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High-Risk and Vulnerable Global Populations

Kemah Dalmeida

Rasmussen University

Global Health/NUR4681CBE

Dr. Shirlean Pelham-Bennett

January 26, 2021

Pertinent determinants of Health

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Physical influences

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Pre-existing health conditions

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Genetics

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Environmental influence

Selected condition- Malaria

High-risk and vulnerable population

Pregnant women

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Health Disparities

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Prenatal health conditions and pre-existing conditions - prenatal conditions and pre-existing conditions may weaken

the immune system making pregnant mother more vulnerable to malaria

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Changes in immunity- during pregnancy, a woman's immunity reduces, making her more prevalent to get malaria.

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Changes in hormone levels- the hormone levels' changes play a role in the decreased immunity levels in pregnant

women.

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Poverty- most of the pregnant women affected are from developing countries. That indicates that they do not have

sufficient resources to protect themselves

Human Rights from the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights

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The right to Health

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Right to security in the event of sickness

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Right to the standard of living adequate

for the health and well-being of a person

Ethical Consideration

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Confidentiality

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Communicating the results

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Anonymity

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Promoting informed consent

References

González, R., Pons‐Duran, C., Piqueras, M., Aponte, J. J., Ter Kuile, F. O., & Menéndez, C. (2018). Mefloquine for preventing malaria in pregnant women. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (3).

Rogerson, S. J., Desai, M., Mayor, A., Sicuri, E., Taylor, S. M., & van Eijk, A. M. (2018). Burden, pathology, and costs of malaria in pregnancy: new developments for an old problem. The Lancet infectious diseases, 18(4), e107-e118.

Tegegne, B., Getie, S., Lemma, W., Mohon, A. N., & Pillai, D. R. (2017). Performance of loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) for malaria diagnosis among malaria suspected pregnant women in Northwest Ethiopia. Malaria Journal, 16(1), 1-7.

Feedback from instructor

 I see you’ve been busy!  Thank you for your deliverable 4 submission.  The feedback below corresponds to each section of the grading rubrics for this deliverable.   

Section 1:  Grade 4.  Perfect!  The main concept is clearly presented and centrally located on the concept map, including the selected condition and the population affected by the condition. You have demonstrated mastery in this section of the deliverable.   

Section 2:  Grade 1.  Explain how they relate to pregnant women with malaria.  Health disparities impacting the population globally are clearly presented with a detailed description of how they support the main concept 

 Section 3:  Grade 2 .  Genetics and environment would be health determinants but you need to expand on that a little bit.  How does this relate to pregnant women with malaria?  At least three pertinent determinants of health are  presented in a way that supports the main concept. 

Section 4:  Grade 1.   At least three ethical considerations are clearly presented in a way that supports the main concept.  It is not clear what ethical standards you are speaking of and you have not indicated how this relates to pregnant women with malaria.  

Section 5:  Grade 2.  You have clearly presented three human rights but how do they relate to pregnant women with malaria?. At least three human rights are clearly presented in a way that supports the main concept. 

Something to keep in mind is that every section always has to tie back into your main topic (in this case pregnant women with malaria).