Global Health

Question 1

Global Health

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is socially constructed by individuals, interests, and institutions. There is no universal definition and it can be framed in different lenses and models

Question 2

What are the main characteristics of the frames of global health (5)

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norms, privileging certain ideas, interests, institutions, ideational power

Question 3

Ideational power

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norms the influence our perceptions and cognitions

Question 4

Each frame of health has ideational power. What happens as a result of these differences?

Answer 4

conflicts among conclusions

Question 5

How does ideational power interact with the frames of health? What three things does it do for each frame?

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1. select a response
2. determines a response path
3. distributing resources

Question 6

What are the four changes that define how globalization relates to disease

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1. Demographic growth of the host population, so more possible diseases
2. Collapse of Geographical Space
3. Global Land use changes
4. Global Warming

Question 7

How does the media in globalization influence global health outcomes?

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The media continues to focus on perception rather than actual risk, altering public perception and in turn influencing the importance of health issues, especially for elected officials and policymaking

Question 8

The Focus of the Biomedical model

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Physical or biological aspects of disease

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Main goal of biomedical model

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remedial or curative

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Practitioners of the biomedical model

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Health professionals

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Tools of the biomedical model

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surgeries, medications, diagnosis, and intervention

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Unit of analysis in the biomedical model

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the individual

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Burden to the healthcare system in the biomedical model

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increases

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Focus of the Social Medicine Model

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Social determinants of health and disease

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Main goal of the social medicine model

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preventative care

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Practitioners of the social medicine model

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diverse

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Tools of social medicine model

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public policy

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Unit of analysis of social medicine model

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The population

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burden to the healthcare system of social medicine model

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decreases

Question 20

Name three pros of the biomedical model

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1. Generates medical advances on a regular basis
2. common problems effectively treated
3. Extends life expectancy and improves life quality

Question 21

Name 4 pros of the social medicine model

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1. provision on education on living healthy lives
2. Less costly to prevent disease given that individuals are in better health
3. Encourages healthier lifestyles for participating individuals
4. Increases economic development in the long run

Question 22

Names 4 cons of the biomedical model

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1. Relies on health professionals as sole providers
2. Does not necessarily promote living a healthy life
3. Not all conditions have a treatment
4. Costly for patients

Question 23

Name 4 cons of the social medicine model

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1. People might not take education seriously even if they need it
2. Changing lifestyles can be difficult and hard to sustain
3. Not all diseases are preventable through education
4. No immediate health results in the short term

Question 24

What are the five competing frames of global health

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1. Evidence-Based Medicine
2. Human Rights
3. Economism
4. Security
5. Development

Question 25

Evidence-Based Medicine Frame

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1. Positivist, rationalist reasoning and statistics 2. It promotes the use of statistical enquiry above all others 3. Using evidence to support decision making

Question 26

Human Rights Frame

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1. Public policy based on dignity and respect for the individual 2. Programs and practices should not violate human rights obligations, championing transparency and community involvement 3. Using human rights treaties and rules to support decision making

Question 27

Economism Frame

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1. This assumes that demand for health is price inelastic and that resources that could potentially be devoted to health are scarce, so this is about competitiveness, choice, and efficiency 2. The value of health interventions in promoting economic growth 3. Increased health resources to improve living standards and reduce health vulnerabilities

Question 28

Security Frame

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1. Disease and illness are threats that require defensive measures 2. Proper forms of prevention or response must be taken

Question 29

Development Frame

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1. Greater health improves conditions in the developing world 2. The Third World should improve using the First World as a benchmark for measurement 3. It is a very difficult frame to grasp largely because it overlaps with other frames and adapts within them

Question 30

The Social Determinants of Health

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The circumstances into which people are born, grow up, live, work, and age.

Question 31

The Social determinants of health are shaped by three factors

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economics, social policy, and politics

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the basic characteristics of the social determinants of health

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1. they are related to health | 2. public policy has a strong impact on them

Question 33

The 7 Determinants of Health and Well-Being in Our Neighborhoods

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1. At the center are people, based on their age, sex, and hereditary factors 2. Lifestyle 3. Community 4. The Local Economy 5. After this come activities such as living, playing and learning 6. The Built environment of streets, buildings, and places 7. The final stage is the natural environment of air, water, land, and natural habitats

Question 34

Social Gradients

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inequalities in a population’s health status are connected to inequalities in social status

Question 35

The Health Map

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is how the social model views our interaction with the environment and our health

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Health inequities

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*avoidable* inequities that arise between and within countries

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NCDs

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Non-communicable diseases: cardiovascular, cancer, diabetes, asthma, etc.

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The 3 Driving Factors behind NCDs

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1. Urbanization 2. Changing consumer markets 3. Longevity

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The 4 Redundant Concepts of Globalization

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Internationalization, Liberalization, Universalization, Westernizations

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Internationalization as a Concept of Globalization

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increases of interaction and interdependence between people in different countries

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liberalization as a Concept of Globalization

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a world without regulatory barriers to transfers of resources between countries

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universalization as a Concept of Globalization

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the spread of more people and cultural phenomena to all habitable corners of the world

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westernization as a Concept of Globalization

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a process of homogenization resulting in the world becoming more modern, western, and American