What is the definition of health? - Answers State of complete physical, mental and social well-being and
mot merely the absence of disease or infirmity
What was Winslow's definition of public health? - Answers Community focused health
Sanitary environment and focused on infection control
Early diagnoses and treatment of disease
Adequate standard of living to maintain health
What are examples of public health? - Answers Promotion of safe practice - washing hands, cover
sneeze and hygiene
Screenings
Education - STI, diseases and treatments
What is global health? - Answers Health problems, issues and concerns that transcend national
boundaries and may best be addressed by cooperative action using multi-level interventions
What are examples of global health? - Answers Infectious and chronic diseases
Nutrition
Maternal and woman's health
Environmental issues
Health systems
What are key global health issues? - Answers Environmental health
Nutrition
Reproductive health
Child health
Communicable diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Injuries
Describe the gross national income per person - Answers Low income = < 1,025 income
Lower middle income = 1,026 - 3,995
, Upper middle income = 3,996 - 12,375
High income = 12,376 or more
What are higher income countries with better resources? - Answers Canada
Germany
USA
Japan
Mexico
France
United Kingdom
What are the Millennium Development Goals? - Answers Part of the united nations initiatives
Has 8 goals that relate to global health with 15 core targets
What are the 8 millennium development goals? - Answers Eradicae extreme hunger and poverty
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Improve maternal health
Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop a global partnership for development
What are the sustainable development goals? - Answers Continuation of the millennium development
goals
Works with 70 countries
Open working group essentially
What is a health system? - Answers All actors, institutions and resources that undertake health actions
where a health action is on where the primary intent is to improve health (WHO definition)
What is a governance? - Answers Action and means adopted by society to organize itself in the
promotion and protection of health in the population