Gooood Morning!

Sorry I am away today - Basketball (w/- Abi and Zac :-) ) - 18-7-2012

Please work through the activities below.

Have a great day - Mr "Seijbs" Seijbel...

Overview

Chapter 10 in the text book explores some of the factors that cause people in the developing world to have a much lower health status than here in Australia. There is a lot of information! What we are interested in is not how many individual pieces of information you can recite and remember – even if we were there is still too much to be able to do this well, but rather your ability to examine and particular situation and explain why this situation is occurring.

The Key Knowledge we are targeting is:

·  The influence of income, gender equality, peace, education, access to healthcare, political stability, global marketing and physical environments on the health status of developing countries and Australia.

Getting Started

Read pages 286-317. You do not have to read it all upfront now - though I think this would be a priority.

Activities

1.  Summarise one (1) factor's impact on Health and Human Development for the class.

Present a brief summary (definitions, explanations, examples…) of how your factor has an impact (positive and/or negative - on health status and human development.

Factor / Students
Income / Emma & Maddi
Gender / Stacey & Naomi
Education / Kellie & Grace
Healthcare / Emily & Abi
Political Stability / Saige & Zac
Global Marketing / Kim & Seijbel
Physical Environments / Maigan & Kate

2.  Summary Table

Use the table below either today or next lesson when people go through the topics to summarise the influence of each factor.

Factor / Impact (explanation) / Examples
Income
Gender
Education
Healthcare
Political Stability
Global Marketing
Physical Environments

3.  Case Studies

Watch/Analyse at least three (3) of the case studies below and:

a.  List the factors that have an influence on this person's health and the health and human development status of her community/country.

b.  Identify which factor you think has the greatest impact on their Health and Human Development status and EXPLAIN HOW.

·  Hawa’s story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kNyIg4_-Tw

·  Samon’s story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSodkapRVdE&feature=related

·  A Bawab story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzywIDZsEsk

·  Halima’s story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTIfY9SmJdA&feature=related

·  Kadhi’s story (in case internet is as it has been last two days - no video required) -

Kadhi is a 34 year old male living in a Sub-Saharan African nation. As a teenager he moved from his family’s farm to the city with his father and older brother when his mother died giving birth to his younger sister. His father was unable to find a job, and since then, the three men have been living in a large shanty town on the outskirts of the city, and work in a local factory which makes paper clips and other stationary items for a European company. Kadhi earns US$1.30 a day from this job.

Kadhi sometimes tries to find a better job, but there are not many of these available, and he is not able to read or write. Sadly for Kadhi, he also has a number of ongoing health issues. He is frequently ill due to his poor living conditions, and does not have access to clean water, meaning he also contracts water-borne diseases from time to time. Also, despite having such a low income, Kadhi is also a smoker. He is able to purchase cigarettes because the shop at the factory sells them individually, so whenever he has money he can buy one. He has a high level of cholesterol as many of the food outlets in the city are western style fast food restaurants, owned to international companies which sell pre made foods high in fat and sugar, as well as soft drinks.

Case Study Selected / Factors Involved / That have an Influence / Most influential factor (inc. explanation)
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