HLTH 350 Midterm Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
Definition of global health - Answers an area for study, research, and practice that places a
priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide.
a collection of problems and solutions that all turn on the quest for equity.
Three eras/stages in evolution of global health - Answers tropical medicine, international health,
global health
Three perspectives of global health - Answers Practice - competencies and careers
Notion - current state of health
Scholarship - research and discovery
Notion perspective - Answers Current state of health. Goals and hoping the world will achieve
them (global goals). Ideal world in the future.
Scholarship perspective - Answers Tackling health challenges around the world, cultural
understanding or finding "cures." Written knowledge, ideas, technology.
Global health 1.0 - Answers Protection of colonial representatives from tropical diseases.
Global health 2.0 - Answers High-income countries supporting countries with less to improve
health outcomes.
Global health 3.0 - Answers Collective action to address shared risks and responsibilities. No
longer about lower income countries. Shared problems and shared solutions.
Tropical medicine - Answers Socially constructed. instrument of power tied to colonization
aimed at keeping colonizers and subsequently the labour force alive in the colonial tropics.
International health - Answers "The application of the principles of public health to problems
and challenges that affect low and middle-income countries and to the complex array of global
and local forces that influence them"
What does the "global" in global health mean? - Answers Transnational issue! Transnational
health solutions, transnational health determinants.
Emphasis on _____ not ______ - Answers Commonalities not differences!!!
Difference between international health and global health - Answers - International health largely
focuses on issue other than one's own, especially those of low and middle income nations.
Seeks to help people of other nations.
, - Global health focuses on issues that directly or indirectly affect health but that can transcend
national boundaries. Health equity among nations and for all people is a major objective.
Comparison of global health and international health perspectives - Answers Low income
countries need the most help! vs. working with global partners and all member countries to
implement strategies with a focus on equity. Solutions not coming from a single county.
Why is global health specifically important/effective now? - Answers Increased connectivity.
transnational determinants of health. Collective exposure to transnational health threats.
mutual partnerships to address health threats.
Most popular field due to connectivity.
Similarities between global health and public health - Answers - emphasize population-level
policies
- belief in a global perspective on scientific inquiry and on translation of knowledge
- attention to the needs of vulnerable population
- commitment to interdisciplinary approach
Global health is derived from _____ and ________ - Answers tropical health and international
health
Why do we need to define global health? - Answers "Global health" may obscure important
differences and priorities for action. Need to reach agreement about what we are trying to
achieve, what is required, etc. without a working definition.
Way that global health can be defined - Answers A notion, objective, mix of scholarship,
research, and practice.
Farr, Chadwick, Virchow, Koch, Pasteur, and Shattuck helped to establish the discipline of public
health on basis of four factors: - Answers 1. Decision making based on data and evidence
2. Focus on populations rather than individuals.
3. A goal of social justice and equity.
4. An emphasis on prevention rather that curative care
Similarities between public health, international health, and global health - Answers - Priority on
a population-based and preventative focus; concentration on poorer, vulnerable, and
underserved populations; multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches; emphasis on
health's a public good and importance of systems and structures; participation of several
Definition of global health - Answers an area for study, research, and practice that places a
priority on improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide.
a collection of problems and solutions that all turn on the quest for equity.
Three eras/stages in evolution of global health - Answers tropical medicine, international health,
global health
Three perspectives of global health - Answers Practice - competencies and careers
Notion - current state of health
Scholarship - research and discovery
Notion perspective - Answers Current state of health. Goals and hoping the world will achieve
them (global goals). Ideal world in the future.
Scholarship perspective - Answers Tackling health challenges around the world, cultural
understanding or finding "cures." Written knowledge, ideas, technology.
Global health 1.0 - Answers Protection of colonial representatives from tropical diseases.
Global health 2.0 - Answers High-income countries supporting countries with less to improve
health outcomes.
Global health 3.0 - Answers Collective action to address shared risks and responsibilities. No
longer about lower income countries. Shared problems and shared solutions.
Tropical medicine - Answers Socially constructed. instrument of power tied to colonization
aimed at keeping colonizers and subsequently the labour force alive in the colonial tropics.
International health - Answers "The application of the principles of public health to problems
and challenges that affect low and middle-income countries and to the complex array of global
and local forces that influence them"
What does the "global" in global health mean? - Answers Transnational issue! Transnational
health solutions, transnational health determinants.
Emphasis on _____ not ______ - Answers Commonalities not differences!!!
Difference between international health and global health - Answers - International health largely
focuses on issue other than one's own, especially those of low and middle income nations.
Seeks to help people of other nations.
, - Global health focuses on issues that directly or indirectly affect health but that can transcend
national boundaries. Health equity among nations and for all people is a major objective.
Comparison of global health and international health perspectives - Answers Low income
countries need the most help! vs. working with global partners and all member countries to
implement strategies with a focus on equity. Solutions not coming from a single county.
Why is global health specifically important/effective now? - Answers Increased connectivity.
transnational determinants of health. Collective exposure to transnational health threats.
mutual partnerships to address health threats.
Most popular field due to connectivity.
Similarities between global health and public health - Answers - emphasize population-level
policies
- belief in a global perspective on scientific inquiry and on translation of knowledge
- attention to the needs of vulnerable population
- commitment to interdisciplinary approach
Global health is derived from _____ and ________ - Answers tropical health and international
health
Why do we need to define global health? - Answers "Global health" may obscure important
differences and priorities for action. Need to reach agreement about what we are trying to
achieve, what is required, etc. without a working definition.
Way that global health can be defined - Answers A notion, objective, mix of scholarship,
research, and practice.
Farr, Chadwick, Virchow, Koch, Pasteur, and Shattuck helped to establish the discipline of public
health on basis of four factors: - Answers 1. Decision making based on data and evidence
2. Focus on populations rather than individuals.
3. A goal of social justice and equity.
4. An emphasis on prevention rather that curative care
Similarities between public health, international health, and global health - Answers - Priority on
a population-based and preventative focus; concentration on poorer, vulnerable, and
underserved populations; multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches; emphasis on
health's a public good and importance of systems and structures; participation of several
