Global Public Health (3)

• Health Inequality

  Unfair & Avoidable Differences in health Across populations and varying groups in society
• Health Inequity

  The difference in health status or distribution within different population groups
• Social Gradient

  Term used to describe people who are less advantaged in terms of socioeconomic position
• Life Changes

  A sociological theory that refers to individuals opportunity of 'doing well' for themselves and improve life
• Life Expectancy

  Average years a newborn child lives to, facing average death rate at the time
• History Of Global Health

  Poor sanisation

  No effective Medicines

  Lack of infrastructure

  Poor Nutrition
• Industrial Revolution Positives

  Sanitisation Movement

  Discoveries in causes of diseases

  Focus on impact on health
• Industrial Revolution Negatives

  Pollution

  Overcrowding

  Spread of disease

  Child Labor
• 19th - early 20th century


  Improvement In sanitisation, housing and education
• Early 20th - Mid 20th Century


  Development of vaccines, Antibiotics, world wars
• Early 21st Century


  Increase Humanitarian Aid, Civil / International conflict, improvement in technology
• Child Mortality - under 5

  1/11 in 1990 vs 1/27 in 2019

  1/12 Low income vs 1/147 High income

  50% related to nutrition
• Globalisation

  IS the process by which the world is becoming increasing interconnected as a result of trade and cultural exhange
• Positive effects of globalisation

  Diffusion of knowledge/technology by improving health service, food & water availability.

  Improvements in health care

  Increase access to affordable food
• Negative Effects of Globalisation

  Spread of disease through transport

  Spread of unhealthy lifestyles due to cultural globalisation , global trade and marketing