You will review demographic information, mortality, morbidity, literacy, life expectancy, health care coverage, etc. Sometimes, it helps to create tables and do a side-by-side comparison of the numeric data and some of the comparative data. You will be comparing the United States to a Low-income country and high-income country.- Write-up epidemiology of the health problem and consider the Social Determinants of Health when writing about the selected health concern for your low income country:
a. What are the social and cultural determinants of your health problem identified,
b. Who is affected, what are the risk factors, what are the morbidity and mortality rates, HALE, DALYs for the health problem, etc
c. Education, gender equality, health care system and public health services.
d. Are minority voices expressed and heard?
e. Who should be involved in the development and implementation of the program or policy?
f. Do people have insurance
g. What is the GDP and/or amount spent on health care per capita,
h. What are the resources (human and financial) that can be diverted or included to address the issue?
- Are there external forces that affect the implementation of the policy or program (e.g., other countries; large corporations; agricultural or drug manufacturers) that can be are part of the problem or solution,
- Finally, what interventions (program or policy) do you believe would work? What is your evidence-based recommendations for the policy/program intervention and determine barriers to implementation and suggestion on how to overcome these?After completing yours, you will have the opportunity to review and assess (grade) 2 other students in a group that will be reviewing different information and countries from you. After reviewing 2 classmates’ work, you will be knowledgeable of at least 8 countries’ health care systems.