Summary WGU D619 Global Health Task 1|
Advocacy Statement from the World Health
Organization: Special Initiative for Mental
Health | Latest Update with complete
solutions.
Health - a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Global Health - the collaborative actions taken to identify and address transnational concerns about the
exposures and diseases that adversely affect human populations
PACES - populations; action; cooperation; equity; security
PACES- population - a focus on the exposures and diseases that cause the greatest public health burden
and affect large numbers of people in diverse geographic regions
PACES- action - a focus on effective, low-cost interventions that prevent illness and injury, diagnose and
treat diseases, and alleviate suffering
PACES- Cooperation - a focus on the health concerns that must be addressed through worldwide efforts
to share knowledge, tools, and resources
PACES- equity - a focus on helping the global poor and addressing social, environmental, and health
inequalities
PACES- security - a focus on addressing the health issues most likely to contribute to political and
economic instability and conflict
,etiology - the study of social and behavioral, environmental, biological, and other causes of disease
medicine - focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and treating health problems in individuals and families
public health - focuses on promoting health and preventing illnesses, injuries, and early deaths at the
population level by identifying and mitigating environmental hazards, promoting healthy behaviors,
ensuring access to essential health services and taking other actions to protect the health, safety, and
wellbeing of groups of people
Essential Public Health Services - -monitor health status to identify community health problems
-diagnose and investigate health problems and hazards in the community
-inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
-mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
-develop policies and plans that support health efforts; enforce laws and regulations that protect health
and ensure safety
-link people to needed personal health services & ensure provision of health care
-ensure competent workforce
-evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
-research new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
, environmental health - the study of the connections between human health and the environmental
exposures
biostatistics - Application of statistics to the analysis of biological and medical data
health promotion - an applied social science that encourages individuals and communities to take steps
to improve their own health
Ottawa Charter - an international agreement sponsored by WHO that identified the core health
promotions actions
intervention - a strategic action intended to improve individual and population health status
prevention science - the study of which preventive health interventions are effective in various
populations, how successful the interventions are, and how well they can be scaled up for widespread
implementation
Three levels of prevention - primary, secondary, tertiary
health transition - a shift in the health status of a population that usually occurs in conjunction with
socioeconomic development
examples of health transition - fertility transition; nutrition transition
low and middle income countries - includes all low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-
income countries, to the health status in high-income countries
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - an intergovernmental organization
that represents about three dozen of the world's richest countries
global health security - seeks to protect populations from threats to health and safety by engaging a
diversity of stakeholders, including governmental and military personnel, in public health interventions
Advocacy Statement from the World Health
Organization: Special Initiative for Mental
Health | Latest Update with complete
solutions.
Health - a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Global Health - the collaborative actions taken to identify and address transnational concerns about the
exposures and diseases that adversely affect human populations
PACES - populations; action; cooperation; equity; security
PACES- population - a focus on the exposures and diseases that cause the greatest public health burden
and affect large numbers of people in diverse geographic regions
PACES- action - a focus on effective, low-cost interventions that prevent illness and injury, diagnose and
treat diseases, and alleviate suffering
PACES- Cooperation - a focus on the health concerns that must be addressed through worldwide efforts
to share knowledge, tools, and resources
PACES- equity - a focus on helping the global poor and addressing social, environmental, and health
inequalities
PACES- security - a focus on addressing the health issues most likely to contribute to political and
economic instability and conflict
,etiology - the study of social and behavioral, environmental, biological, and other causes of disease
medicine - focuses on preventing, diagnosing, and treating health problems in individuals and families
public health - focuses on promoting health and preventing illnesses, injuries, and early deaths at the
population level by identifying and mitigating environmental hazards, promoting healthy behaviors,
ensuring access to essential health services and taking other actions to protect the health, safety, and
wellbeing of groups of people
Essential Public Health Services - -monitor health status to identify community health problems
-diagnose and investigate health problems and hazards in the community
-inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
-mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
-develop policies and plans that support health efforts; enforce laws and regulations that protect health
and ensure safety
-link people to needed personal health services & ensure provision of health care
-ensure competent workforce
-evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services
-research new insights and innovative solutions to health problems
, environmental health - the study of the connections between human health and the environmental
exposures
biostatistics - Application of statistics to the analysis of biological and medical data
health promotion - an applied social science that encourages individuals and communities to take steps
to improve their own health
Ottawa Charter - an international agreement sponsored by WHO that identified the core health
promotions actions
intervention - a strategic action intended to improve individual and population health status
prevention science - the study of which preventive health interventions are effective in various
populations, how successful the interventions are, and how well they can be scaled up for widespread
implementation
Three levels of prevention - primary, secondary, tertiary
health transition - a shift in the health status of a population that usually occurs in conjunction with
socioeconomic development
examples of health transition - fertility transition; nutrition transition
low and middle income countries - includes all low-income, lower-middle-income, and upper-middle-
income countries, to the health status in high-income countries
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - an intergovernmental organization
that represents about three dozen of the world's richest countries
global health security - seeks to protect populations from threats to health and safety by engaging a
diversity of stakeholders, including governmental and military personnel, in public health interventions
