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Global Health

Global Health. By Crystal Westmoreland Jennifer Whisenhunt Robyn Baldridge. Define Global Health Identify four diseases related to Global Health concerns Discuss Global Health Goliaths . Learning Objectives. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpygXxaShuU&feature=related. Global Health Video.

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Global Health

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  1. Global Health By Crystal Westmoreland Jennifer Whisenhunt Robyn Baldridge

  2. Define Global Health • Identify four diseases related to Global Health concerns • Discuss Global Health Goliaths Learning Objectives

  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpygXxaShuU&feature=related Global Health Video

  4. Global Health is defined as “those health issues that transcend national boundaries and governments and call for actions on the global forces that determine the health of people” (Beaglehole, 2010, p. 1) Global Health Definition

  5. HIV/AIDS • Influenza • Malaria • Tuberculosis • (United States Department of Health and Human Services, n.d.) Most common world-wide communicable diseases

  6. Gross Malnutrition • Lack of clean drinking water • Oversight of treatable infectious diseases • Basic medical care deficiencies • Access to immunizations • Little use of epidemiology and disease monitoring methods • Hygiene and sanitation shortcomings • Extreme poverty and lack of population control • Antibiotic resistance • Lack of emergency services • Traditions that impede healthcare delivery • Health education insufficiencies Global Health Goliaths

  7. Beaglehole, R., & Bonita, R. (2010). What is global health?. Global Health Action, 31-2. doi:10.3402/gha.v3i0.5142 • United States Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.) Global health topics. Communicable diseases.Retrieved from http://www.globalhealth.gov/global-health-topics/communicable-diseases/index.html References

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