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Global Health Flashcards

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Developed or Underdeveloped: stable government

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Developed

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Developed or Underdeveloped: Large populations full of children

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Underdeveloped - this can be an issue due to not having enough resources

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Developed or Underdeveloped: Established economy

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Developed

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Developed or Underdeveloped: Less formal education

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Underdeveloped - maybe due to proximity of location or from lack of supplies - survival comes first. not education

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Developed or Underdeveloped: Literate and educated

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Developed

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Developed or Underdeveloped: No established economy

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Underdeveloped

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Developed or Underdeveloped: Manageable Populations

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Developed

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Developed or Underdeveloped: Unstable government

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Underdeveloped

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Who has more resources? Developed or Underdeveloped countries? Why are medical professionals concerned about this?

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Developed and this is why they are better off. Lack of resources can hurt a population’s health

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What order do these come in? Provider, intervention, population

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Population <> Provider <> Intervention This trio stays the same for the most part. Whether on individual or group level of care.

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How can countries be prepared for ruin?

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Have a set list of interventions ready to use if needed For instance, eboli cases are big in Africa. And so, they have a specific plan ready to implement if they need it.

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Why does the US care about global health?

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It protects us but also for humanity reasons. We don’t want to give a path for chaos either so we keep everyone happy and healthy. Also, the sooner we make another country stable, the less resources we have to use later on.

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What are infant mortality rates like in underdeveloped countries?

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High Survival through the first years of life is rare sometimes too. - some people don’t even name their kid

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How do children get diarrheal disease in other underdeveloped countries? How dangerous is this in underdeveloped countries?

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Lack of clean water & no sanitation. The dehydration in small children can be a killer as well as the malnutrition Diarrheal disease contributes to child mortality rates in underdeveloped countries, so pretty dangerous.

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Why is AIDs/HIV a big concern for adults in underdeveloped countries?

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Lack the resources to educate people and reduce the spread. It contributes to adult mortality rates.

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What are common injuries in underdeveloped countries that lead to high mortality?

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Traffic fatality is huge. There’s no infrastructure going on and so there’s more accidents. And when you don’t have a good hospital to take someone to, they’ll die.

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Main causes of death in developed countries. Top 4 What is the trend here?

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Ischemia heart disease - lifestyle

Stroke - lifestyle

Alzhemiers - we retire and so we lose it

COPD - smoking primarily

This issues are of our own making and lifestyle

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Main causes of death in underdeveloped countries? Top 4 What is the trend?

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Neonate conditions - no one there to educate and save newborns

Lower respiratory infections - can’t treat a common respiraotry issue

Ischemic heart disease

These problems are more a product of not being developed. Because these issues are more treatable in america but not there

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Main causes & issues of diarrhea to remember?

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Infection Malnutrition Contaminated water Person to person spread Poorly prepared food

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Why do we want mothers to breastfeed as long as possible in underdeveloped countries?

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The longer the child breast feeds, the less likely they’ll have to use formula mixed with water - which is a big concern.

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Treatment for child diarrhea rehydration meds feed

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oral rehydration zinc - an essential nutrient that helps you absorb other nutrients

continued breast feeding

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Prevention for child diarrhea

vaccines

hygiene

water

community

feeding

meds

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rotavirus and measles vaccine

hand-washing

improved water supply

community wide sanitation

promote breastfeeding

Vit A & zinc

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Can a mom give their baby hiv?

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Yes - and we need to educate her and get her that viral dose so she doesn’t do that.

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Proportion of registered vehicles to road traffic accidents in low income area? Survival mode?

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Small amount of registered vehicles despite a ton of accidents in low income - so people aren’t registering their vehicles.. These people might be in survival mode - and so they aren’t thinking about what’s going around them. Just how do i get to work to make money so i can eat. This can make them expose themself to accidents

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How do WE keep death rate down from traffic accidents? How are we able to do all of this?

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Seatbelts, airbags control speed limits & stop lights

Low enforcement & dui tickets

We do all this bc we benefit from the resources our developed country has.

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WHO

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Primary organization for global health

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ICN

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International council of nurses

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CARE

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Look at differnt projects going on and how to improve peoples lives

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Why is it importna t to consider options before implementing anything

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Some options are better for some communities

  • do they want a new well for water?
  • or should we bring it to them?
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What do we need to consider about a community before we change things?

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Their traditions

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Providers of care

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Community Health workers

Midwives

Nurses

32
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How many people in the world do not have birth registriation or any documentation done

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1/3

40 million will go through life without ever having any

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Why should everyone have a birth certificate?

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A birth certificate allows someone to document who they are. Without it, they can’t leave a country or go anywhere. And this is why people are stuck in underdeveloped countries.

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What was the point of the clean water projects?

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We were trying to help them , help themselves.

We can bring them water - or we can help them make their own. This for them was the better option.

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Morbitiy meaning

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Disease State

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What can cause morbidity

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Tobacco - highly addictive. We want to educate people more on this but can be hard in underdeveloepd countries. Can lead ot cancer and heart diseases

Enivornmental issues causing disease like smoke causing COPD. Many of these people aren’t even smokers. They’re just exposed to it through a stove or air pollutoin.

Nutrition deficits due to there not being enough food to support the country’s population. And when you’re not eating right or at all, you can get sick.

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