Assignment: DHA 713 Global Health Perspectives
Assignment: DHA 713 Global Health Perspectives
DHA 713 WEEK 8 Global Health Perspectives
Review the article, Evidence-Based Human Factors Guidelines for PowerPoint Presentations
located in the Week Eight Electronic Reserve Readings.
Your healthcare organization has identified the development of a global health opportunity as part of its strategic plan. You have been assigned as chair of the team chartered to select an opportunity, research its feasibility, and develop a plan for implementation by the organization. Your team includes designees from your organizations fiscal, human resources, marketing, risk management, and clinical departments. At the conclusion of your project you will present your findings to the organizations executive team.
Create a 20- to 25-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation on the global opportunity your team identified, your findings, and recommendations.
Include the following in your presentation:
Select a global health issue (opportunity) that your organization could address through the development of a global health service.
Explain the global health opportunity’s financial and service Impact on your organization.
Identify how this global health opportunity will be incorporated in your organization’s strategic plan.
Apply the guidelines identified in the Evidence-Based Human Factors Guidelines for PowerPoint Presentations resource to develop your Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation.
Include detailed speaker notes for each slide.
Include a minimum of 3 references from peer reviewed journals.
Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines
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Global health
The term “global health” designates a broad and heterogeneous subject area characterized by a general interest in the various challenges and potentials of medicine and healthcare in an increasingly complex world [12], [14], [17], [44], [48], [49]. In conjunction, the following three core elements form a working definition of global health and constitute an innovative and necessary perspective for medical education.
Health as a human right: The normative basis for global health lies in the individual human right to the highest attainable standard of health, as stated in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted by the United Nations [49], [50], [51]. Global health is explicitly based on the human rights concept of equity [48]: All people are equal in regard to dignity and rights, regardless of their origin and all biological, social or other specific differences. The promotion and guarantee of equal rights requires leveling the field in terms of disadvantages and protection against preventable health risks and all forms of discrimination [50], [52].
Global perspective: Global health perspective focuses on the entire world, meaning that it is not limited to specific areas or regions [48], [53]. This involves consideration of local situations within a global context, including migration, climate change, and global economic relationships [15], [54]. The isolated view of medicine and healthcare in terms of the North-South divide, implying supposedly developed and underdeveloped countries, is inappropriate from a global health
