GPH 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Coronary Artery Disease, Maternal Death, Public Health
3 Jan 2020
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General health: global burden of disease shows trends and provides education of health risk, does not guarantee eradication or change risk. Ischemic heart disease is leading cause of death in low and middle income countries: 1000, 4000, 12000 is gnp distribution, public health is about population while medicine is about ind care, what makes something good for eradication. Determinants of health/ mdg/ sdg: review mdg list, review types of population distribution and examples, can"t use developed or developing due to false categories and their stereotype. Education/pov/econ: more health= more econ investing in area, more spending= better health exp united states, direct observation is most cost effective (dot, review daly costs. Culture: always do a community assessment first. Health systems: us has more than 50% of total health exp in private sector, workers more in the city than rural. Human rights: tuskegee did not involve children.
