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IHP 501 Module Three Project Preparation Worksheet

Precious Teasley

Southern New Hampshire University

IHP-501-Q2461 Global Health and Diversity

22TW2

Professor Esther Johnstone

November 27,2022

Complete this worksheet by replacing the bracketed text with the relevant information. If needed, you can expand the outline to itemize your responses underneath the indicated topics.

Health Challenge Analysis

Clinical Presentation: [It is believed that the virus comes from consuming non-primate meats (e.g. chimpanzees and monkeys). It is transmitted through bodily fluid contacts such as saliva, urine and breast milk. Symptoms include vomiting, fever, aches, loss of appetite, fatigue and sore throat.]

Prevalence

Populations at Risk: [The most affected groups are women and girls. Also, most cases reported were from rural areas.]

Morbidity and Mortality: [Case fatality rates vary between 25% and 90% (Rugarabamu et al., 2020). On average, half of those who contract the disease probably die.]

Prevalent Trends: [. Most cases emerge from Africa, and the most affected groups are those that eat bush meat. Analysis of the virus from 1976 to 2019 shows a linear rate of change with time (Rugarabamu et al., 2020).]

Inequities

i. Socioeconomic Groups: [First, poverty and unemployment, which forces people to hunt for bush meat, contribute to the disease.]

Race/Ethnicity: [So far, most of the affected countries are from Africa, but it is not yet clear whether certain races are more exposed than others.]

Gender: [Gender is another factor with women at a higher risk because most care for patients with the virus ( New Ebola outbreak hits women and girls hardest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2018).]

Other: [Regarding age, children are most vulnerable to the virus. Also, people within rural areas are at risk of the disease, and it can be further argued that high illiteracy levels can contribute to Ebola risks.]

Other Determinants of Health

Environmental: [The Ebola virus is transmitted via the air (water, soil). Therefore, exposure to contaminated air can trigger the virus.]

Biological: [The biological means through which the Ebola virus spread is when human beings directly interact with wildlife.]

Policy Evaluation: [One of the policies undertaken by the Sierra Leone government is declaring that hiding Ebola patients is illegal. This law was created to prevent a scenario where the residents hid Ebola patients, and that contributed to further Ebola Virus spread. This policy is effective because it will encourage people to take infected persons to treatment centers.]

References

The new ebola outbreak hits women and girls hardest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. United Nations Population Fund. (2018). Retrieved November 22, 2022, from https://www.unfpa.org/news/new-ebola-outbreak-hits-women-and-girls-hardest-democratic-republic-congo#:~:text=The%20most%20vulnerable,them%20are%20of%20reproductive%20age

Rugarabamu, S., Mboera, L., Rweyemamu, M., Mwanyika, G., Lutwama, J., Paweska, J., & Misinzo, G. (2020). Forty-two years of responding to ebola virus outbreaks in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Review. BMJ Global Health, 5(3). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001955