ANT345H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Global Health, Disability-Adjusted Life Year, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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Global health exam review [reworded into my own words] #1: discuss global trends in the burden of cardiovascular diseases. 20% describe the important of cvs to global health. 20% describe time trends in incidence and prevalence of cvd in low and middle, and high income regions. Conquest of deaths in childhood and infancy from infections and nutritional deficiencies, projected increases in pop. , increasing average life expectancy, and economic, social, and cultural changes resulting in changes in behavioral, occupational and environmental risk factors. 20% list the leading risk factors of cvd and explain how they contribute to trends in. From low and middle, and high income regions) 20% discuss existing strategies for mgm and prevention of cvd and suggest further effective global strategies. #2: explain why it is valuable to have composite indicators like dalys, to measure the burden of disease. 30% define dalys; list reasons why dalys is a good measurement.
