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What is International Health?

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Term used for health Work abroad.

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In what way is International Health Limited?

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Limited mainly to the diseases of the developing world.

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What is Global Health?

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Concerned more with the scope of problems rather than their geographical location.

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What kind of issues does global health focus on?

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Focuses on health issues that concern many countries and transcend national boundaries, such as HIV/AIDS, Climate Change, urbanization, polio.

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What does Global Health Strive for?

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Strives to improve health and achieve equity in health for all people worldwide.

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What is Biosocial Interactions?

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Biological Processes and social processes affect each other and influence health and disease.

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What examples does Biosocial Interactions help with?

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Stress Disorders, Psychological depression, Economic depression.

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How is Global Health Funded?

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By various foundation. Like United Nations Foundation, Bill Gates Foundation, and many more.

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Has funding for HIV/AIDS risen allot since the mid 90s?

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yes

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What was Mozambique’s push for better health derailed by?

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The Civil War.

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For Mozambique what were the problems with the global health funding?

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Single Disease Focused, Not Used for health Infrastructure, no long term stability.

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Who is Paul Farmer?

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MD and PHD in Anthropology

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What did Paul Farmer co Found in Haiti?

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Partners In Health. (Non-Profit Health Care)

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Who created the word Structural Violence?

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Johan Galtung.

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Who was Johan Galtung

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Norwegian Sociologist, Founder peace and conflict studies.

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What is Structural Violence?

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Avoidable impairment of fundamental human needs, impairment of human life, which lowers the degree to which someone is able to meet their needs below that which would otherwise be possible.

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Why is Structural Violence Violent?

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Because they cause injury to people.

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18
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What is DIY Global Health?

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Those whom go over and help others.

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What is Global Health Science?

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Scientific Health research and training conducted by North American and European institutions in “Partnership” with resource poor countries.

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What is meant by “Bodies In Place”?

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Academic Global Health premised on privilege of mobility of western bodies and the rootedness of patients bodies in particular kinds of places.

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What is meant by “Issue of Partnership”?

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Partnership is only rhetoric, In practice exchange largely one way and North gaining more.

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22
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Was gender sexuality socially constructed?

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yes

23
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Define Sex

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Social Norms and practices related to assigning a person a sex, with the normative distinction being male or female.

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Gender

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Social Norms and practices related to sexed bodies with the normative distinction being man or woman.

25
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Sexuality

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Social Norms and practices related to sexual desire and sexual behavior, with the normative distinction being heterosexual or homosexual.

26
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What is the ‘Charmed Circle”?

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Notes for a radical theory of the politics of sexuality.

27
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What are bad about these bathroom bills?

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Regulate transgender persons access to restrooms based on their sex assigned at birth.

28
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What is the problem with mainstream sex/gender health research?

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Too focused on sex-specific disease patterns, women health versus mens health.

29
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When is a individual health consequence because of mainstream sex construction?

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Men are not going to doctor because too “Wimpy”

30
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When is Institutional Health consequence because of mainstream sex construction?

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Lack of research for women cardiovascular health because heart attacks “Male” problem.

31
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What are we doing today about risk?

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Protecting ourselves from risks.

32
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What kind of contemporary risks are there today?

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Radiation, Anthrax, Accidents.

33
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What does Deborah Lupton describe in her book?

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Food supply was horrendous in middle ages, infant mortality was high.

34
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What is Northrop Grumman

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A defense Department contractor and major weapons manufacture.

35
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Definition Of Biopower?

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The disciplining and control of individuals and management of populations overall.

36
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What is the blaming System

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Scientific Blame, This often masks out prejudices against people we regard as different from ourselves

37
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How do you define someone of high risk in sexual population?

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Anyone who is having more sex than I am.

38
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What is Technico-Scientific approach to risk?

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Dominant perspective on scientific field. Can be deceptive and problematic.

39
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Are Risk And Stigma intertwined Concepts?

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yes

40
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What does ‘Erving Goffman’ say about stigma?

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Makes clear that stigma was initially conceived as a very sociological concept.

41
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what 4 reasons are sex workers so vulnerable to HIV infection?

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Violence, Criminalization, Stigma and discrimination, Lack of programs and funding.

42
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Sex Work in post-industrial city?

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Streetwalker numbers are smaller while “Indoor” self employees sex workers are rising.

43
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Are indoor sex workers more privileged?

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Yes

44
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What are 3 results in post industrial sex work?

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Removal on racially marginalized streetwalkers, Privileged white peeps be inside, Illegal Migrant sex work is driven more underground.

45
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What are 3 different types of sex work in Ho Chi Minn City?

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Pan Asian sex, Nostalgic sex, Third World sex.

46
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What are 4 key issues in Adolescent Sexual Health?

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  1. Sex Education
  2. Sexual and Reproductive Health Access
  3. Teen Pregnancy
  4. Global South: Child Marriage
47
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What is the Guttmacher Institute?

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Research organization committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health in the United States, and globally.

48
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Does the about of adolescents who have sex increase rapidly from ages 10 to 20?

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yes

49
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What years did teen contraceptive use start to accelerate?

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the early 80’s.

50
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Are U.S. Teen pregnancy’s, birth, and abortion at historic lows?

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yes

51
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What is the Guttmacher institute think is the key to avoid teen pregnancy?

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Contraception.

52
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Are kids now having sex younger, and getting married later?

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yes

53
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What are recommendations to improve adolescent sexual health in global south?

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  1. End Child Marrage
  2. Prevent Rape
  3. More education on subject Matter for young men, older men, and young and older women.
54
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Is the United States the norm or exception when it comes to teen pregnancy, and sex education?

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the U.S. is decreasing in teen pregnancy, but still way higher than most European countries.

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