Public Health – Health and Global Environment

encompasses the behavioral and environmental risk factors of a community, which are influenced by politics, economics, and culture

state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

GBD looks at risks to health and health outcomes in different demographic populations and social settings

GBD provides a tool to quantify health loss from hundreds of diseases, injuries, and risk factors, so that health systems can be improved and disparities can be eliminated

Incorporates both the prevalence of a given disease or risk factor and the relative harm it causes

adding the estimate of YLL (amt of years a person has loss due to dying early from a dying disease) + DALY (amt of years a person lives with having the disease)

- Childhood and maternal malnutrition
- Physical inactivity
- Addictive substances
- Sexual and reproductive health
- Environmental risks
- Other factors include political, economic, and sociodemographic

- Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
- Achieve universal primary education
- Promote gender equality and empower women
- Reduce child mortality
- Reduce maternal mortality by improving delays in seeking care
- Access to water sources, sanitation facilities, durable housing, and adequate living space

seventeen goals adobpted by the UN in 2015 to reduce disparities between developed and developing countries by 2030

- Advocate with policy makers for more research funding to help specifically with the prevention, treatment, and control of communicable and chronic diseases worldwide
- Build cultural competency for individuals that have come to live in the US from other countries
- Volunteer or work globally