Summary WGU D619 Global Health Task 1|
Advocacy Statement from the World Health
Organization: Special Initiative for Mental
Health | Latest Update with complete
solutions.
What is health according to WHO? - ANSWER -a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What is an ideal health trajectory? - ANSWER -it begins with a consenting adult becoming pregnant and
having a healthy baby with no pregnancy complications. Continues with a healthy infant growing into
adulthood without getting serious illnesses or infections. Gentle death at a very old age.
Influencing Healthy Life Trajectories - ANSWER -a diversity of medical, behavioral, social, economic,
environmental, and other interventions can help people make progress toward long, healthy life
trajectories.
Global Health - ANSWER -refers to the collaborative actions taken to identify and address transnational
concerns about the exposures and diseases that adversely affect human populations
Medicine - ANSWER -focus on individuals on preventing, diagnosing, and treating health problems
Public Health - ANSWER -focus on populations, on promoting health and preventing illness, injuries and
early deaths at the population level
Reasons to study Global Health - ANSWER --increase awareness of health disparities
-understand link between health and development
-to learn about low cost but highly effective interventions
,What is an intervention? - ANSWER -a strategic action intended to improve individual and population
health status. Interventions targeted at any level from the individual, to community, the nation, and the
world, can be effective at improving personal and public health
Examples of interventions that improve health trajectories across life span - ANSWER -nutritional
support, antibiotics, skilled birth attendants, medical therapies
Primary Prevention
aka:
Target:
Goal:
Examples: - ANSWER --prevention
-people without disease
-prevent disease from ever occurring
-vaccinating kids to protect from paralytic polio, passing out condoms
Secondary Prevention
aka:
Target:
Goal:
Examples: - ANSWER --early diagnosis
-people with early, non-symptomatic disease
-reduce severity of disease and prevent disability and death
-checking blood pressure to detect onset of hypertension, screening with mammography to detect early
stage breast cancer
Tertiary Prevention
aka:
Target:
Goal:
, Examples: - ANSWER --treatment and rehabilitation
-people with symptomatic disease
-reduce impairment and minimizes suffering
-extracting teeth with severe decay to alleviate pain, physical therapy to people who have been injured
in car crash to prevent long term disability
What is a health transition? - ANSWER -a shift in the health status of a population that usually occurs in
conjunction with socioeconomic development
Global health situation 100 years ago in the high income countries - ANSWER -high birth rates, high
death rates/short life expectancy, high burden from infections and under nutrition
Global health situation today in high income countries - ANSWER -low birth rate, low death rates/long
life expectancy, high burden from chronic diseases and over nutrition
Major causes of death in 1900 in US vs after 1950 - ANSWER --Pneumonia/influenza, TB, diarrhea
-Heart disease, cancer, stroke
Demographic transition - ANSWER -a shift towards lower birth and death rates that occur as populations
become higher-income economies
Pre-transition - ANSWER -high fertility rate and high death rate; stable population size
Early Transition - ANSWER -death rates begin to decrease; the population size increases
Late Transition - ANSWER -birth rates decrease; the population size increases
Post-Transition - ANSWER -low fertility rate and low death rate; population size stabilizes
Advocacy Statement from the World Health
Organization: Special Initiative for Mental
Health | Latest Update with complete
solutions.
What is health according to WHO? - ANSWER -a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What is an ideal health trajectory? - ANSWER -it begins with a consenting adult becoming pregnant and
having a healthy baby with no pregnancy complications. Continues with a healthy infant growing into
adulthood without getting serious illnesses or infections. Gentle death at a very old age.
Influencing Healthy Life Trajectories - ANSWER -a diversity of medical, behavioral, social, economic,
environmental, and other interventions can help people make progress toward long, healthy life
trajectories.
Global Health - ANSWER -refers to the collaborative actions taken to identify and address transnational
concerns about the exposures and diseases that adversely affect human populations
Medicine - ANSWER -focus on individuals on preventing, diagnosing, and treating health problems
Public Health - ANSWER -focus on populations, on promoting health and preventing illness, injuries and
early deaths at the population level
Reasons to study Global Health - ANSWER --increase awareness of health disparities
-understand link between health and development
-to learn about low cost but highly effective interventions
,What is an intervention? - ANSWER -a strategic action intended to improve individual and population
health status. Interventions targeted at any level from the individual, to community, the nation, and the
world, can be effective at improving personal and public health
Examples of interventions that improve health trajectories across life span - ANSWER -nutritional
support, antibiotics, skilled birth attendants, medical therapies
Primary Prevention
aka:
Target:
Goal:
Examples: - ANSWER --prevention
-people without disease
-prevent disease from ever occurring
-vaccinating kids to protect from paralytic polio, passing out condoms
Secondary Prevention
aka:
Target:
Goal:
Examples: - ANSWER --early diagnosis
-people with early, non-symptomatic disease
-reduce severity of disease and prevent disability and death
-checking blood pressure to detect onset of hypertension, screening with mammography to detect early
stage breast cancer
Tertiary Prevention
aka:
Target:
Goal:
, Examples: - ANSWER --treatment and rehabilitation
-people with symptomatic disease
-reduce impairment and minimizes suffering
-extracting teeth with severe decay to alleviate pain, physical therapy to people who have been injured
in car crash to prevent long term disability
What is a health transition? - ANSWER -a shift in the health status of a population that usually occurs in
conjunction with socioeconomic development
Global health situation 100 years ago in the high income countries - ANSWER -high birth rates, high
death rates/short life expectancy, high burden from infections and under nutrition
Global health situation today in high income countries - ANSWER -low birth rate, low death rates/long
life expectancy, high burden from chronic diseases and over nutrition
Major causes of death in 1900 in US vs after 1950 - ANSWER --Pneumonia/influenza, TB, diarrhea
-Heart disease, cancer, stroke
Demographic transition - ANSWER -a shift towards lower birth and death rates that occur as populations
become higher-income economies
Pre-transition - ANSWER -high fertility rate and high death rate; stable population size
Early Transition - ANSWER -death rates begin to decrease; the population size increases
Late Transition - ANSWER -birth rates decrease; the population size increases
Post-Transition - ANSWER -low fertility rate and low death rate; population size stabilizes
