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GLOBAL HEALTH acronym
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G: gross malnutrition
L: lack of clean drinking water
O: oversight of treatable infections
B: basic medical care
A: access to immunizations
L: little use of epidemiology and disease monitoring methods
H: hygiene and sanitation outcomes
E: extreme poverty and lack of population control
A: antibiotic resistance
L: lack of emergency & intensive medical and nursing services
T: traditions that impede health care delivery
H: health education delivery
L: lack of clean drinking water
O: oversight of treatable infections
B: basic medical care
A: access to immunizations
L: little use of epidemiology and disease monitoring methods
H: hygiene and sanitation outcomes
E: extreme poverty and lack of population control
A: antibiotic resistance
L: lack of emergency & intensive medical and nursing services
T: traditions that impede health care delivery
H: health education delivery
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Morbidity
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sickness or any departure , subjective or objective, from psychological or physical well being.
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Number of deaths per 1000 populations in a given year
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Mortality rate/death rate
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Condition that causes people to get sick or die and may also cause suffering. * temporary or long term reduction in a person's capacity to function.
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Disability
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Number of people suffering from a certain condition over a specific time period. Measures the chance of having a disease.
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Prevalence
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Point Prevalence
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proportion of the population that has a specific disease at a single point in time.
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Incident rate
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refers to the rate at which new cases of disease occur in the population. Measures the chance of getting a disease.
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Global Burden of Disease
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leading cause of illness , disability and death in the world
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Urbanization
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means the majority of the worlds population is living in the urban area.
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Demographic Divide
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difference in demographics and indicators or measurements and future demographics between the rich and poor countries.
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Demographic Transition
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shift from a pattern or high mortality and fertility to low. (people are living longer in poorer countries then they used to 20 years ago in poor countries, they are also having less children)
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List the WHO 8 Millennium Development Goals
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1. eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
2.achieve universal primary education
3. promote gender equality and empower woman
4. reduce child mortality
5. improve maternal health
6.combat HIV, AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
7. ensure environmental sustainability
8. develop a global partnership for development
2.achieve universal primary education
3. promote gender equality and empower woman
4. reduce child mortality
5. improve maternal health
6.combat HIV, AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
7. ensure environmental sustainability
8. develop a global partnership for development
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What are the 4 multidimensional views of access?
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What must we understand in order to address global health issues?
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1.the factors that influence health status most
2.the indicators used to measure health status
3.the key trends that have occurred historically
2.the indicators used to measure health status
3.the key trends that have occurred historically
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Where is increasing attention being paid to related to the determinants of health?
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social determinants of health
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What are health status indicators useful for?
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-finding which diseases people suffer from
-determining the extent to which the disease causes death or disability
-practicing disease surveillance
-determining the extent to which the disease causes death or disability
-practicing disease surveillance
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What are the 5 key health status indicators?
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-Life expectancy at birth
-Maternal mortality rate
-infant mortality rate
-neonatal mortality rate
-under 5 mortality rate (child mortality rate)
-Maternal mortality rate
-infant mortality rate
-neonatal mortality rate
-under 5 mortality rate (child mortality rate)
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Define Global Health
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area of study , research and practice that places a priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people world wide.
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What are the critical global health concepts?
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-determinants of health
-measurement of health status
-importance of culture to health
-global burden of disease
-key risk factors
-demographic and epidemiological transitions
-organization and function of health systems
-link among health , education, poverty and equity
-measurement of health status
-importance of culture to health
-global burden of disease
-key risk factors
-demographic and epidemiological transitions
-organization and function of health systems
-link among health , education, poverty and equity
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What are the critical global health concerns?
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-environmental health
-nutrition
-reproductive health
-child health
-infectious disease
-noncommunicable disease
-injuries
-disasters/pandemics
-nutrition
-reproductive health
-child health
-infectious disease
-noncommunicable disease
-injuries
-disasters/pandemics
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Define low income
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995 or less
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Define lower-middle income
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996-3,945
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Define Upper-middle income
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3, 946-12,195
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Define high income
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>12,195
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How did the Millennium development goals begin ?
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world leaders came together in the UN headquarter in NY to adopt the United Nations Millennium Declaration, committing their nations to a new Global partnership to reduce extreme poverty and setting out a series of time-bound targets with a deadline of 2015- that became known as MDG's
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When did the countries to have the MDG's acheived?
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2015
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