1 / 18

CH 3: Health, Education, Poverty, and the Economy

CH 3: Health, Education, Poverty, and the Economy. CH 3 considers relationships between – underlying themes throughout this text/course Health and education Health and poverty Health and equity. Access to quality healthcare is a basic human right. Should not be impacted by; Age Gender

solana
Download Presentation

CH 3: Health, Education, Poverty, and the Economy

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. CH 3: Health, Education, Poverty, and the Economy

  2. CH 3 considers relationships between – underlying themes throughout this text/course • Health and education • Health and poverty • Health and equity

  3. Access to quality healthcare is a basic human right • Should not be impacted by; • Age • Gender • Income • Occupation • Political or religious affiliation • ethnicity

  4. So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable. Paul Farmer

  5. Socioeconomic Context of Disease • SES is a good predicator of health status • Poorer households have limited resources for preventing and treating illness and injury

  6. HEALTH

  7. Good health results in: • more years in the workforce making $ • fewer days missed from work • more productive at work, make more $

  8. Costs associated with illness • health care expenses • treatment, medications • w.o. insuranceor limited $, often delay getting treatment or seek cheaper options -> …. • miss work (or school) – lose pay (more likely to be unsuccessful) • transportation costs to healthcare

  9. Some Low-Income Countries have much better health indicators than their economic peers. • Goal is to learn from these countries

  10. Low Income countries that do well.. • Invest in nutrition, health, and education. • e.g. free primary education, national healthcare system… • Focus on improving people’s knowledge of hygiene and healthcare • washing hands • latrines way from homes and water supply • treating or filtering water • use of oral rehydration solutions to treat diarrheal diseases

  11. Literacy and higher educational levels are correlated with better health. • Mothers who can read generally have fewer children and healthier children.

  12. National Demographic and Health Study (2003-2004) • Compared no education, primary education, to secondary education or higher • Found a direct relationship between level of education and knowledge of ORS for the treatment of diarrhea • Level of education and under 5 mortality rate were inversely related

  13. Low Income countries that do well.. • Invest in health services and programs that are low cost and high impact • measles vaccinations • bed nets • Have a functional ministry of health

  14. Figure 3.1: Percentage of 1-Year-Old Children Receiving Measles Immunization, by Mothers with No Education and Mothers with Higher Education, for Selected Countries Data from WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS). Available at: http://www3.who.int/whosis/core/core_select_process.cfm. Accessed July 10, 2006.

  15. Where a person lives matters…even within a country or region • India – WHO Stats

  16. Figure 3.2: Under-5 Child Mortality Rates, for Selected States, India, 2005-2006 Data from Chapter 7- Infant and Child Mortality. In: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), & Macro International. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3), 2005-06: India: Vol. 1. Mumbai, India: IIPS; 2007. Available at: http://www.nfhsindia.org/NFHS-3%20Data/VOL-1/Chapter%2007%20-%20Infant%20and%20Child%20Mortality%20(313K).pdf. Accessed November 26, 2010.

  17. Figure 3.3: Infant Mortality Rates, for Selected States, Brazil, 2006 Data from Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). Complete Mortality Tables 2006: In 2006, life expectancy at birth of Brazilians was 72.3 years. Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro: IBGE; 2007. Available at: http://www.ibge.gov.br/english/presidencia/noticias/noticia_impressao.php?id_noticia=1043. Accessed November 27, 2010.

  18. Figure 3.4: Percentage of Children, 0 to 5 Years Who are Stunted, by Location, for Selected Regions Data from UNICEF. Progress for Children: Achieving the MDGs with Equity. Available at: http://www.unicef.org/media/files/Progress_for_Children-No.9_EN_081710.pdf. Accessed September 17, 2010. .

More Related