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4 important questions on Rehearsel exam questions

Name the three most important environmental contributors to the global burden of disease, and shortly explain each of them with an example of the cause and consequence.

1. Indoor air pollution; caused by cooking on solid fuels, leads to mortality and respiratory infections (give concrete example!) 2. Ambient air pollution; caused by cars and industry, leads to mortality and respiratory infections
3. WASH; caused by scarcity of water, financial resources and infrastructure, leads to diarrhea etc.

2.1 Shortly describe two different routes through which nutrition influences the health status of children

1. Route: Nutritional status influences children’s physical and cognitive health status
2. Route: Nutritional status influences the immune system and hence, the vulnerability to infections that in turn, may further influence their nutrition intake and nutritional status
3. Route: Nutrition influences children’s educational enrolment and performance:
a. This will influence their knowledge on health, health care and health seeking when being a child and later in life
b. This will influence their job opportunities and hence, resources that they can use for health

2.2 Describe which three different actors/stakeholders (NL: belanghebbende partijen) should participate in a program that aims to promote the use of Oral Rehydration Therapy (used when a child suffers from diarrhea) at home in low-income countries. For each actor, shortly describe their role

• Mothers: gain insight in their habits and ways, which you have to take into account; word of mouth (NL: mond-tot-mond reclame).
• Health professionals: explain ORT and use of ORS; prevent the use and advise of the wrong types of medicines; use status to convince the mother of necessity.
• Researchers: monitoring and evaluation the programme on impact and adjust if necessary; deliver evidence that is needed to get financing and cooperation.
• Suppliers ORS (industry): make ORS affordable
• Government: infrastructure for transport to remote areas
• Financers: international financers like the World Bank or bilateral banks, global finance

2.3 What is culture? And give an example of an advantage and a disadvantage of making assumptions about what group members would be like.

Culture is about the learned and shared values of a particular group that guides thinking, beliefs, actions, behaviors, and emotional reactions.
Advantage: e.g. it enables us to act upon the values, beliefs, etc. of other people, and to make sense of what they are doing
Disadvantage: e.g. stereotyping, ignoring complexity