World Health and Sustainability

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Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Which of the following do you think most influences your health?

 Genetics  Environment  Economic Status  Lifestyle

Get Started

Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

Get Started

What most influences your health?

 Discuss in your group the reason you made your choice.

 Decide on a spokesperson to report to the class your group’s reasons for your choice.

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What do you think is the leading cause of death worldwide?

Introduction

Read the introduction.

 What are some examples of infectious diseases?

 What are some examples of noninfectious diseases?

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 What do health indicators show about world health and sustainability?

Challenge

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Sustainability

is the ability to meet a community’s present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

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Procedure

Procedure

Sustainability Indicator Groupings

 Social  Economic  Environmental Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

World Health Data Sets

Procedure

World Health Data Sets 1 and 2

 How did your group sort the countries based on data sets one and two?

 How do the two data sets compare?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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Procedure

 What does the graph on the following slide indicate is the leading cause of death worldwide?

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Disease and Income Level

Top 10 Causes of Death by Income Level

Top 10 Causes of Death by Income Level

Top 10 Causes of Death by Income Level

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?

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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?

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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

 What do health indicators show about world health and sustainability?

Revisit the Challenge

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evidence

 indicator 

infectious disease

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noninfectious disease

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sustainability Key Vocabulary