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global health field that places priority on improving well-being
through service, education, research, and advocacy
and achieving health equity for all
the global burden of diseases 80% of deaths are due to noncommunicable diseases
(NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, cancer,
chronic pulmonary disease, and diabetes
, Sustainable Development Goals set of 17 goals that the UN uses to frame their
agendas and political policies
Sustainable development goal #3 Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at
(THE ONE TO KNOW) all ages by 2030
why nurses must know goal #3 of the our work frequently includes addressing the SDG
SDG and nurses need to understand the links between
wider conditions on individual and population health
other factors that affect global health economics and politics
Ralph Waldo Emerson quote "The first wealth is health"
Biomonitoring process of using medical tests such as blood or urine
collection to determine if a person has been
exposed to a contaminant and how much exposure
they have received
Children's Health and the Environment they are vulnerable because:
SATA - Body systems are still rapidly developing.
- Eat, drink, and breathe more in proportion to their
body size than do adults.
- Breathing zone is closer to the ground compared
with adults.
- Bodies may be less able to break down and excrete
contaminants.
- Behaviors can expose them to more contaminants.
- Spending time outside home where environmental
hazards may be present.
definition of environmental justice the belief that no group of people should bear a
disproportionate share of negative environmental
health consequences regardless race, culture, or
income
Florence Nightingale pioneering epidemiologist who devoted her life to
the prevention of needless illness and death