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NR553 Global Health

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Global Health Challenges

Explore one global health challenge from your text or lecture this week and expand on its causes, trends, and the corrective action needed, taking into account resources in the developing world.

DQ2 Commission on Social Determinants of Health

Bell, Taylor, and Marmot (2010) stated that the Commission on Social Determinants of Health was to move global health from a biomedical model to a social model. Describe the focus of the Commission on Social Determinants and discuss how the Commission’s focus will impact policy related to global health.

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Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Burden of Disease

Discuss one of the leading risk factors that cause the greatest burden of disease in a high-mortality developing region, as well as one associated implication for health policy.

DQ2 Epidemiologic Transition

Correlate one leading risk factor causing the greatest burden of disease in developed regions with Omran’s theory of epidemiologic transition.

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Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Inequality, Power, and Privilege

“Today’s real borders are not between nations, but between powerful and powerless, free and fettered, privileged and humiliated. Today, no walls can separate humanitarian or human rights crises in one part of the world from national security crisis in another” (Markle, Fisher, & Smego, 2007).

Consider the above statement from your text by Kofi Annan. Identify one existing global health inequality and discuss how power and privilege play roles in the inequality.

DQ2 Ethical Principles in Global Research

Using the Chamberlain online library, explore global-health research being conducted in developing countries. Discuss ethical principles (autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and/or justice) of global health related to a specific global-health research study being conducted in developing countries.

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Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 Disaster Preparedness and Response

Explore an organization involved in providing disaster preparedness and response (local, national, or international). Briefly present the organization and describe the role of nurses in fulfilling the objectives of the organization in case of emergency. Propose another opportunity for nursing to become actively involved with this organization in providing disaster preparedness or response.

DQ2 Outbreak of Disease

Visit the World Health Organization—Global Alert and Response (GAR). Review a disease outbreak posted this year that includes information on how the disease was contracted and recommendations for control and/or prevention. Provide an overview of the disease alert. Was this information made available to healthcare professionals and the general public? Where else could healthcare professionals and the general public gain information on disease outbreaks?

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Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 Cultural Norms and Healthcare Issues

Search the World Health Organization website or Chamberlain online library for a social or cultural norm associated with behaviors leading to healthcare issues. Discuss the global healthcare issue and explain how cultural or social norms or practices play a role in perpetuating the behavior.

DQ2 Nursing and Population Health

Share a brief report on a scholarly article that emphasizes how nurses are making a difference in global health related to one of the health issues of global populations presented this week.

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Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 Nursing and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)

Investigate a non-governmental organization (NGO) involved in global health advocacy. Describe how nursing is or may become involved in advocacy for one global health issue or policy through this agency.

DQ2 Nursing and Primary Care for All

Explore one global health agency and describe the involvement of nursing in providing primary healthcare for a community, region, or nation.

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Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 Technology Transfer

Review an article regarding technology transfer to a developing nation. Discuss barriers to the technology transfer presented in the article.

DQ2 Promoting Health in Global Communities

Introduction of new health services or technology to communities in developing nations requires planning, communication, and insight. Discuss one theory of behavior change and how it could be utilized when planning to implement a new service or technology in a developing community.

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Week 8 Discussion

Reflection of Global Health Concepts

Reflect on the concepts you have learned in this course on global health. As a nurse, how will you utilize what you have learned to promote healthy communities worldwide? Present one global health concept and provide an example of how you will use the concept toward enhancing global health.