F1.3 Global patterns in health indicators
Global patterns in health indicators, including health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE), infant mortality, maternal mortality, access to sanitation and the ratio between doctors/physicians and people
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2. Ways of measuring disparities in health between places:
2. Ways of measuring disparities in health between places:
Global patterns in health indicators
Global patterns in health indicators
Describe the changes in life expectancy over the past 50 years
Describe and account for the contrast in life expectancies between HICs and LICs
You need to know the global distribution of:
You need to know the global distribution of:
health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE) (SDG #3)
infant mortality
maternal mortality (MDG #5)
access to sanitation (SDG #6)
ratio between doctors/physicians and people (SDG #3)
Discuss:
Discuss:
What is meant by the term “burden of ill health?”
What are the benefits and drawbacks of using the following as an indicator of health:
HALE
Access to safe drinking water
Health Services accessibility
What is the relationship between health and life expectancy?
Do longer lives necessarily mean healthier lives?
Which of the indicators discussed above would be the best indicator of health?
Exercise: Using this document,
Define, then give 2 causes and 2 symptoms of the following diseases, with a specific example or people and places.
Exercise: Using this document,
Define, then give 2 causes and 2 symptoms of the following diseases, with a specific example or people and places.
Cholera
Dysentery
Viral Hepatitis
Diarrheal disease
Diabetes
Stroke
Cerebra Vascular disease
Heart Disease
Tuberculosis
Categorize diseases of affluence and diseases of poverty?
Categorize diseases of affluence and diseases of poverty?
- What are the main factors?
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