IDSB04H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Tuberculosis
6 Apr 2011
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Possible reasons for fertility rate declines: shift from subsistence agriculture to factory, higher cost of children, social security systems, longer workday less leisure time". should also emphasize role of warefare and violence. Infectious disease diminishes: epidemic less frequent, degenerative diseases slowly rise (chd, cancer, obesity, living standards improvement, degenerative and human made diseases. environmental toxins/food production: cancer, congenital problems. work stress and social inequality: cardiovascular diseases. October 5/2010: prevention and control efforts (primary, secondary, and tertiary), although important, tend to neglect these issues. Health of infants and children: mortality dramatically reduced by half but . 10 million children still die very year from preventable diseases, decline in mortality not evenly distributed around the world. distance, cost, women"s lack of decision: poorly performed abortions, unhygienic conditions during delivery, but, women"s health not only about reproduction. overall well being of girls and women is important.
