after attempting pregnancy after having miscarriage or an induce abortion
How long does who recommend women breast feed?
2 years
Should exclusively breastfeed for first 6 months
Option in lower income countries is formula but most water is dirty
What is an obstetric fistula?
Hole between vagina and bladder caused by prolonged obstructed labour, leaving a women incontinent of urine or feces or both
Babies head putting pressure on the birth or vaginal canal
Can go on for 6-7 days
Lots of stigma associated with problems like this
What are some strategies used to address the issues of unwanted/unplanned births?
Abortion/induced abortion Sex-selective abortion Infanticide Foster age Adoption Abandonment
What is female infanticide?
Intentional killing of a baby girl due to the lower status associated with the birth of females and a preference for males
Shifted the gender ratio in some regions
More likely seen in low income regions
High income groups more likely to engage in sex-selective abortion
Why does sex selective abortion occur?
Distorted construction of girls being inferior
Family desire to sustain family name
Avoidance of paying a Downey
Expenditures of females are viewed as a waste because women will marry and leave
What is female genital mutilation?
All procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons
What are the different types of FGM?
- Partial or total removal of the clitoris and/or the prepuce
- Partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora with or without excision of the labia majora
- Narrowing of the vaginal orifice with creation of a covering seal by cutting and appositionjng the labia minors and or the labia majora with of without excision of the clitoris
- Unclassified
What are some complications of type 3 FGM?
Immediate: severe pain, extreme bleeding
Usually preformed in girls under 15, most often between ages 5-7
Can result in infection and fever, swelling, wound healing issues, shock and death
Long term: men’s real problems, vaginal problems, increased risk of birth complication
What is deinfibulation?
The practice of cutting open the sealed vagina in a women who has been infibulated to allow for sexual intercourse or to allow for child birth
What are some examples of violence against women across the life span?
Prenatal phase: abortion, bartering, coerced pregnancy
Infancy: infanticide, abuse, differential access to food and medical care
Childhood: FGM, sexual abuse, differential access to food, medical care, and education, trafficking
Adolescence: dating violence, sexual abuse, rape, sexual harassment, forced prostitution, honour killing
Reproductive: intimate partner violence, martial rape, partner homicide, spousal abuse, sexual abuse and harassment in work place
Old age: abuse of widows, elder abuse
Why is FGM preformed?
Helping girls save virginity
Prevent adultery and rape
Fight against female homosexuality and masturbation
Allow women to take part in social and cultural community
Ensure the girl is good to marry
Clitoris is not very present looking
Rumours that liquid from clitoris kills sperm
What is the UN definition of children?
Persons under 14 years of age
Often defined as persons under 18
What are the statistical definition of children and adolescent?
Adolescents are 10-18 Teenagers are 13-19 Youth are 15-24 Young adults are 20-24 Perinatal: first week Neonatal: first month Infant: first year
What are some causes of death among young children globally?
Diarrhea Pneumonia Asphyxia Sepsis Tetanus Pertussis
What is asphyxia?
A condition of severely deficient oxygen supply that may lead to damage of the brain, heart, lungs, and other organs of death
What is sepsis?
A condition causes by a severe infection leading to a systemic inflammatory response that can damage organ systems
What are the top 3 causes of death in kids under 5 globally?
Premature
Acute lower respiratory infections
Birth asphyxia and brain trauma
Describe the who/UNICEF framework for pneumonia and diarrhea?
Protect: establish good health practices from birth
Prevent: vaccine, hand washing, safe water, reduce household air pollution, HIV protection
Treat
What are some contributing factors of child vaccination
How do you get the vaccine to the children
Do you have enough health care providers to deliver vaccines
What is child labour?
Often defined as work that deprives children of their childhood, their potential and they dignity, and that is harmful to physical and mental development
Economic participation by children
Full time work preformed by children
All paid work preformed by children
Work that interferes with children’s well-being and participation in child appropriate activities
Work that is harmful to or exploits children
Work that violates national child labour laws
Work that violates international standards
What are some positives to child labour?
Feel like fair and reasonable way to provide for their family
Might keep them busy or get them out of a bad home
Helping gain future indépendance
Assisting with household task, participating in family business outside school hours are not considered bad
As long as it is in moderation and does not interfere with school
Where are most working children concentated?
Africa and Asia
152 million children are still engaged in child labour almost half in its worst form
What are the unconditional worst forms of child labour?
Violations of already existing human rights standards
Ex. Child slavery, forced or bonded labour, child trafficking, prostitution, pronography, child soldiers