Global health
- The optimal Well being of all humans from the individual and collective perspective is a Fundemental human right.
The principles of primary healthcare
a. accessibility
b. Public participation
c. health promotion
d. Intersectoral cooperation
e. Use of appropriate technology
Leading Global heath challenges
Poverty
Preventable childhood illness
malnutrition
Pregnancy-related diseases
War
impending pandemics
Unsafe Water
natural man-made disasters.
Human rights abuses
UN SDG
Commitment oF all nations to contribute a more equitable distribution or health resources within and between nations
Guide to effective teaching /learning
- allow people to direct the process
- Know other’s perspective
- Be aware or others context
- Build on what they know
- Be realistic in terms of goals
- Present in a logical order.
Health literacy
is the ability to access, understand, evaluate, and communicate as a way to promote, maintain and improve health in a variety of settings throughout life.
Health promotion
- “Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health
- basic strategies: advocate (to boost the factors that encourage health.), enable (allowing all people to achieve health equity) mediate (through collaboration across all sectors)
Epidemiology
- The study or distribution and determinants of heath, disease, or injury in human populations.
- The application of this study to the control of these issues
Epidemiology Terms
Terms
L. Mortality: # or deaths within specified populations
2. Morbidity: # of illnesses
3. Incidence: # of new cases in a specipied time period.
4. Prevalence: # of people affected
5. Epidemic: more cases of disease than expected
6. Endemic: rate or occurence that is normal for a population
7. Pandemic: “ “geographically widspread
8. Surveillance: monitor/track occurences or disease
Harm and risk reduction:
Health risk and appraisal
provide an estimate of health threats to which clients may be vulnerable because of Family history, lifestyle, and environment.
Harm and risk reduction: Risk appraisal
can focus on one specific disease, or be general, focusing on the usual 9-10 leading causes of death.
Harm and risk reduction: Risk factors
any situation, habit, environmental condition, physiological condition that increases the vulnerability of an indlividual or group to an illness, injury, or accident.
Harm risk reduction: Risk reduction
a disease prevention strategy to reduce or alter health concerns before they get out of hand.
Harm risk reduction: Harm reduction
decrease health consequences without having to remove the risk behaviour.
Harm risk reduction: categories of risk factors
Genetic and physiological, behavioral, psychosocial, risk conditions (socioeconomic, environmental)
Pros and cons of risk approach
Pro
a. May lead to improvement in health a
b. May mativate behavioural change
c. Provides reliable infomation (disease info)
Con:
a: Does not consider context
b. May lead to anxiety and guilt
C. Mortality predictors maynot be accurate
Teaching and learning: Teaching and learning process
1 Gather data,
2. Identify learning needs
3. Develop a teaching plan
4. Implement teaching
5. Evaluate effectiveness
What is it important to consider in teaching and learning?
Readiness to learn, motivation to learn, and ability to learn
Commissioners report MMIWG
- Abuse and violence was the root cause behind the rates of violence against indigenous women and girls. Final report has more than 2,350 truths
Trauma informed approach
1. trauma awareness
2. Emphasis on safety and trustworthiness
3. Opportunity For choice collaboration and connection
4. Empowerment and strength building.
Orange shirt day
- Founder Phyllis Webstad
- September 30th
- orange shirt day symbolizes the culture, language, and Freedom taken away From indigenous children.
- Bring awareness of intergenerational trauma
- Honour survivours
Four seasons
-The indian act was implemented in 1876
- Two Row Wampum is the first agreement between Europeans and indigenous nations
- Canadas foundation is influenced by British, French and indigenous peoples.
- Canada officially removed its objector against UNDRIP in 2016
- The peace and friendship treaties still legally apply in Canada.
Cultural assessment
- Awareness: Being aware of cultural differences and how that can effect patient care
- Competence: The explicit use of culturally based care and health knowledge in sensitive, creative, and meaningful was to fit the general life ways of individuals or groups
- Sensitivity: The knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of other cultures and cultural identities.
4 Diversity: The practice of including people from a range of social and ethnic backgrounds, and /or different genders/ sexual orientation
National day For truth and reconciliation.
- It was created in reaponse to call to action #80
- Occurs september 30th and began in 2021
- Many suffer from PTSD and intergenerational trauma.
- The day reflects on the history or injustices committed against indigenous peoples.
- Survivours wanted recognition, reparations, and demanded accountability for the harm caused by residential schools.
Calls to action
- The 94 calls to action are actionable policy recommendations meant to aid the healing process in two way;
1. acknowledging the rull, horrifying history of residential schools system,
2. and creating systems to prevent these abuses from happening again. - Education calls to action 6-12
- language and culture calls to action 18-17
- Health calls to action 18-24
- Justice in legal system calls to action 29-42
- Reconciliation calls to action 43-78
- Indigenous commemoration calls to action 79-83
