Global Health
Health Terms
Population
Migration
Population and Migration Terms
100

John Snow’s work helped combat an outbreak of this disease

Cholera

100

Cancer and heart disease are known as diseases of ________

Affluence

100

What is the population of the world?

8 billion

100

What % of the US population is foreign born? The world?

13% US

3.5% World (280M int'l migrants)

100

People forced from their homes but remaining within their home country as known as ____ ____ ____.

Internally Displaced Peoples

200

About how many people in the world smoke tobacco? (# or ratio)

1.2 bil or ~25% of people > 15 yrs old

200

The term IPD stands for ____ ___ ____ _____

Infectious and Parasitic Diseases

200

As affluence increases, family size generally ________

Decreases

200

Name two specific causes that cause a person to become an environmental refugee.

Rising sea levels, desertification, flooding, aquifer depletion, extreme weather events

200

People who are forced to leave their home region due to sudden or long-term changes to their local or regional environment

Environmental refugee

300

Name a disease on the verge of eradication and a disease that has been eradicated

Polio or guinea worm (verge) 

Smallpox (eradicated) 

300

DALYs stand for ________ ______ _______ _______

Disability Adjusted Life Years

300

What is the global population growth rate?

0.9%

300

Name three of the top receiving countries of refugees 

Iran, Turkiye, Pakistan, Colombia

300

What are 2 examples of push and 2 examples of pull factors of migration?

Push: War, political instability, discrimination, famine, etc. 

Pull: Security, higher wages/more job opportunities, social services (education, healthcare), etc.

400

What country serves as a great example of reducing outdoor defecation? What country faces the biggest challenge in this regard?

Vietnam

India

400

Rates of ________ _________ also reflect the state of maternal health

Infant mortality

400

What is the I=PAT formula and what is it used for?

Impact  = population x affluence x technology. Designed to consider more than impact = population.

400

The largest flow from the Global South to North happens at what border?

US-Mexico

400

Along with people, what else is being smuggled through the Darien Gap?

Drugs, weapons

500

What does 80/40/40/30 explain about HIV/AIDS?

80M people infected, 40M have died, 40M live with, 30M have access to antiretroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS 

500

A discredited study linking childhood vaccinations to autism, the debate about mandatory immunization, politicization of covid-19, skepticism, and distrust all contribute to __________ ___ _________ ___________ 


Anti-vax and vaccine hesitancy

500

Why is the term “exponential growth” an incorrect description of current population trends?

Growth rate is decreasing

500

What was the main outcome of the 1986 Simpson-Mazolli Bill?

Granted citizenship to ~ 1 million undocumented immigrants

500

What does it mean to be granted asylum?

People who flee their countries because they fear persecution can apply for asylum. If they are granted asylum, this gives them protection and the right to stay in the receiving country.