Week 1 Flashcards
(44 cards)
Global Health
optimal well-being of all humans from the individual and collective perspective. It is a fundamental human right
behavioral risk factor and examples
behaviour that can be adopted, stopped or changed in order to reduce the risk of disease
examples: stopping smoking, eating healthy diet, reducing stress, meditation
burden of disease
adverse impact of a particular health condition or group of conditions on a population
community development
process through which community members identify their own development priorities and take action to achieve them
eg. out of town needs may be different from city area needs
distributive justice
ethical principle that needed resources in population should be fairly allocated. Fair is not equal (everybody gets what they need, not what everybody gets equally)
Endemic and examples
adverse health condition that is always present in a particular population
eg. intestinal worms, Tb epidemic
Epidemic
epidemiological event characterized by disease occurring more often than usual and causing more than a few sporadic occurrences of disease
food security
security that exists when people have reliable access to enough food to be healthy, active and productive
One Health and an example
emphasizes the interconnectedness of human health, animal health and ecological health.
eg. diseased cows will have impacts on human health such as food insecurity, disease if eaten
Primary healthcare
a system of community-based health employees, community health workers and focuses on prevention of cure
Public health
promotion of health and prevention of illnesses, injuries and premature death at the population level
pandemic
worldwide epidemic
Mortality
death
Morbidity
presence of illness or disease
NGO
non-governmental organization. A non-profit organization that is private, they manage and receive at least some of their funding from private resources.
Donations to/from UNICEF, Samaritan’s Purse, Shoeboxes at Christmas, World Vision
SDOH
personal factors in community conditions that enable or hinder access to health
social justice
principle that moving toward greater equality is valuable for human flourishing
Global health
Collaborative action taken to identify and address transnational concerns about the exposures and diseases that adversely affect human populations, promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, population-based prevention with individual level of clinical care
Globalization and examples
Process of countries around the world becoming more integrated and interdependent across economic, political, cultural and other domains
eg. Policies in the US impact immigration into Canada impact migration to China or some shit, point is countries are getting interdependent with each other, unconsciously or consciously.
5 Qualities of Global Health
- Focuses on issues that directly or indirectly impact home but can transcend national boundaries
- Development and implementation of solutions often require global cooperation
- Embraces both prevention in populations and clinical care
- Health equity among nations and for all people is a major objective
- Highly interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary within and beyond health sciences
History of Global Health
History of Global Health
400 BC - Hippocrates
Provided theoretical basis for understanding endemic and epidemic diseases
First Century AD - Romans
first people to introduce public sanitation and public water supply
14th Century - black death (bubonic plague)
Started in Asia, spread to ports, spread in-land, killing about 25 million people in Europe
City now known as Croatia: First people to introduce the aspect of quarantine, first people to recognize and stop transmission of disease
