Human Health - Global Health Issues
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Equivalent to FETAC: Level 5 | Equivalent to QCF (UK): Level 3
Understand the importance of global health, women's health, AIDS and HIV
"Human Health 3" course examines the global health issues affecting the world today with a particular focus on the developing world. The interactive course considers a variety of topics such as, Women's Health, HIV/AIDS, and health in infancy, childhood and adolescence. It is ideal for those in health management, the medical professions, charity and community work, HIV/AIDS awareness, and women's health.
Modules in Human Health - Global Health Issues
After completing this course you will understand important global health topics such as oral rehydration therapy, breastfeeding, rural mortality rates, childhood health, and adolescent health. You will know the know the importance of women's health especially during pregnancy and old age. This course will help you to identify the projects that are created to effectively deal with challenges such as the prevention of AIDS and HIV.
Cheuy Bondream - Cambodia
2013-04-05 02:04:31
it nice course to development health
Adewale Aderemi - Nigeria
2013-01-02 12:01:41
Course Module: Global health
Course Topic: global health
Comment: the very high mortality rates among the younger populations in the developing will impact negatively on their economies both now and in the future
Ephraim Phiri - Malawi
2012-11-03 08:11:03
Course Module: Global health
Course Topic: Health 21: health for all in the 21st century
Comment: this is global concern
ZELINDA BAKER - United States of America
2012-06-26 23:06:57
Course Module: Global health
Course Topic: Global health - health in infancy
Comment: Good nutrition during the first two years of life greatly assists a child to reach its optimum growth and development. Breastfeeding greatly encourages good nutrition, however, not all mothers breastfeed their babies. There are a variety of reasons why they don't:
they don't understand why breastfeeding in important to health
they don't know how to breastfeed
they don't have support from family and friends to assist them
breastfeeding may be culturally undesirable
they are unable to continue breastfeeding because they must return to work
alternatives in the form of infant formula are readily available and promoted.
An infant requires milk for the first few months of life because the digestive system has not matured sufficiently to cope with other types of foods. For this reason, breastfeeding is essential in both industrialised and developing countries. Then, when an infant is 4-6 months old, solids can be introduced into their diet
For example, in Australia, the incidence of breastfeeding is quite high, particularly among Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. However, the usage drops if the factors of lower socioeconomic status, lower education levels or a non-English speaking background are present.
Women of the highest socioeconomic groups are twice as likely to breastfeed for an extended period of time. Formula feeding is quite expensive and puts further demands on the financial resources of low-income families.
The benefits of breastfeeding have been promoted through a variety of activities funded by the Commonwealth Government. World Health Organisation (WHO) and United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF) launched the baby friendly hospital initiative in 1991 in an attempt to promote the Ten Steps To Successful Breastfeeding.
The steps included practices such as educating all mothers on the advantages of breast milk, ensuring that newborn babies were kept in the same room as their mothers, not using feeding bottles and assisting mothers with any difficulties they may experience when attempting to breastfeed. They envisaged that this practice would be routine in all hospitals throughout the world by 1995.
WHO and UNICEF also developed a Code of Marketing Of Breastfeeding Substitutes as part of this strategy.
Uwazie Joseph - Nigeria
2012-06-21 14:06:03
Course Module: Assessment
Course Topic: Global Health Issues Assessment
Comment: gives a scope of the basic issues that are on the front burner in global health
so whats the way forward?