Intro to Global Health - Exam 1
define health, public health, global health - ANSWER --Health - health is a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
-Public health - the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health
and mental health and efficiency through organized community efforts towards a sanitary environment.
(community focused)
-Global health - an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and
achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. (global community focused)
examples of public health efforts - ANSWER --promotion of hand washing
-promotion of bicycle and motorcycle helmets
-promotion of knowledge about HIV/AIDS
-large-scale screening for diabetes/hypertension
-large scale screening for eyesight of schoolchildren
-mass dosing of children against worms
-operation of supplementary feeding program for poorly nourished children
name global health issues - ANSWER --Emerging/reemerging infectious diseases
-antimicrobial resistance
-eradication of polio, TB, malaria, HIV
-increasing cases of diabetes and heart disease.
millennium development goals - relation to global health - ANSWER --8 MDGs with 15 targets
1) Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
2) Achieve universal primary education
3) Promote gender equality an empower women
4) Reduce child mortality
5) Improve maternal health
, 6) Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7) Ensure environmental sustainability
8) Develop a global partnership for development
-important to understanding global health issues because they're explicit goals set by countries as
developmental efforts.
-4, 5, 6 directly related to health
-others indirectly impact health
describe sustainable development goals (SDGs) - ANSWER --In 2015, they replaced MDGs and were
more wide-range and ambitious including gender equity, climate change, and environmental/social
justice.
-193 nations have signed on to the SDGs.
-Set 17 goals and 169 targets to be completed by 2030
-Negotiated over a 2-year period at UN
-Differences between MDGs and SDGs - universality, integration, and transformation.
determinants of health - ANSWER --The interconnected factors that determine an individual's health
status is...
-Socioeconomic status, culture, childhood development, access to care, health behaviors, personal and
inborn features, environment, and educational attainment.
1) Individual characteristics - genetic makeup, sex, age
2) Immediate environment of an individual - social environment, culture, social support (friends, family,
community), environment (indoor, outdoor), education, health practices/behaviors, access to health
care, nutritional status.
3) Governance, policies, interventions (positive of negative)
-increasing attention on social determinants of health.
define health, public health, global health - ANSWER --Health - health is a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
-Public health - the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting physical health
and mental health and efficiency through organized community efforts towards a sanitary environment.
(community focused)
-Global health - an area for study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and
achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. (global community focused)
examples of public health efforts - ANSWER --promotion of hand washing
-promotion of bicycle and motorcycle helmets
-promotion of knowledge about HIV/AIDS
-large-scale screening for diabetes/hypertension
-large scale screening for eyesight of schoolchildren
-mass dosing of children against worms
-operation of supplementary feeding program for poorly nourished children
name global health issues - ANSWER --Emerging/reemerging infectious diseases
-antimicrobial resistance
-eradication of polio, TB, malaria, HIV
-increasing cases of diabetes and heart disease.
millennium development goals - relation to global health - ANSWER --8 MDGs with 15 targets
1) Eradicate extreme hunger and poverty
2) Achieve universal primary education
3) Promote gender equality an empower women
4) Reduce child mortality
5) Improve maternal health
, 6) Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7) Ensure environmental sustainability
8) Develop a global partnership for development
-important to understanding global health issues because they're explicit goals set by countries as
developmental efforts.
-4, 5, 6 directly related to health
-others indirectly impact health
describe sustainable development goals (SDGs) - ANSWER --In 2015, they replaced MDGs and were
more wide-range and ambitious including gender equity, climate change, and environmental/social
justice.
-193 nations have signed on to the SDGs.
-Set 17 goals and 169 targets to be completed by 2030
-Negotiated over a 2-year period at UN
-Differences between MDGs and SDGs - universality, integration, and transformation.
determinants of health - ANSWER --The interconnected factors that determine an individual's health
status is...
-Socioeconomic status, culture, childhood development, access to care, health behaviors, personal and
inborn features, environment, and educational attainment.
1) Individual characteristics - genetic makeup, sex, age
2) Immediate environment of an individual - social environment, culture, social support (friends, family,
community), environment (indoor, outdoor), education, health practices/behaviors, access to health
care, nutritional status.
3) Governance, policies, interventions (positive of negative)
-increasing attention on social determinants of health.
