INTLSTD 101 Lecture 11: 11.08.16.
Document Summary
Easier travel & communication - more migration patterns and flows of information. Mixing of customer & cultures - more exchange of information. Integration of national economies (removal of barriers to international trade & finance) - Means cannot view national health, interventions and policies in isolation from: Policies are passed in different sectors but we need to think about the consequences to public health. Everything affects health - the openness of an economy must be seen for the health outcomes of the populations. General effect on health from changes in national economic growth - link between health and wealth . Marketing of harmful products & unhealthy behaviours. 5 reasons why climate change is a public health danger. Refugee crisis - what does that mean for the countries accepting them and those refugees. All refugees have ptsd and depression - because you are persecuted for who you are and you unwelcome in your home and the new country.