Who is Veronica and What is Her story?
Veronica was a woman who suffered from persistent migraines and didn’t know why. It wasn’t until Dr. Manchanda looked into her life and found that she had been living in poor conditions. This demonstrates that health extends outside the doctors office
What does Chadwick Boseman’s story have to do with personal, public, and global health?
He died too young, it shook the whole world. But there was the question as to why. It turns out he was battling colorectal cancer, and didn’t tell many people. On a personal level, this means that it is important to make sure you know the signs and can make that appointment to get evaluated. Boseman was in the public eye, being a famous actor and all, so his death made the general public more aware of colorectal cancer. Globally, it showed that there are disparities in research (especially colorectal cancer) involving African Americans. If the research had included them, Boseman could have lived longer
What is the WHO definition of Health?
A state of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing, and not merely the absence of disease
What additional WHO preamble statements reflect health as a human right, with privileges and responsibilities
Health is a human right regardless of race, gender, political belief, or income, etc.
It is estimated that health is the product of healthcare, genetics, and social determinants. What are the approximate percentage contributions of each.
Healthcare - 10-20%
Genetics - 30%
Social Determinants - 50-60%
From the WHO preamble, what are the public and global consequences of good personal health, and conversely, poor health
Healthy people promote peace and security, unhealthy people do the opposite (peace and security also promote healthy people)
The WHO has declared health as a universal right with privileges and responsibilities. Give examples of how privilege and responsibilities can affect health
More privilege=better access to resources needed for good health (quality food, education, healthcare, etc.) Responsibilities include. proper diet and exercise, as well as sharing privilege with others so they can be healthy too.
Give examples of health determinants from the perspectives of Knowledge, access, and culture
Knowledge: literacy, facts not fiction, evidence based practice
Access: to care, education, water, sanitation, healthy food, medicine, etc.
Culture: Values, beliefs, historical and geographical contexts, privilege, discrimination
what is pathophysiology
how our body reacts to a disease
what is etiology
causes or matter of causes for a disease, connects patho and epi
what is epidemiology
the distribution and patterns of health related events in populations
