Health Concepts and Global Health

WHO's Concept of Health

• Define dimensions of health.

• Dynamic health concept.

• Case study: Interrelations of health dimensions.

  Health Status

• Life expectancy graph: Connect to health status, males vs. females.

• Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous health status.

• Morbidity vs. mortality.

• Ottawa Charter: 9 prerequisites to health - connect to dimensions.

• Socioeconomic status: Calculation methods.

• Factors of health: Meaning and examples.

• Burden of disease.

• Obesity and health status.

• Addiction (smoking, drinking, etc.) and health status.

  Global Comparisons

• Compare countries using HDI, life expectancy, mortality rates, etc.

• Economic, social, and environmental characteristics.

  Aid and Development

• Types of aid, situations where they're used.

• Explain HDI.

  Disease

• Communicable vs. non-communicable diseases.

  Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

• SDGs: Organisation, amount, target year - SDG 3 - Good health and well-being.

  Poverty and Mental Health

• What is poverty and how can it be measured?

• Connect poverty to mental health.

  NGOs

• Examples of NGOs.