Global Health Exam 1
Health - complete physical, mental, and social well being
Public Health - science of preventing disease and prolonging life through promoting health
Global Health - priority on improving health and equity for people worldwide
Modernization theory - All countries go thru the same stage of capitalist growth, which brings more
technology, goods, and "sophisticated societies"
Dependency Theory - Historically unequal power and trade relationships that caused some countries to
become underdeveloped, forcing raw material and cheap labor to benefit higher countries
3rd world - countries that lagged behind 1st and 2nd world. Ex: africa, south america, asia. Now:
developing nations
2nd world - soviet, eastern europe, also used for communist countries like China
1st world - USA, Canada, Japan
4th world - Populations excluded from global society / people living in 3rd world conditions in 1st world
countries
World Bank - organization committed to reducing poverty and promoting economic growth in all
countries. Largest provider in international assistance. 4 income groups
OCED - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, wanted to rebuild western europe
, WHO - world health organization, divides the world into 6 regions
Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) - UN's 8 goals that relate to health
Sustainable Development Goals - replaced and broader than MDG. Set of 17 goals for the world future.
193 nations have signed onto these goals.
Universality, Integration, and Transformation
Key determinants of health - Immediate: genetic makeup, sex, age
Middle: employment, child development, access of health services, etc
Outer: governance, policies and interventions
Morbidity - incidence of a specific notifiable disease not within normal psychological well being
Mortality - death
Disability - temporary or long-term reduction in a person's capacity to function
Prevalence - number of people suffering from a certain health condition
Incidence - rate at which new cases occur in a population
Communicable diseases / infectious diseases - illness caused by an infections agent that spreads from
people to animals, animals, to people, people to people
Non - communicable diseases - illnesses not spread by an infectious agent
Ex: heart disease, diabetes, cancer
Injuries - road traffic injuries, falls, violence, etc
Health - complete physical, mental, and social well being
Public Health - science of preventing disease and prolonging life through promoting health
Global Health - priority on improving health and equity for people worldwide
Modernization theory - All countries go thru the same stage of capitalist growth, which brings more
technology, goods, and "sophisticated societies"
Dependency Theory - Historically unequal power and trade relationships that caused some countries to
become underdeveloped, forcing raw material and cheap labor to benefit higher countries
3rd world - countries that lagged behind 1st and 2nd world. Ex: africa, south america, asia. Now:
developing nations
2nd world - soviet, eastern europe, also used for communist countries like China
1st world - USA, Canada, Japan
4th world - Populations excluded from global society / people living in 3rd world conditions in 1st world
countries
World Bank - organization committed to reducing poverty and promoting economic growth in all
countries. Largest provider in international assistance. 4 income groups
OCED - Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, wanted to rebuild western europe
, WHO - world health organization, divides the world into 6 regions
Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) - UN's 8 goals that relate to health
Sustainable Development Goals - replaced and broader than MDG. Set of 17 goals for the world future.
193 nations have signed onto these goals.
Universality, Integration, and Transformation
Key determinants of health - Immediate: genetic makeup, sex, age
Middle: employment, child development, access of health services, etc
Outer: governance, policies and interventions
Morbidity - incidence of a specific notifiable disease not within normal psychological well being
Mortality - death
Disability - temporary or long-term reduction in a person's capacity to function
Prevalence - number of people suffering from a certain health condition
Incidence - rate at which new cases occur in a population
Communicable diseases / infectious diseases - illness caused by an infections agent that spreads from
people to animals, animals, to people, people to people
Non - communicable diseases - illnesses not spread by an infectious agent
Ex: heart disease, diabetes, cancer
Injuries - road traffic injuries, falls, violence, etc
