global health

Question 1

list 5 barriers for global health

Answer 1

poverty
disease outbreak
famine
drought
availability of clean drinking water

Question 2

describe poverty

Answer 2

condition of having little or no money goods or means of support

Question 3

example of poverty

Answer 3

malnutrition bc people can’t afford basic foods or grow their own
limited food in times of crisis

Question 4

describe disease outbreak

Answer 4

occurrence in disease that is greater than what would be expected . harder to control and reduce

Question 5

example of disease outbreak

Answer 5

disadvantaged countries = high burden of disease
disease can spread quickly through vulnerable populations

Question 6

describe famine

Answer 6

extreme scarcity of food

Question 7

examples of famine

Answer 7

long term undernourishment can have a range of health effects

Question 8

describe drought

Answer 8

a period of abnormally low precipitation. shortage of water resulting from blocked dams or rivers, overuse of groundwater or dried up lakes

Question 9

describe availability of clean water

Answer 9

water that is off sufficiently high quality that can be consumed or used without risk of immediate or long term harm

Question 10

examples of availability of clean drinking water

Answer 10

poor quality increases disease
god quality equals good health
same water is uses for bathing drinking cooking

Question 11

effects on social determinants of heath

Answer 11

stress - level increase people suffer mental health bc they can’t cope w situation
irk - unbox to work (farmers due to drought) push poverty