Global health issue
This assignment is part two of the three part paper assignment. After students select a specific issue pertaining to a low-income country, they are required to write about the issue. In this part of the assignment, students should introduce the health issue of the selected country including its significance and relevance to global health. Students should utilize the content covered in the course and conduct additional research to inform about the issue, its impact, systems and social determinants of health that influence its outcomes, its impact on the global disease burden, demographics affected, etc.). This paper should be a maximum of 2 pages. Papers should be thorough, complete, and thoughtful to indicate that you have read, examined, and can apply the concepts in the readings.
Assignment 1, Part 2 Outline
1) Introduction
a) Brief description of the health issue selected
b) Significance/prevalence of the selected health issue in the country selected
2) Impact
a) Influence of social determents of health for topic/country
b) Influence of culture for topic/country medical decision making/health care/etc.
c) Influence of the country’s health system & policies on the identified health issue
d) Impact of this issue on global health
e) How the selected issue impacts current and future global health care needs.