This assignment is designed to familiarize you with some of the global health problems and diseases in your selected population. You will discuss the extent to which the behaviors, culture, or environment of the population affected by the infectious disease you identified in your case assignment contribute to the disease.
You should use a variety of resources for this presentation. At least two sources must come from peer-reviewed journals. Areas to include in this assignment include but are not limited to:
- An overview of the selected population
- A description of the disease (transmission, prevalence, etc.)
- A description of potentially relevant cultural factors related to the health issue or disease.
- Cultural factors such as language, diet, expectations regarding health care, and the role of traditional healing.
Expectations:
Length: 2–3 pages.
Your work will be evaluated based on the grading rubric criteria. Review it before you begin working on the assignment.
Resources:
Somerville, MA. (1998). Making health, not war–musings on global disparities in health and human rights: a critical commentary by Solomon R. Benatar. American Journal of Public Health: Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 301-303. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.88.2.301. Retrieved from http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/A…
Benatar, SR. (1998). Global disparities in health and human rights: a critical commentary. American Journal of Public Health: Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 295-300. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.88.2.295. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC150820…
Gostin, LO. (2007). Meeting basic survival needs of the world’s least healthy people: toward a Framework Convention on Global Health. Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 96, 2008, 96, 331-392. Retrieved from http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journal… (Read pages 336- 344)
Lock, K, Pomerleau, J, Causer, L, Altmann, DR, & McKee, M. (2005). The global burden of disease attributable to low consumption of fruit and vegetables: implications for the global strategy on diet. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 83(2), 100-108. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC262381…
Kelly, B. B., Narula, J., & Fuster, V. (2012). Recognizing Global Burden of Cardiovascular Disease and Related Chronic Diseases. Mount Sinai Journal Of Medicine, 79(6), 632-640. doi:10.1002/msj.21345
Mathers, CD, & Loncar, D. (2006). Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS Medicine, 3(11), e442. Retrieved from http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info:doi/10.13…
