Hey, lovely people.
I was wondering if anyone could help me out by going over this Unit 4 Key Knowledge point:I've got a general idea of it, but it'd be absolutely amazing if someone could briefly summarise it for me, and highlight the main points - maybe even come up with a likely exam question? Thanks heaps in advance, and sorry for asking so much.
Hope everyone's feeling okay in the lead-up! One week to go.
if I'm incorrect, no one hesitate to correct me... I haven't really thought about HHD for a while
This dot point is really practical, common sense -- if you're really stuck, just think about how it is in developing countries compared to Australia. eg. Does everyone go to school in developing countries? Is there political stability? Do men and women have the same rights? Is there adequate access to health care? Is there sanitation? ie. the answer to these is generally no, so then you think about what effect this has on citizens of that country.
Exam question would most likely be:
What is the impact of gender equality/global marketing/whatever on the health status of developed compared to developing countries?
(or something along those lines, essentially asking the same thing)
Here are
some examples of the influence of these on health status, but there are heaps more that I may have forgotten:
Gender equality
- Men and women have equal access to education, income, social services, etc in Australia > more likely to be able to afford nutritious food, health care > reduced morbidity and mortality from preventable diseases
Peace/political stability
- In developing countries there may be political unrest eg. civil war, protesting > can lead to violence > increased morbidity and mortality from injuries
- War or conflict may prevent access to resources such as health care, food > increased morbidity and mortality from preventable diseases, malnutrition
Income
- Sufficient income > can afford health promoting resources such as nutritious food > don't have to rely on processed foods > less likely to be obese > reduced morbidity and mortality from CVD, type 2 diabetes etc
- Can afford health care > reduced morbidity and mortality from preventable diseases eg. flu and detectable and treatable conditions eg. cervical cancer
Education
- Literate > more likely to get a job > income > can afford health care, nutritious food etc etc etc
(notice that a lot of these are the same so don't stress too much about this dot point I reckon)
Global marketing
- Tobacco, alcohol being marketed in developing countries due to lost revenue in developed countries > people in developing countries are less educated about the harmful effects of these and are therefore more susceptible to advertising by multinational companies. Also, some may desire to be more 'Western' as a result of pop culture etc > people in developing countries smoke, drink etc > increases morbidity and mortality from lung & throat cancer (tobacco smoking), cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes (bad foods > obesity > CVD, diabetes), reduced LE > double disease burden from both communicable disease and malnutrition as well as lifestyle disease caused by Western habits
Physical environments
- Lack of sanitation > increased morbidity and mortality from water-borne diseases eg. diarrhoea, cholera
- Air pollution > chronic respiratory diseases
- Poor housing and overcrowding > increases spread of infectious diseases
Hope this helps, anyone feel free to call out my mistakes