Activity 1 World Health and Sustainability Get Started

Activity 1 World Health and Sustainability

Get Started What influences your health? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Get Started Which of the following do you think most influences your health? � Genetics � Environment � Economic Status � Lifestyle Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability Go stand at the SIGN of your choice

What do you think is the leading cause of death worldwide? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Introduction Read the introduction. � What are some examples of infectious diseases? � What are some examples of noninfectious diseases? � What is the difference between INFECTIOUS disease & NONINFECTIOUS disease? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Introduction INFECTIOUS DISEASES � caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi; the diseases can be spread, directly or indirectly, from one person to another. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Introduction EXAMPLES of infectious disease � Tuberculosis � Malaria � Aids � Influenza � Strep throat � Pneumonia Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Introduction NON INFECTIOUS DISEASE � Not passed from person to person � not caused by pathogens � causes usually linked to lifestyle factors such as environmental toxins or gene mutations. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Get Started EXAMPLES of Noninfectious Diseases � Cancer � Diabetes � IBS (irritable bowel syndrome � Fibromyalgia � Osteoporosis � Asthma Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Challenge � What do health indicators show about world health and sustainability? � Do you remember the 3 dimensions of sustainability? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Procedure Sustainability Indicator Groupings � Social � Economic � Environmental � Some indicators may fit in more than one dimension or seem to fit none of them Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

World Health Data Sets Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Procedure World Health Data Sets 1 and 2 � What connections can you make while looking at the indicator data? � How did your group sort the countries based on data sets one and two? � How do the two data sets compare? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Procedure World Health Data Sets 1 and 2 � What are some possible reasons for the high under-five mortality rate in some countries? � Is there a relationship between life expectancy and the types of diseases people in a country are dying from? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Procedure World Health Data Sets 3 and 4 � Is there any financial information that can help explain the risk factors for a given country? � What would you predict for the measurements for the missing indicators for some countries? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Procedure World Health Data Sets 1 – 4 � What links do you notice between the four data sets? � Are there any risk factors that are related to the incidence of disease and mortality? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Disease and Income Level What does the graph indicate is the leading cause of death worldwide? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Top 10 Causes of Death by Income Level Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Follow Up � Compare the top 10 causes of death to what you thought were the leading causes of death at the beginning of the activity. Is there anything that surprises you about the data? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Follow Up Analysis 1 � What similarities and differences did you notice in the groupings for World Health Data Sets 1 and 2 and Sets 3 and 4? Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Follow Up Analysis 3 � How is the sustainability of a community tied to disease? Give examples of social, environmental, and economic factors in your answer. Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability