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Global Public Health- Exam 3 Questions with 100% VERIFIED
Answers UPDATED!!!
What is the impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases?
- ANSWER Climate change impacts vector borne diseases such
as Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and and the plague, because
as temperatures get warmer, the range of where vectors can go
(such as mosquitos and West Nile) can increase based off these
warmer temperatures.
What is the impact of climate change on mental health? -
ANSWER Climate change impacts mental health because
extreme weather events can cause stress and anxiety,
exacerbating depression and other mental illness. There is
strong evidence that extreme heat leads to more aggression
and violence.
What is adaptation in the context of health and climate change?
Give examples of adaptation strategies. - ANSWER Adaptation
or "managing the unavoidable" is accomplished through
secondary prevention -- strategies and practices designed to
reduce harm and protect people from climate related threats.
Examples include heat-wave preparedness plan,
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discouragement of building in flood plains, and enhanced air-
pollution warning systems.
What is mitigation in the context of health and climate change?
Give examples of mitigation strategies. - ANSWER Mitigation or
"avoiding the unmanageable" requires primary prevention --
strategies and practices designed to reduce the underlying
causes of climate change. Examples include redesigning cities to
encourage more walking and biking, shifting away from
greenhouse gas emitting energy sources, and promoting more
energy efficient buildings.
The basic stories of the 2 women portrayed in the video (one
from India, one nursing student). - ANSWER Mary White is a
nursing student and got TB. She was misdiagnosed as having
bronchitis and she continued to go to work and spread the
disease. She had to do a TB test for her nursing program. After
she had the initial skin reaction to TB, she was told it was just an
allergic reaction. Then after a second skin reaction to TB, she
was told again that it was an allergic reaction and it was too
unlikely to have TB. Finally she met a respiratory therapist, got a
lung x-ray, she finally was told that she had TB. This whole
process took 7 months. Jigna Rao is from India was
misdiagnosed for a year and a half before getting treatment.
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She believed that there was no way healthy rich people could
get TB. She was attempting to having a baby, but got
misdiagnosed with PCOS. She had her Fallopian tubes removed
because they were horribly infected from TB. TB looks different
for everyone and needs to be addressed for all people.
In the Marshall Islands, what was their approach to screening
and treatment? (what diseases did they screen for? Who did
they want to screen? Do they use DOTS there?) - ANSWER The
US Pacific Region for TB Control had to do active screening of TB
for every single person on the Marshall Islands through the use
of volunteers. They also screened for diabetes and leprosy.
Where in the body can tuberculosis occur? - ANSWER TB is an
airborne infection. When person with active TB coughs, sneezes
or sings, they can spread the disease. It first inhaled into lungs,
spread throughout the body, and then impacts the immune
system.
What is the difference between active and latent tuberculosis? -
ANSWER TB Infection ( dormant/sleeping/latent) TB is when the
TB bacteria inhaled into lungs & spreads through body, immune
system contains the TB. There are no symptoms of TB, not
Global Public Health- Exam 3 Questions with 100% VERIFIED
Answers UPDATED!!!
What is the impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases?
- ANSWER Climate change impacts vector borne diseases such
as Lyme disease, West Nile virus, and and the plague, because
as temperatures get warmer, the range of where vectors can go
(such as mosquitos and West Nile) can increase based off these
warmer temperatures.
What is the impact of climate change on mental health? -
ANSWER Climate change impacts mental health because
extreme weather events can cause stress and anxiety,
exacerbating depression and other mental illness. There is
strong evidence that extreme heat leads to more aggression
and violence.
What is adaptation in the context of health and climate change?
Give examples of adaptation strategies. - ANSWER Adaptation
or "managing the unavoidable" is accomplished through
secondary prevention -- strategies and practices designed to
reduce harm and protect people from climate related threats.
Examples include heat-wave preparedness plan,
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discouragement of building in flood plains, and enhanced air-
pollution warning systems.
What is mitigation in the context of health and climate change?
Give examples of mitigation strategies. - ANSWER Mitigation or
"avoiding the unmanageable" requires primary prevention --
strategies and practices designed to reduce the underlying
causes of climate change. Examples include redesigning cities to
encourage more walking and biking, shifting away from
greenhouse gas emitting energy sources, and promoting more
energy efficient buildings.
The basic stories of the 2 women portrayed in the video (one
from India, one nursing student). - ANSWER Mary White is a
nursing student and got TB. She was misdiagnosed as having
bronchitis and she continued to go to work and spread the
disease. She had to do a TB test for her nursing program. After
she had the initial skin reaction to TB, she was told it was just an
allergic reaction. Then after a second skin reaction to TB, she
was told again that it was an allergic reaction and it was too
unlikely to have TB. Finally she met a respiratory therapist, got a
lung x-ray, she finally was told that she had TB. This whole
process took 7 months. Jigna Rao is from India was
misdiagnosed for a year and a half before getting treatment.
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She believed that there was no way healthy rich people could
get TB. She was attempting to having a baby, but got
misdiagnosed with PCOS. She had her Fallopian tubes removed
because they were horribly infected from TB. TB looks different
for everyone and needs to be addressed for all people.
In the Marshall Islands, what was their approach to screening
and treatment? (what diseases did they screen for? Who did
they want to screen? Do they use DOTS there?) - ANSWER The
US Pacific Region for TB Control had to do active screening of TB
for every single person on the Marshall Islands through the use
of volunteers. They also screened for diabetes and leprosy.
Where in the body can tuberculosis occur? - ANSWER TB is an
airborne infection. When person with active TB coughs, sneezes
or sings, they can spread the disease. It first inhaled into lungs,
spread throughout the body, and then impacts the immune
system.
What is the difference between active and latent tuberculosis? -
ANSWER TB Infection ( dormant/sleeping/latent) TB is when the
TB bacteria inhaled into lungs & spreads through body, immune
system contains the TB. There are no symptoms of TB, not
