Health & Human Development - Global Health & Human Development - Chp 8 with complete verified solutions

How does the HDI classify countries?

- uses a countries Gross National Income per capita

- Based on a set of values or thresholds for each groups

- classified by the world bank

-updated every year

What are the 3 types of income countries?

high, middle, low

What are the 3 characteristics of income countries?

Social, Environmental, Economic

What are 4 Social characteristics?

- level of employment

- level of education

- level of gender equality

- Access to technology

What are 4 Environmental characteristics?

- Levels of Poverty

- Level of average incomes

- Opportunities for global trade

- wide range of industries

What are 4 Environmental characteristics?

- Level of CO2 emissions

- Adequate housing

- food security

- access to safe water and sanitation

Describe the Human Development Index?

- The HDI provides a single statistic which is used as a reference for both social and economic development.

- the HDI is a number between 0 & 1.

- The closer to 1, the greater the level of development

- Uses 4 indicators and 3 dimensions

What are the 3 Dimensions of HDI?

- A long and Healthy Life

- Knowledge

- A decent standard of living

What are the 4 Indicators?

- Life expectancy at Birth

- Expected years of schooling

- Mean years of schooling

- Gross national Income per capita

What's does Life expectancy at birth mean?

The number of years a person can expect to live if mortality rates don't change

What does Expected years of schooling mean?

The number of years of formal schooling to be achieved by those entering the school system

What does Mean years of schooling mean/

The average number of years of schooling achieved by adults aged 25 and over.

What does Gross National Income (GNI) per Capita mean?

The average income per person in a country \, once debts to other countries have been payed

What is two Advantages of the HDI?

- Allows for the tracking of a countries progress over time

- provides a more comprehensive measurement than income, education and life expectancy alone

- produces a single statistic that can be used easily to compare the level of HD between different countries

What is two Disadvantages of the HDI?

- The HDI may be inaccurate as some low-income countries might not have reliable data for the indicators due to the government not recording everything.

- Only reflects some aspects of HD and therefor doesn't capture the richness and depth of development

How do I start the definition about Human Development?

Human development is about creating an environment in which people...

What are the key definitions when describing Human Development?

- participate in decisions that affect their lives

- expand their knowledge and choices

- opportunities for a productive and creative life

- participate in the life of the community

- lead long and healthy lives

- essential resources for a decent standard of living

What are the 4 Factors affecting Health Status and Human Development?

- Access to Safe Water

- Sanitation

- Poverty

- Discrimination

What is two ways Access to Safe Water can be used?

What is two ways Sanitation can be used?

What are some things that impact Poverty?

- Government Services

- Nutritional foods

- Access to clean water and sanitation (x)

- Education

- Health Care

Housing

What are all of the types of Discrimination?

- Discrimination

- Racial Discrimination

- Religious Discrimination

- Sexual Discrimination

- Sexual orientation Discrimination

- Gender Identity Discrimination

What is Discrimination?

What is Racial Discrimination?

What is Religious Discrimination?

What is Sexual Discrimination?

What is Sexual orientation Discrimination?

What is Gender Identity Discrimination?