Global Health 5
This week’s essay focuses on your policy brief.
Complete the following:
Part 1: In a maximum of 450 words, discuss if poor nutrition is a risk factor for your health problem-Lack of sanitation or open defecation in India
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Part 2: Titled “Section 5 Major Risk Factors”-details below-
Major Risk Factors for Lack of sanitation or open defecation in India
· Include any key behavioral risk factors. Also, refer to lecture 1 where the WHO social determinants of health were discussed (video included here for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X2tdLTx_1Y) and include these, if relevant. Include cultural beliefs and attitudes. Are there any environmental factors (unsafe and/or lack of water, food insecurity, lack of sanitation, globalization, climate change, war/conflict) which are associated with the health condition? And what role does access to health care and services play?
. DO NOT include the environmental factors of water, sanitation, war/conflict, globalization, climate change and access to health care/services