Global health final

Healthy years of life lost due to premature death and the years lived with disability due to prevalent cases of the disease or health condition.

the importance of risks to health and their outcomes in different demographic populations and social settings
provides a tool to to quantify the health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors.

greenhouse gases, deforestation which results in more CO2 in the air, burning fossil fuels (industrial , processes), farming, transportation, etc. soltu

- Walk, bike, or take public transport
- Protect forests like the Amazon
- Restore nature to absorb more carbon.
- Invest in renewable energy

any disease that is indigenous to tropical or subtropical areas of the world or that occurs principally in those areas
- ex. malaria, cholera, yellow fever, chagas disease

A zoonosis (zoonotic disease or zoonoses -plural) is an infectious disease that is transmitted between species from animals to humans (or from humans to animals)
- ex. rabies, west nile virus

relating to or denoting the current geological age, viewed as the period during which human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.

- how social inequalities drive disease interaction
- focuses on the adverse interactions between diseases and social conditions, specifically drawing attention to the mechanisms of these interactions.
- a systems thinking approach that focuses attention on how health problems interact as part of larger systems

Great increase in production of food grains (especially wheat and rice) that resulted in large part from the introduction into developing countries of new, high-yielding varieties, beginning in the mid-20th century
- emergence of new variety of crops (wheat and rice) that were able to double/ triple production of crops in countries. (mexico, creator norman boulang.)

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Traditional medicine has a long history. It is the sum total of the knowledge, skill, and practices based on the theories, beliefs, and experiences indigenous to different cultures, whether explicable or not, used in the maintenance of health as well as in the prevention, diagnosis, improvement or treatment of physical and mental illness.
- Most traditional African Cultures believe that, to maintain the health and vitality of human beings, they have to address forces in both the natural and the spiritual world.
- They can be found in nature, so cost very little to harvest and produce
- They strengthen the overall immune system.

- started in the 17th, 18th century. the medical profession developed in tandem with the founding of the American republic
- A colonial doctor's principal role was to provide comfort and support, set broken bones, and prescribe occasional herbal remedies. Opiates were used to alleviate pain, and quinine was known to be an effective treatment for malaria. But each group of drugs tended to be overused.

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Electronic Medical Records - Computerized records of a health encounter. The modern equivalent of a paper chart and specific to a facility and its computer system. Doctor's Office, treatment facility, etc. Includes info about a px diagnosis, medicines, tests, allergies and treatment plans.

around 40- 60% of all US bankruptcies are caused by medical issues.
- 7-9% of adults owe some kind of medical debt.

health of the populations in the worldwide context; it has been defined as "the area of study, research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide"

social forces that harm certain groups of people, producing and perpetuating inequality in health and well-being.
- is much more widespread and kills far more people by depriving them of satisfaction of their basic needs.

The social determinants of health are the economic and social conditions that influence individual and group differences in health status
- Economic Stability.
- Education Access and Quality.
- Health Care Access and Quality.
- Neighborhood and Built Environment.
- Social and Community Context.

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- HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria

- a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community, population, or region at a particular time.

- areas where people are unable to gain access to healthful foods.
- Experts suggest that living in a food desert may put people at increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and other weight-related conditions.

- SNAP, WIC, National School Lunch Program, Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), and many more. These programs reduce hunger by lifting families out of poverty by supplementing the income of the family to push their income over the poverty line.

united states

- a composite measure of area level deprivation based on seven demographic characteristics collected in the American Community Survey and used to quantify the socio-economic variation in health outcomes.
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7.4 % of global burden of disease

- a major humanitarian crisis that is often the result of a combination of political instability, conflict and violence, social inequities and underlying poverty. Complex emergencies are essentially political in nature and can erode the cultural, civil, political and economic stability of societies, particularly when exacerbated by natural hazards and diseases such as HIV and AIDS
- limited access to food, clean water, and housing; violence; and failing health infrastructure, and cultures, ethnic groups, religious groups at risk of extinction.

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- tobacco. smoking
- obesity

- no universal healthcare coverage
- not preventative based.
- medicaid and medicare
- expensive

- technological advances (digital revolution)
- increased business/ trade
- political and competition drivers