PUBH 3601 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Asphyxia, Pre-Eclampsia, Oral Rehydration Therapy
Document Summary
Health: a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. Early interest in mch: able military bodies, humanitarian concerns, lack of population due to birth rate. 1948 - universal declaration of human rights;1961-usaid; 1978 alma mata (health for all by 2000); 1978 safe. Motherhood (family planning, antenatal care, clean/safe delivery, essential obstetric care); 1994 cairo international conference on population health; mdg (189 countries, millennium development goals) Vertical (one problem, prefered by donors, don"t develop infrastructure); Horizontal (addresses many health problems/primary health); diagonal (disease-specific results through improved health systems) Unequal world - us/jap 6% of pop, 42% income-- oecd 14% of pop, 70% economy. *higher cost of insurance per capita = worse health care. Perinatal health - health of women and babies before, during and after birth. Indicator of standard of social, educational and health care systems. Perinatal period - 22 weeks preg - 7 days post birth.
