COH 422 - Global Health

What measures can families take, even in the absence of additional income or health services, to keep their children healthy?

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Sample Library search:

• child health AND family AND activities

1. What are the most important causes of child death globally?

2. Which do YOU think is the absolute most important and why?

3. How would you go about solving this issue on a large-scale?

4. Whom would you work with to solve this problem?

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Use Statista to locate statistics: Sample Search for Child Mortality

• See the Dossier on Global Health

Article Searches in CINAHL: "Child Mortality" AND "World Health"

Extra credit:

Find 3 sources (most of these should be a peer reviewed journal paper) on your research topic. Please use National University Library [see Articles tab in this guide] and/or Google Scholar to assist in your search. Mention how you plan to use the information from this paper in your research. You need a minimum of 5 sentences. Get +1 on your mid-term exam. MUST BE IN PROPER APA FORMAT!

Respond to this post like this:

My topic: Understanding the health implications of water in Iraq.

1. Zolnikov, T. R. (2013). The maladies of water and war: Addressing poor water quality in Iraq. American Journal of Public Health, 103(6), 980-987.                                                                                                                                              I have selected this paper to use because it provides information on waterborne diseases. While it focuses on Iraq, I believe I will be able to extend this information and use it in a broader context.

2. Hagopian, A., Flaxman, A. D., Takaro, T. K., Al Shatari, S. A. E., Rajaratnam, J., Becker, S., & Burnham, G. (2013). Mortality in Iraq Associated with the 2003–2011 War and Occupation: Findings from a National Cluster Sample Survey by the University Collaborative Iraq Mortality Study. PLoS Medicine,10(10), 2-15.
   I have selected this paper because I will be able to review mortality rates within Iraq. I can understand what health implications are taking place. Also, because this paper was printed in 2013, it is a valuable current source of data.

3. Alborz, A. (2013). Environmental characteristics and prevalence of birth defects among children in post-war Iraq: implications for policies on rebuilding the Iraqi education system. Medicine, Conflict and Survival, 29(1), 26-44.
   This paper focuses on the childhood aspect of disease. It will also allow further insight into war in Iraq and how that contributed to adverse health effects within the population.

• Case Study Option 1: Preventing HIV AIDS in Thailand  - PDF (1.2 MB)Accessibility score: Low Click to improve 
• Case Study Option 2: Reducing Guinea Worm in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa  - PDF (1.2 MB)

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Sample Library search... Be ready to narrow the search based on your research-based questions or issues/problems upon whichyou wish to focus.

• HIV AND Thailand
• Dracunculiasis AND eradication

Here are some links for recent global health developments in journals:

1. Stillbirths: malaria in pregnancy http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(17)30378-9/fulltext

2. Quality of life for people with HIV in Africa http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(17)30384-4/fulltext

3. Antimicrobial resistance in neonatalal sepsis: http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langlo/article/PIIS2214-109X(17)30362-5/fulltext

4. Sanitation, gender, and menstruation in India: http://gh.bmj.com/content/2/4/e000414

5. Physical violence against women in rural Kenya: http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201702/jogh-07-020406.htm

6. Pharmaceuticals, NCDS, and partnerships: http://www.jogh.org/documents/issue201702/jogh-07-020301.htm 

7. Maternal exposures to fluoride: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp2289/

8. Temperature and mortality rates: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp1756/

9. Public health implications of public drinking water: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp2470/

10. Selenium exposure and IQ in children: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp1691/

11. Blood levels in children from Flynt, Michigan: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2015.303003  

12. Planetary health and what it means to the world: https://www.globalhealthnow.org/2017-09/whats-difference-planetary-health-explained  

13. Pathogens without borders: https://www.globalhealthnow.org/2017-10/pathogens-without-borders  

14. Vaccine messages in culture: https://www.globalhealthnow.org/2017-10/malicious-messaging  

15. Pollution kills three times more than AIDS, TB, and Malaria: http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/10/19/558821792/report-pollution-kills-3-times-more-than-aids-tb-and-malaria-combined  

16. Can the world wipe out polio: http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/10/20/558734436/webcast-can-the-world-finally-wipe-out-polio  

17. The alarming rise of female genital mutilation in America: http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/health/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-explainer-trnd/index.html