Health & Healing Community
– 7th Edition Chapter 1 Study
Guide & Key Concepts
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To plan prevention interventions, the nurse should know that which of the
following is one of the greatest challenges to global health that leads to health
disparities?
A)
Access to adequate food
B)
Health care
C)
Shelter
D)
Poverty
D)
Poverty
One of the greatest challenges to global health that leads to health disparities is
poverty. Lack of access to adequate food, water, shelter, and health care are
outcomes associated with poverty.
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Select the best definition of global health.
A)
Differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and
other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups
B)
Health issues that transcend national boundaries and may best be addressed by
cooperative actions
C)
Increasing economic, political, social, technological, and intellectual
interconnectedness of the world
D)
International and global exchanges leading to growing recognition of common
threats, as well as opportunities, and a sense of growing solidarity and
commitment to collaboration to promote global social justice and equity
B)
Health issues that transcend national boundaries and may best be addressed by
cooperative actions
Global health is health issues that transcend national boundaries and may best be
addressed by cooperative actions. Health disparities are differences in the
incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health
conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States.
Globalization is a term used to refer to the increasing economic, political, social,
technological, and intellectual interconnectedness of the world. Global
stewardship is influenced by international and global exchanges, leading to
growing recognition of common threats, as well as opportunities, and a sense of
growing solidarity and commitment to collaboration to promote global social
justice and equity.
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