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Activity 1

World Health and Sustainability

Activity 1: World Health and Sustainability

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Get Started

Genetics Environment Economic Status Lifestyle

Which of the following do you think most influences your health?


Get Started

Discuss in your group the reason you made your choice.

Decide on a spokesperson to report to the class your group’s reasons for your choice.

What most influences your health?

Activity 1: World Health and SustainabilityActivity 1: World Health and Sustainability

What do you think is the leading cause of death worldwide?


Introduction

What are some examples of infectious diseases?

What are some examples of noninfectious diseases?

Read the introduction.


What do health indicators show about world health and sustainability?

Challenge


Procedure

Sustainability is the ability to meet a community’s present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.


Procedure

Social Economic Environmental

Sustainability Indicator Groupings


World Health Data Sets


Procedure

How did your group sort the countries based on data sets one and two?

How do the two data sets compare?

World Health Data Sets 1 and 2


Procedure

What are some possible reasons for the high under-five mortality rate in some countries?

Is there a relationship between life expectancy and the types of diseases people in a country are dying from?



Procedure

Is there any financial information that can help explain the risk factors for a given country?

What would you predict for the measurements for the missing indicators for some countries?



Procedure

What links do you notice between the four data sets?

Are there any risk factors that are related to the incidence of disease and mortality?

World Health Data Sets 1 – 4


Procedure

What does the graph on the following slide indicate is the leading cause of death worldwide?


Disease and Income Level


Top 10 Causes of Death by Income Level






Follow Up

Compare the top 10 causes of death to what you thought were the leading causes of death at the beginning of the activity. Is there anything that surprises you about the data?


Follow Up

What similarities and differences did you notice in the groupings for World Health Data Sets 1 and 2 and Sets 3 and 4?

Analysis 1


Follow Up

How is the sustainability of a community tied to disease? Give examples of social, environmental, and economic factors in your answer.

Analysis 3


What do health indicators show about world health and sustainability?

Revisit the Challenge


evidence indicator infectious disease noninfectious disease sustainability

Key Vocabulary

Documents

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