...The question of whether global warming will have a negative impact on human health is a serious issue that will affect every living thing on the planet earth. Some believe that global warming is a serious issue that must be addressed now or the planet will have dire consequences. On the other hand, Critics believe that global warming is a normality of the earth’s atmosphere. This paper will answer the questions: who, what, why, when, and how global warming will or will not have a negative impact on human health. The research must start by describing global warming and why some scientist and researchers believe that it will have a negative impact on human health. In direct quotation of Bloice and Hallinan, 2005: The temperature of the earth’s atmosphere is influenced by the balance between the high energy ultraviolet radiation absorbed from the sun and the amount of heat radiated back into the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide, water, methane, and other “greenhouse gases” are the key elements that regulate the earth’s temperature. Greenhouse gases are similar to the glass in a greenhouse- they allow light to enter and warm the interior but trap radiation, which heats the inside. Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere cause a buildup of heat that raises the temperature on the earth’s surface, a process called the greenhouse effect. Why do people believe that global warming will have a negative impact on human health? 1) Disease 2) Heat related deaths 3) Increases storm...
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...COURSE: NURS 411 GLOBAL HEALTH CARE: FRANCE MAGDALENA PACANSKA 06/16/2013 Abstract The French health care system combines universal coverage with a public-private mix of hospital and ambulatory care and a higher volume of service provision than in the United States. Although the system is far from perfect, its indicators of health status and consumer satisfaction are high; its expenditures, as a share of gross domestic product, are far lower than in the United States; and patients have an extraordinary degree of choice among providers. The lessons for the United States include the importance of government’s role in providing a statutory framework for universal health insurance; recognition that piecemeal reform can broaden a partial program like Medicare to cover, eventually, the entire population; and understanding that universal coverage can be achieved without excluding private insurers from the supplementary insurance market. France has the largest land area in Western Europe, housing 65.8 million people as of January 2011. This ranked France as the 21rd most populous country in the world; with 85 % of white people, 10 % of North African and 3.5 % of black people. The estimated birth rate as of 2000 was 12.27 births for every 1,000of the population and infant mortality is 4.51 deaths per 1,000, which is relatively lower than other developed countries. Life expectancy is one of the highest among developed countries, estimated at 74.85 years for males...
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...George Mason University College of Health and Human Services BS COMMUNITY HEALTH—GLOBAL HEALTH 2015-2016 Catalog Year Date_______________ G#__________________________ Student____________________________________________________ Daytime Phone___________________________ E-mail_____________________________________________________________ Pending AP scores Course recommendations made without copies of transcripts/transfer equivalency worksheet. FALL SEMESTER Fall Course COMM 100 Public Speaking (F,S,#) or COMM 101Interpersonal & Group Interaction ENGH 101 Composition (F,S,#) HIST 100 History of Western Civilization or HIST 101 Foundations of Western Civilization (F,S,#) Natural Science (lab) Fall Course SPRING SEMESTER Credit Grade 3 3 3 Credit Grade 4 GCH 300 Introduction to Public Health Elective 3 3 ENGH 302 Advanced Composition (F,S,#) GCH 310 Health Behavior Theories GCH 332 Health and Disease GCH 360 Health and Environment GCH 335 Applied Health Statistics Fall Course GCH 411 Health Program Planning and Eval GCH 412 Fundamentals of Epidemiology GCH 405 Global Hlth Interv: History and Systems Elective ANTH 381 or PHIL 344 or SOCI 390 or COMM 304 Credit GCH 205 International Health (F,S,#) Natural Science (lab or non-lab) Social Science Information Technology GGS 101 Major World Regions Grade 3 3-4 3 3 3 4 BIOL 124 Hum Anatomy and Physiology I (F,#) or RBHS 270 Hum Anatomy and Physiology...
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...Environmental and Global Health Issues Laralee Shaffmaster Western Governor’s University Environmental and Global Health Issues This paper on environmental and global health issues in community health nursing will discuss and analyze the communicable disease measles. It will present epidemiological data, causes, manifestations and the route of transmission for measles. A graphic representation of the measles outbreak will be presented to discuss the international pattern and movement of the disease. A discussion of how the measles outbreak could affect the community will also be presented. Next, this paper will present the appropriate protocol that a community health nurse will follow to report a SARS outbreak in the community. The last subject this paper will discuss is how a community health nurse modifies their care of clients with respiratory diseases during a time when the air quality index is poor. A. Measles Rubeola or measles is a respiratory disease. Measles is a virus that normally grows in the throat cells that line the back of the throat and lungs. Once infected, measles causes runny nose, fever, cough and a head to toe rash that occurs 14 days after exposure (CDC, 2013). A1. Outbreak In the year 2000 measles became eliminated in the United States. Elimination means the disease is no longer native to the U.S. and cases are not reported for a twelve month period in endemic proportions. Outbreaks occur when people travel to countries where the disease...
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...Global Health: India Healthcare offers many opportunities and challenges for several countries. The purpose of this paper is to summarize India’s health care structure, health care policy, access to care issues, cost related to how much is spent, where the money comes from, and how it is spent, the role of nursing, and strengths and weaknesses of the system. In India, there has been a promising change over the last decade as the government has introduced many structural reforms and a private sector that has shown unprecedented growth. Despite these advances, the shifting demographics, socio-economic status, and changes in disease patterns is making a challenging journey more difficult (Binnendijk, Koren, & Dror, 2012). Three main challenges of India’s health care can be broadly defined as access, capacity to pay, and quality care. Healthcare challenges will become progressively more difficult over time as India is expected to be the most populated country in the world by 2028 (Haub, Gribble, & Jacobsen, 2011). India’s health care structure includes public and private hospitals, voluntary health agencies, national health programs, as well as traditional Ayurvedic medicine (Shrivastava, Shrivastava, & Ramasamy, 2013). The majority of health care centers are government owned and regulated. These urban centers have private hospitals that provide excellent care. The fragmented health care delivery means lots of small hospitals and clinics scattered over enormous geographical areas...
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...Environmental Issues on Global Health Seven Environmental Issues Complete the following chart by identifying seven environmental issues that affect global health. In the second column, describe in complete sentences how the issue affects global health. Environmental issue How does the issue affect global health? Overpopulation The Earth’s natural resources are already being consumed at an unsustainable rate. Many of these resources are required to support world health and human life (Donnatelle, 2010). Human population is expected to increase dramatically over the next decade. This, alone, is the greatest threat to life on our planet. Air pollution Air pollution affects everything from agriculture and ecosystems to human health, on a global scale. The five major air pollutants are ground-level ozone, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide (Donnatelle, 2010). A majority of these pollutants are the result of human action. One example being coal power plants. These plants release greenhouse gas emissions and particle air pollution. The burning of the coal creates pollutant byproducts. Other forms of industrial pollution, exhaust fumes, burning wood, and several forms of indoor air pollutants result in air contamination. The combination of various air contaminates can be extremely toxic. The pollutants irritate the lungs and may even cause respiratory diseases and cancer in humans (Donnatelle, 2010). Ozone Layer Depletion / Global Warming The...
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...Health Care Reform: the Macro Perspective Andrew Ojo HCS/550 December 16, 2013 Connie Melton Health Care Reform, the Macro Perspective Often a time individuals living in America wonders how the health care system could change for the better. One problem that has constantly troubled the minds of consumers have been the subject of health care cost and restrictions invoked by health care coverage providers. At the moment, most of the American people need quality health care services resulting mainly from lack of health care coverage. Here in the United States health care policy and health care service has become controversial domestic issue. Most Americans have this believe that there is a strain on their budgets resulting from how much they have to pay for health care, even employers are complaining that they pay too much as share of cost for employees (Shader, 2013). According to William (2009), the U. S spend a huge portion of its gross national product mainly on health care as compared to other countries. U.S Chamber of Commerce (2013), “The United States spends $2.7 trillion a year on healthcare, and in 2011, the government was on the hook for $38.6 trillion in unfunded liabilities for Medicare”. At present, the United States has relatively poor outcomes in the state health for her citizens to show for the expenditures. In a bid, to find a lasting solution to this concerns, the legislative arms in conjunction with government heads enacted a series of laws in recent...
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...Evolution of healthcare - Teaching hospitals Mark Mccaslin MSAT19GDJ3 September 30, 2013 Martha Owen, MHA, FACMPE Evolution of healthcare - Teaching hospitals The trend in teaching hospitals has grown tremendously over the past years. Teaching hospitals “is an operating hospital where medical students and newly graduated doctors complete their training.” These facilities are often known as University Hospitals, in which more than 60 percent of traumas centers are in the United States are teaching facilities. They are normally well funded with the newest technology and treatments than public and private medical centers. These facilities are in inner city areas, and owned by the state or local governments. Doctors, who start working in these facilities, begin in their second half of their graduate program. They are known as interns, and once they graduate it is a requirement to complete four year of residency in their desired field. Teaching hospitals also educate nurses, and other allied professionals, according to the New York Times, individuals who practice in teaching hospitals, “experience an explosion of scientific knowledge that turns into practical use.” The responsibility of these facilities is to render the best care to patients, and members of the community. Teaching hospitals focus on precise areas, to provide the best education as possible. Teaching hospitals have changed the delivery in healthcare, by providing medical training to “physicians, research...
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...Hepatitis B: A Global Health Crisis Gina Duron Grand Canyon University: NRS 427V November 15, 2015 Hepatitis B: A Global Health Crisis Approximately one-third of the world’s population have been infected with the hepatitis b virus (HBV) and 240 million people are infected with chronic hepatitis b infection worldwide. This communicable disease is a potentially life threatening liver infection. It has become a global health problem that affects all areas of the world. Many organizations, health care providers, and governments around the world are working together to address the health concerns that affect different parts of the world. By understanding the health determinants that affect hepatitis b and researching the epidemiologic triangle of hepatitis b, policies and plans can be developed to guide the community health nurse in her role in reducing the morbidity and mortality of this communicable disease. What is Hepatitis B? Hepatitis b is a viral infection that can manifest as acute or chronic. Approximately ninety percent of adults with a normal immune status can recover completely from a newly acquired hepatitis b infection. Infants, young children, immunocompromised persons infected with hepatitis b are more at risk for developing the chronic form of disease which can lead to life threatening liver disease and liver cancer. Symptoms of HBV include jaundice of skin and sclera, abdominal pain, fever, joint pain, weakness and nausea and vomiting. This communicable...
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...Title Page Introduction a. Global Health Issues b. Economic Impact Behavioral Finance a. Emotional Biases i. Risk Aversion ii. Regret Aversion Market Implications a. Every market in today’s economy was impacted either directly or indirectly by the SARS epidemic. i. Most saw measurable decreases in GDP b. Global cost of lost economic activity due to SARS was approximately $54 billion Conclusion a. Economic damage caused by SARS can be attributed to the behavioral finance emotional biases of loss aversion and regret aversion affecting investors globally. Global Health Issues, Behavioral Finance and the Markets: The Role of Behavioral Finance in how Global Health Issues Impact the Economy Jonathan Davis David A Kennedy Lee V Smith Tayler T Young Syed Zain T Zaidi November 10, 2015 University of Houston- Downtown Global Health Issues, Behavioral Finance and the Markets: The Role of Behavioral Finance in how Global Health Issues Impact the Economy With globalization on the rise, infectious diseases that appear in one country have the opportunity to spread rapidly to others. Recent examples include the 2003 outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) and the 2014 outbreak of the Ebola virus. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 8,098 individuals became infected worldwide with SARS and 774 of those individuals ultimately died from the illness (CDC, 2005). While Ebola killed 5,160 out of the 14,098 people...
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...Reflection Webinar: How to Start a Global Health Career Time: Feb 25th, 2016 @1pm, PST During the webinar: How to Start a Global Health Career, I acquired a great deal of valuable information about career preparation. Six leading experts in global health and social entrepreneurship shared their experiences about how they got started in the industry. Specifically, they talked about the best ways to connect with global health opportunities, skill sets that one should develop, how to conduct oneself in a job interview, strategies for cover letters, etc. When talking about skill sets, one idea that they brought up and I found very interesting was having cultural competency skills. Cultural competence is defined as “the level of knowledge-based skills required to provide effective clinical care to patients from a particular ethnic or racial group”, according to Wikipedia. Indeed, cultural competency skills are very important for those who are achieving global health career. For example, according to the research of Georgetown University, it is said that racial and ethnic minorities have higher morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases. However, the extent that these people access to health care differs because of ethnicity and race. The language barriers sometimes become a problem for medical professionals to give meditation effectively. Therefore, paying attention to develop cultural competency skills is crucial for medical professionals. Reference Wikipedia. (n...
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...Abstract This paper will discuss the global children health needs analysis health analysis of global children population. … Select one specific global population- child profile their health issues (at least five). Key words: Global population, Health, Children. Background Human beings are the only species whose offspring are born in a vulnerable state. Children are not able to walk, talk, feed or defend themselves. They are completely dependent on others for many years until they start learning to be independent and are able to defend themselves. Children are also completely governed by the culture, economy and social status of adults from the moment they are born. Children are considered the poorest human beings because they are unable to or it is difficult for them to thrive on their own. Global population- children profile their health issues Around the world children are facing different health issues. Beginning from the moment they are conceived. Children are exposed to different preventable and infectious illnesses and conditions beginning when they are in the womb. Some children are not fortunate enough to survive labor because of their mothers’ compromised health. If children are privileged to survive birth, they do not have access to basic things such as food or clean water. Some children around the world starve to death. Many children around the world do not have access to basic prevented health care such as medicine and vaccines, consequentially...
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...Environmental & Global Health Issues Barbara Salinas Community Health Practice SZT1 Western Governors University August 29, 2014 Environmental & Global Health Issues SARS The first pandemic of the 21st century began in February of 2003. The people of Asia were the first to be infected but the disease quickly spread world-wide. By the end of this pandemic over 8,000 people had become ill and 774 had died. The illness associated with this pandemic is known as Severe Acute Reparatory Syndrome, or SARS. The infectious agent associated with SARS is a virus that appears to have crown-like spikes on its surface. This virus is known as the coronavirus. This virus has four sub-groups and was commonly known to infect animals. In the 1960’s there were six strains of the coronavirus that were discovered to have the ability to infect humans. The particular strain of this virus responsible for SARS was the SARS-CoV. This particular strain of the virus has the ability to infect humans and animals (CDC, 2012). SARS is a contagious virus that is spread through droplets from person to person. This occurs as the infected person coughs or sneezes on or near a non-infected person. The droplets travel through the air as they land on the non-infected person the virus begins to invade their body. Shortly after the SARS-CoV virus has invaded and multiplied in the human body the individual may begin to experience upper respiratory symptoms such as high fever, headache...
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...and windy conditions have made the situation more extreme (with the lingering smoke posing as a health risk). As a result, an advisory has been issues for everyone to stay indoors unless outside travel is absolutely necessary. For the hospital, this means that they are facing an increasing number of patients being admitted secondary to the effects of smoke inhalation. Once the staff is able to effectively, deal with the current influx of patients, the hospital is inundated with another round of patients being admitted through the emergency room. This is placing pressure on the hospital staff, as they have to work longer hours and are often frustrated by these issues. To make matters worse, the administration has announced that they will require everyone to work additional hours (with no overtime pay). This has angered many people, who believe that their timing is poor given the challenges they are facing. To make matters worse there is infighting between the staff about the availability of more beds (from patients who are constantly overwhelming the facility). This is creating a problem for staff members who feel as if they are not receiving the necessary assistance (“Neighborhood News,” 2012). In the case of the senior center, everyone has been reporting negative effects from the smoke inhalation include the exacerbation of emphysema and asthma. This is impacting the health of older individuals in the community. They continue to be adversely being affected by the lingering...
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...Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century. Effects of climate change on health will affect most populations in the next decades and put the lives and wellbeing of billions of people at increased risk. During this century, earth's average surface temperature rises are likely to exceed the safe threshold of 2°C above preindustrial average temperature. Rises will be greater at higher latitudes, with medium-risk scenarios predicting 2-3°C rises by 2090 and 4-5°C rises in northern Canada, Greenland, and Siberia. With this current situation, the whole of U.K. population is at risk considering the changing patterns of disease, water and food insecurity, vulnerable shelter and human settlements, extreme climatic events, and population growth and migration. Although vector-borne diseases will expand their reach and death tolls, especially among elderly people, will increase because of heat waves, the indirect effects of climate change on water, food security, and extreme climatic events are likely to have the biggest effect on global health (Prof A. Costello FRCPCH, S Ball BSc, C Patterson LLB). Aside from the bigger picture of climate change we still need to consider the leading global risk for mortality, Hypertension is responsible for 12.8% (7.5 million) of total deaths worldwide, according to a new report issued by the WHO. The report also identified hypertension as responsible for 3.8% of years of life lost due to premature death plus years of healthy...
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