Week 10: Global and Planetary health; Marginalized populations and Intersectionality Flashcards
what is the metric to quantify population health?
Global Burden of Disease (GBD)
What is Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals?
Universal goals and targets planned to address health and well-being to promote prosperity, end poverty, and provide protection for the planet
what is ICN?
International Council of Nurses
what is the ICN mission?
To represent nursing worldwide, advance the nursing profession, promote the wellbeing of nurses, and advocate for health in all policies.
what is the ICN vision?
The global community recognizes, supports, and in nurses and nursing to lead and deliver health for all.
what is cultural diversity?
Shared patterns of learned values and behaviours that are transmitted over time and that distinguish the members of one group from another
what is environmental sustainability?
an intact and healthy ecosystem
what is “One Health”?
the interdependence of humans, plants and animals
what is planetary health?
the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends
what are marginalized populations?
those excluded from mainstream, social, economic, educational and cultural life.
what are high priority populations?
Populations exposed to the most risk through structural barriers of social exclusion, poor access, or dependency on others
what are health inequities?
differences in health that are unfair/unjust (created by social conditions)
what are health disparities?
Differences in health status linked with social, economic, and or environmental disadvantage
what is intersectionality?
“Intersectionality is a theoretical perspective regarding the influence of different social characteristics - race, ethnicity, gender, class, and socioeconomic status- on a particular phenomenon, such as the experience of health and its
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