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Colonialism
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Forcibly taking control over another country (sovereignty, nation, etc.) occupying it with settlers and/or cultural values, and exploiting it
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Colonial Legacy
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Structures and systems which were created or shaped by colonialism, and which continue beyond formal dissolution of colonialism
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Saviorism
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Widens gap of power and privilege, big emotional experience to validate privilege.
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Differences between development studies, international health,
global health, and transnational health
global health, and transnational health
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Dev Studies:
Modernity
"Progress"
Developed nations aiding development
Int Health: Outside of US context "us and them"
Global Health:
Challenges potential "othering" of int'l health
Relies on globalization
Transnational Health: Recognition that borders and boundaries play a role and considers processes that extend beyond, Transnational feminism
Modernity
"Progress"
Developed nations aiding development
Int Health: Outside of US context "us and them"
Global Health:
Challenges potential "othering" of int'l health
Relies on globalization
Transnational Health: Recognition that borders and boundaries play a role and considers processes that extend beyond, Transnational feminism
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False dichotomies in global health language
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1st world, developed, northern, high income
vs.
3rd world, developing, southern, low income
vs.
3rd world, developing, southern, low income
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Examples of colonial legacies in global health
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LMIC as laboratories
Eugenics
Reproductive control
Hygiene management & biomedicalization
Gender binary and gender norms
Land & culture dispossession
Resources and Labor mining
Eugenics
Reproductive control
Hygiene management & biomedicalization
Gender binary and gender norms
Land & culture dispossession
Resources and Labor mining
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How are global health agendas set and by whom?
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Ppl who have contributed money, Gov't PH/GH, NGO's
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Nine approaches for a decolonized future
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Seek out (listen to, prioritize)
Focus on (community strength, multiple ways of know/think)
Train (how colonialism played a role in PH problem)
Consider (how you're framing the problem)
Focus on (community strength, multiple ways of know/think)
Train (how colonialism played a role in PH problem)
Consider (how you're framing the problem)
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What does it mean to decolonize global public health?
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A
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WHO's definition of health
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A
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Globalization and global health
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A
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World Bank income groups and regions
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A
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Priority identification, especially the PACES framework (population, action, cooperation, equity and security)
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A
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Prevention science (primary, secondary, tertiary)
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A
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MDGs and SDGs
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A
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Important health indicators and key terms related to measuring health status and the burden of disease
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A
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Morbidity, mortality, disability, prevalence, incidence, life
expectancy, birth rate, death rate, DALYs (YLLs+YLDs)
expectancy, birth rate, death rate, DALYs (YLLs+YLDs)
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A
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Pattern and trends in burden of diseases
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A
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Health transition, demographic transition and epidemiologic transition
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A
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Distinguish between demographic and epidemiological transitions
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A
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Defining environmental health
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A
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Connection between environmental determinants and
health consequences
health consequences
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A
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Types of environments that can impact human health (Social, physical and individual environments and their relationships)
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A
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Identify two of the most important environmental health issues in low- and middle-income countries
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Air pollution and WASH
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Ambient and household air pollution and related intervention to reduce their impact on human health
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A
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Strategies to reduce the burden of WASH-related diseases
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A
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Defining the social determinants of health
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A
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Defining health disparities and related terms (Inequity, inequality and their differences) (Human development index and Gini index)
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A
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Describe health disparities by location, education, occupation, income/wealth, gender, race/ethnicity
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A
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Importance of addressing the social determinants of health in reducing health inequities
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A
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Describe the relationship between environmental and social determinants of health as they relate to health outcomes (e.g., social relationships and access to WASH)
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A
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Defining culture and key terms (Silent majority, anthropological paradox)
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A
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Why culture matters as a social determinant
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A
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Disease vs. illness
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A
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Importance of culture to health (Health behavior, perception of illness, health service use, health practices, and related examples of each)
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A
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Describe how vaccine refusal is the same and different in the U.S. and Pakistan
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A
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Distinguish between sex, gender, gender norms (Sex: biological construct, Gender: social construct, Gender norms: value and attitudes about gender-based roles)
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A
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Male/female differences in health outcomes
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A
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Assess the impact of gender on education and
economic empowerment
economic empowerment
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A
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Describe the role of gender and gender norms on health behaviors and health service utilization (Hygiene, gender-based violence, the role of masculinity)
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A
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Racial disparities in maternal mortality and morbidity in the U.S. and in Iowa
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A
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Key definitions: structural competency, race, racism, reproductive rights, reproductive justice, feminism, misogyny, misogynoir, intersectionality
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A
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"Mother blame" narrative and how to address equity in the context of this narrative
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A
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Historical context of racial disparities in maternal health (Slavery, 13th Amendment, Jim Crow Laws, GI Bill, Native American Historical Context, James Marion Sims, Forced Sterilization, Tuskegee, Henrietta-Lacks, segregated hospitals)
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A
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Solutions to address maternal health disparities (5 themes from the Aspen Health Strategy Group)
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A
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Obstetric racism
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A
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Key terms: access to services, health workforce, brain drain, access to medicines, distributive justice)
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A
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Historic cases related to human subjects research (HSR) and human rights (Nazi medical experiments, Tuskegee study, AZT trial)
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A
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Conditions that must be satisfied in evaluating the ethics of HSR (Social value; Scientific validity; Fair subject selection; Acceptable risk/benefit ratio; Informed consent; Respect for enrolled subjects)
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A
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Describe ethical guidelines related to research and decision-making in low-income communities (Informed consent; Ensuring standard of care; Ethical review; Post-trial benefits)
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A
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Defining reproductive health, MCH
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A
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Demographic and fertility transitions
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A
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Key terms related to reproductive health (Fertility rate, replacement population, Measure of pregnancy (gravidity, fertility, parity)
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A
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Core components of reproductive health (Family planning (types of contraceptives, unmet need, reasons for unmet need), Unsafe abortion (global burden, causes, policy implications), Sexually transmitted infections (syphilis, HPV))
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A
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Global burden of maternal and child mortality
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A
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Measure of mortality (Maternal mortality ratio, under five mortality rate, neonatal mortality rate)
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A
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Causes of maternal and child mortality
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A
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Continuum of care (Pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, birth, post pregnancy, childhood)
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A
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Strategies to prevent maternal and child deaths (Maternal health: ANC, facility-based intrapartum care, postnatal care, Child health: Newborn care, nutrition, management of diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria)
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A
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Importance of nutrition to the SDGs
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A
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Terms related to nutrition: micronutrients, malnutrition, undernutrition, overnutrition
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A
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Measures of undernutrition (stunting, wasting, underweight) and the use of z-scores
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A
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Micronutrient deficiencies (Vit A, zinc, iodine, iron, folic acid, calcium)
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A
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Drivers of undernutrition with a focus on underlying causes (food security, care and feeding practices, healthcare access and WASH)
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A
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Global overweight and obesity trends by region; problems with measurement of obesity (e.g., body mass index)
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A
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Trade policies and impact on food availability
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A
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Difference between nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions
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A
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Importance of communicable diseases
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A
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Terms, definition and concepts (Case, case fatality, control of diseases, elimination, eradication, emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases)
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A
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Demographic trends for malaria over time
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A
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Transmission, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of malaria
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Malaria risk factors
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Malaria control strategies (Active vs passive case detection, rapid diagnostic tests, environmental control, protective clothing, DEET, spraying with pesticides, prophylaxis, intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp), vaccines)
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A
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Epidemiology of sanitation-related infectious disease (Diarrheal disease and neglected tropical diseases, Global burden of disease: causes, morbidity vs mortality, prevention, Transmission pathways (F-Diagram))
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A
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Water access (Drinking water ladder; improved vs unimproved water sources, Changes in access over time, Challenges in water access, including disparities)
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A
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Sanitation Access (Sanitation ladder; improved vs unimproved sanitation, Changes in access over time, Challenges in sanitation access and safe sanitation)
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Hygiene (Handwashing Ladder)
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A
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Global burden of LRIs (Populations at greatest risk for LRI morbidity and mortality, Trends by age group and over time)
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A
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Etiology of infectious viral and bacterial pathogens that cause LRIs (Viral: Influenza, Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Bacterial: Haemophilus influenza type B, Streptococcus pneumonia)
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A
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Key terms (Antigenic drift and shift; epidemic, endemic, pandemic)
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A
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Treatment or prevention options targeting the pathogens that cause LRI disease
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A
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Comparing the public health prevention measures during the 1918 influenza pandemic to SARS-Cov2
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