SDOH and Globalization

Question 1

UN Charter?

Answer 1

Made in 1945 to have peace, dignity, and equality

Question 2

Charter purposes? 4 of them

Answer 2

1. Maintain international peace and security
2. Develop friendly relations among nations, strengthen universal peace
3. achieve international co-operation in solving international problems of economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character
4. be centre for harmonizing the actions of nations

Question 3

2030 agenda for sustainable development?

Answer 3

Peace and prosperity for people and the planet. They are 17 goals regarding poverty, sustainability, hunger, accessibility, equality, and protection of environment etc

Question 4

What is global health?

Answer 4

Study of health of populations in a global context. Broad and contains disciplines like medicine, PHC, epidemiology, and economics. Goal to improve health for all people by promote wellness/eliminate disease or death.

Question 5

What is globalization of disease?

Answer 5

Rapid movement of people and food

Question 6

What is globalization affected by?

Answer 6

Travel, planes, exploring, migration, trade. Began with explorers who brought smallpox or measles

Question 7

What is globalization?

Answer 7

Transnationalization of production and capital. Free market capitalism is the main idea that the more countries integrate with the world economy, the more they will prosper. Increases inter connectedness and interdependence of world culture/economies

Question 8

What is glocalization?

Answer 8

Think globally but act locally because global issues are local issues as well. Increasing healthcare costs long with increasing life expectancy

Question 9

What are the 4 main issues to global healthcare?

Answer 9

1. Aging population/chronic diseases- aging places burden on healthcare system, chronic disease like heart disease or cancer are leadeing cause of mortality
2. Costs of care- increasing d/t prolonged hospital stays, overuse of medical services
3. Access to care- medical insurance available to some not others
4. Technology- innovation needs and treatment option (not always affordable)

Question 10

What is a global citizen?

Answer 10

Aware of wider world, respect/value diversity, outraged by social injustice, partipcates in community, take responsibility

Question 11

SDOH?

Answer 11

Income, education, unemployment, food insecurity, housing, early childhood development, structural conflict, access, race, INDG ancestry, gender

Question 12

Strategies to combat SDOH?

Answer 12

Promote health/reduce disease by focusing on source of problems. Elected representatives must be committed to implementing policies that ensure high quality for all

Question 13

Strategies to target income disparities?

Answer 13

Increase minimum wage to a living wage, boost social assistance levels, reduce inequalities through progressive taxation, and unionization to set limits of profit making that comes at expense of employees health

Question 14

Strategies for education?

Answer 14

Reps must adequately fund Canadian education system so that schools are able to provide well developed curriculum, tuition fees in uni must be better managed

Question 15

Strategies for unemployment?

Answer 15

National institutions need to be mandated to make basic standards of employment, power inequalities between employers/employees need to be reduced through legislation/equal pay, and unemployed Canadians must be provided access to income/training

Question 16

Strategies for employment and working conditions?

Answer 16

Policies must support working life, improve conditions of employees in high strain jobs by moderate work demands and provide rewards, and action through unionization of workplaces to balance power

Question 17

Strategies for early childhood development?

Answer 17

Make sure affordable/quality childcare is available, provide support to families through policies (higher wages, social assistance), and reduce social problems/improve Canadian economic performance

Question 18

Strategies to target food insecurity?

Answer 18

Increase minimum wage/social assistance rates to where adequate diet is affordable, make sure health foods are affordable, provide affordable housing/childcare to reduce other expenses and leave money for food

Question 19

Strategies to target housing?

Answer 19

Housing policy needs to be linked to income programs/public health. Boost access to social/affordable housing for low income canadians. Increase funding for social housing programs

Question 20

Strategies to target social exclusion?

Answer 20

Revise laws that will address low wage employment, enforce laws that protect rights of minority groups, and revise tax structure to increase progressivity to allow governments to provide benefits/supports (affordable housing, childcare, pharmacare, employment training)

Question 21

Strategies for social safety net?

Answer 21

Political/social movements needed to pressure governments into creating public policy that strengthens safety set, re-evaluate if minimizing government intervention is ethical/sustainable approach to maintaing health,

Question 22

Strategies for health services?

Answer 22

Direct attention to inequities in access to healthcare, remove barriers, implement pharmacare program/increase coverage of home care, medicare system needs to be strengthened, health authorities must finds means to control use of costly/innfective new treatments, and considerations should be given to provide dental care to families with low income

Question 23

Geography strategies?

Answer 23

Take note of health inequalities r/t various geographies existing in canada, targeted research is needed on impact of industrial pollution for health, and make laws that regulate environmental impact of industries

Question 24

Strategies for disabilities?

Answer 24

Discuss right of people with disabilities, policies should provide inclusive education systems, ensure rights based responses, and implement policies that guarantee access of person with disabilities to the support they need to live

Question 25

Strategies for INDG ancestry?

Answer 25

Recognize authority of INDG government, create aboriginal parliament, address social/education/health/housing needs

Question 26

Strategies for gender?

Answer 26

Improve/enforce pay equity, reduce poverty/social exclusion, provide national affordable high quality childcare program that allows women to engage in workplace, improve access to employment insurance, and create the policies that make it easier for workplaces to achieve collective agreements

Question 27

Strategies for immigration?

Answer 27

Access to employment through jobs that provide adequate wages/benefits, strengthen social safety net/enhance benefits and supports to immigrants, and combat racism/public discourse/discrimination

Question 28

Race strategies?

Answer 28

Canadian institutions must recognize racism in Canada and develop programs to outline adverse effects of racism, governments must commit funding to enact/enforce anti-discrimination laws, and improve their living/working conditions