Assignment: Global Health
Part I: Economic Status, Education and Health Systems
Select 2 of the 3 discussion topics below:
• Health and Education: Discuss the education system in Nigeria. Utilize current statistics including the literacy rate of the population in your country. Describe the link between health and the education system.
• Health, Economic Status and Poverty: Discuss the economic indicators related to Nigeria such as income per person, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and the percentage of GDP spent on health care. Compare and contrast to the United States. Discuss the relationship between health and productivity. Is there a relationship between health and health expenditure? Describe the relationship between expenditure on health and health outcomes.
• Health System: Identify and discuss the current health system in Nigeria.
Health Care Services: Discuss access to healthcare services and barriers to health care.
Utilize reliable sources to support your writeups
Use headings that match the requirements for each module. Cite textbook, Include in text citations per APA guidelines.
Part II: Culture and Health
• Introduce the topic of culture related to health. Describe the relationship between culture and health. Discuss gender norms associated with your country of interview (Nigeria)
• From the literature or online resources, identify a minimum of 2 common cultural practices that are helpful or harmful to health.
• Describe the cultural practice and the impact on health. Discuss a minimum of 2 cultural factors that impact health. Be as specific as possible about the direct impact of these factors to health. Utilize reliable sources, including your textbook, to support your paper. Be sure to cite your references.
Part III: Health Factors and Disease
• Introduce the topic of occupational, environmental, nutritional or unintentional injury factors that impact health/disease.
• Describe common occupational, environmental, nutritional or unintentional injury factors. (Select 2 of the 4 factors) that impact health and discuss how they relate to health.
• Describe health promotion activities (potential or actual) related to these factors to improve health status
• Discuss findings from a recent (within 5 years) research article from a peer-reviewed journal that supports the health promotion activity (evidenced based practices).
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.