Global Health Issues and Classroom Rules
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The classroom rules clearly state that students should not speak to other students.

False (B)

The learning objectives and classroom rules are identical.

True (A)

The provided text advocates for students to be quiet during class.

False (B)

Students should arrive to class on time to prepare, settle, and be ready to learn.

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The text suggests that having a conversation with one's peers is prohibited.

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Environmental sustainability is NOT a key goal of the Millennium Development Goals.

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Reducing poverty was a primary goal of the Millennium Development Goals.

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Global health concerns ONLY involve communicable diseases.

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The World Health Organization was established by the UN.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) does NOT focus on standardizing acceptable health across different environments and economies.

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Arrive on time

Students should be punctual and ready before class starts.

Listen to directions

Pay attention to the teacher's instructions and follow them carefully.

Raise your hand

Indicate that you want to speak by raising your hand instead of interrupting.

Respectfulness

Show politeness and regard towards teachers and classmates when communicating.

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Classroom rules

Guidelines set to promote a positive learning environment.

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Global Health

Health issues that require international collaboration across borders.

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WHO

World Health Organization; coordinates global health efforts and initiatives.

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Millennium Development Goals

A set of 8 goals aimed to improve health and reduce poverty by 2015.

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Global Health Initiatives

Programs that pool resources to tackle specific global health problems.

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Communicable Diseases

Illnesses that can be transmitted from one person to another, needing global attention.

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Study Notes

Classroom Rules

  • Arrive on time and settle yourself before the class starts.
  • Listen to the teacher and follow the instructions.
  • Raise your hand if you have something to say.
  • Be respectful and polite when talking to the teacher and peers.

Word Pool

  • The document contains a word search puzzle with words related to health.

Global Health Issues: The Millennium Development Goals

  • The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were developed in 2000 by the United Nations to reduce global poverty by 2015.
  • The MDGs are a series of plans created by the UN.
  • The MDGs include: eradicating extreme poverty and hunger, achieving universal primary education, promoting gender equality and empowering women, reducing child mortality, improving maternal health, combating HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases, ensuring environmental sustainability, and establishing a global partnership for development

Global Health Issues: Eradicating Poverty and Hunger

  • Developing countries in Africa and Asia face extreme poverty and hunger.
  • Poverty and hunger result in malnutrition, causing lifelong physical and cognitive damage.
  • Effects of poverty include decreased health well-being and harm to the economy.
  • Suggestions to eradicate poverty and hunger include education, promoting gender equality, creating more jobs, investing in agriculture, establishing programs to improve nutrition for children and infants, and support for vulnerable countries.

Global Health Issues: Achieving Universal Primary Education

  • Educational goals aim for children everywhere to complete primary school by 2015.
  • Literacy rates among adults and youth are on the rise.
  • Gender gaps in education are narrowing.
  • Educational advancements will positively impact other MDGs, increasing survival and health and nutrition for children.

Global Health Issues: Promoting Gender Equality and Empowering Women

  • Gender equality concerns giving equal representation and treatment to men and women.
  • Equal treatment empowers women and others, creating opportunities in education, work, finances and other areas, improving the economy and reducing financial crisis effects.

Global Health Issues: Reducing Child Mortality

  • Programs and policies are needed to improve nutritional intake, healthcare, and infrastructure to reduce child mortality.
  • Strengthening local and national health programs is vital to this goal.

Global Health Issues: Improving Maternal Health

  • Maternal health involves the health and well-being of the entire family.
  • Improved maternal health helps eradicate problems like poverty, gender inequality, decreases in workforce, and lower birth rates and disabilities in women

Global Health Issues: Combating HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Other Diseases

  • Emerging and re-emerging diseases, including HIV/AIDS, malaria, influenza, negatively impact national productivity and growth.
  • Effects of outbreaks may include loss of jobs, shortage of workers and social crises.
  • Children are vulnerable and may be exposed to exploitation.
  • Some strategies for disease control include effective prevention, treatment, improving housing, increasing access to medicine, promoting safer sex behaviors and education, and TB- screening and treatment.

Global Health Issues: Ensuring Environmental Sustainability

  • Sustainability focuses on supporting energy sources like solar, wind, and water to increase jobs and opportunities.
  • This helps reduce reliance on traditional energy sources.
  • Environmental sustainability improves people's health and the environment.

Global Health Issues: Establishing a Global Partnership for Development

  • The UN, WHO, World Bank, and governments work cooperatively to ensure fair trade, economic relief, and funding for developing nations.
  • These funds help combat poverty, malnutrition, and provide for education and social projects.

Global Health Initiatives

  • Global health initiatives are programs intended to combine financial resources for worldwide health challenges.
  • The initiatives set a benchmark for health standards considering environmental, economic, and health concerns globally.

Global Health Initiative: The Global Fight Against Communicable Diseases

  • Global efforts to reduce deaths from malaria include improved prevention strategies, rapid responses to outbreaks, developing new anti-malarial drugs, and effective treatment.
  • Combating TB involves preventing further transmission through strategies like the TB-DOTS short-course therapy.

Global Health Initiative: The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

  • The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization strategizes to strengthen children's immunization programs and introduce new vaccines in developing countries.
  • Vaccines introduced include Hepatitis B, Influenza, Childhood Meningitis, Pneumonia, and yellow fever vaccines.

Global Health Initiative: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria

  • The Global Fund, a funding project rather than an initiative, contributes to the prevention, reduction, and mitigation of the negative impacts of these three diseases.
  • This contributes to fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals.

Global Health Initiative: Alcohol and Tobacco Control

  • The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is a key international treaty created to address the global tobacco epidemic among other things.
  • The WHO FCTC includes provisions on smoke protection, regulating tobacco product content, disclosure of tobacco products, educational campaigns, awareness campaigns, and reduced demand of tobacco products through cessation programs.

Global Health Initiatives: Global Strategy to Reduce Harmful Use of Alcohol

  • The global strategy acknowledges the link between alcohol misuse and a nation’s socio-economic development.
  • Supporting other global health campaigns and strengthening global health initiatives is crucial.

Global Health Initiative: Global Strategy for Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases

  • The global strategy addresses prevention and control of Non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, cancers, and diabetes; focusing on four key risk factors: unhealthy eating, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and alcohol use.

RA 10586: Anti-Drunk and Drugged Driving Acts of 2013

  • Individuals driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs can face punishments such as license confiscation and fines from 20,000 to 30,000.

Global Health Initiative: Mental Health

  • The WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan (2013-2020) was established through numerous consultations and research, aiming for an impartial, preventative, and life-centered approach to mental health.
  • The action plan focuses on overcoming negative trends in mental health, making mental health accessible, and ensuring respect and rights for those with mental health issues.

Misconceptions about Mental Health

  • Common misconceptions about mental illness include beliefs that individuals with mental illness are weak, crazy, or that mental health services cause more harm than good.
  • Other misconceptions include that mental illness is not a real issue, it's a sign of weakness, or that there's no cure.
  • Misconceptions also state that youth don't suffer mental health issues.

RA 11036: Philippine Mental Health Act of 2014

  • Aims to integrate mental health services into the national healthcare system, providing quality access to mental health care and medications, especially for the poor.

October 10: World Mental Health Day

  • October 10th is designated as World Mental Health Day.

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Explore the importance of classroom rules and their role in maintaining an effective learning environment. Additionally, delve into the Millennium Development Goals aimed at eradicating poverty, hunger, and improving global health. This quiz combines educational protocols with global health initiatives.

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