Introduction to Global Health Flashcards
What are the important determinants of health ?
Where you were born.
Economic and social determinants
Genetic and biological factors, mediated by behaviour, education and access to healthcare.
Health factors
Health behaviours
Clinical care
Social and Economic factors
Physical environment
Health outcome
Length of life
Quality of Life
(50/50 split)
What is globalisation ?
Process of creating networks of connections among actors at intra- or multi-continental distances, mediated through a variety of flow including people, information and ideas, capital, and goods.
How can globalisation be measured ?
KOF index
What is global health ?
An area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide.
3 Pre-conditions for global health study
The idea of the world as a necessarily related, interactive environment/system.
The availability of a wealth of reliable, local and regional data.
Shared disease definitions and a set of analytical methodologies with which local, regional and national health data could be analysed separately and then aggregated.
How can global health be measured ?
Global burden of disease :
- Disability Adjusted-Life Year (DALYs)
DALY
Years of life lost + Years lost due to disability
Mortality + Morbidity
What do global DALY’s tell us ?
Where (in the world/country) most deaths/disability occurs ?
Who is dying/disabled ?
Which conditions are causing the greatest loss of life and health ?
Motivations for a global health policy agenda
As :
- Foreign policy
- Security
- Charity
- An investment
Incidence
Incidence measures the rate of occurrence of new cases of a disease or condition.
Prevalence
Prevalence measures how much of some disease or condition there is in a population at a particular point in time.
Morbidity
Morbidity is a measure of sickness or disease within a geographic area.
Mortality
Mortality is a measure of deaths within a population or geographic area.
