HSS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Biomedical Sciences, Overnutrition, Behavioural Sciences
31 Jan 2018
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Global health: health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries, which may be influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries, and which are best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions. Refers to any health issue that concerns many countries or is affected by transnational determinants such as: climate change, urbanization, malnutrition under or over nutrition. Or solutions such as: polio eradication, containment of avian influenza, approaches to tobacco control. The anti-vaccine sentiments are more prevalent in canada rather than the us because if your child doesn"t have a specific set of vaccines they can be denied enrollment in elementary schools. Public health: developed as a discipline in the mid 19th century in uk, europe and us. Data and evidence to support action, focus on populations, social justice and equity, emphasis on preventions vs cure. International health: developed during past decades, came to be more concerned with.
