Social, Political & Environmental Issues in International Healthcare - Coronary Heart Disease -- 3

1200-word essay to address the following points: NOTE: first choose ONE developed country and ONE developing country to use to answer the questions below. (i) (400 words) Discuss the impact of international, economic environmental and political issues on the diagnosis; prevalence and management of CHD in one developed country. • Diagnosis – Can you find any international, economic, environmental or political issues in your chosen developed country that could affect diagnosis? E.g. globalisation, access to healthcare services, perception of health, culture, healthcare policy etc. Describe specifically HOW these issues could affect diagnosis, e.g. improve / limit diagnosis. • Prevalence - Can you find any international, economic, environmental or political issues in your chosen developed country that could affect prevalence? E.g. globalisation, access to healthcare services, perception of health, culture, healthcare policy etc. Describe specifically HOW these issues could affect prevalence, e.g. increase / decrease numbers. • Disease management - Can you find any international, economic, environmental or political issues in your chosen developed country that could affect disease management? Describe specifically HOW these issues could affect disease management, e.g. will it improve or limit disease management. • You are not expected to discuss international, economic environmental and political issues for all of the three points, just pick which you think are the most important and would have the biggest impact. (ii) (400 words) Discuss the aetiology and assess the prevalence of CHD in a developing country and one developed country. Report on the diagnosis and management of CHD. Compare the differences between the two countries you have discussed and the approaches they adopted. • Discuss the aetiology (causes and risk factors) of CHD that are specific to the developing country you have chosen, and explain why this cause / risk factor is specific to that country, e.g. poverty, culture, lifestyle, development aid, etc. • Include some numbers on the prevalence of CHD • Discuss the aetiology (causes and risk factors) of CHD that are specific to the developed country you have chosen, and explain why this cause / risk factor is specific to that country. • Include some numbers on the prevalence of CHD • Compare the two countries and try to think of an explanation for these differences, e.g. the prevalence of CHD may be higher in country A compared to country B because of these factors…. • Discuss diagnosis and treatment issues of CHD that are specific to the developing and developed and countries you have chosen, and explain why this issue is specific to that country. e.g. can talk about differences in globalisation, access to healthcare services, perception of health, culture, healthcare policy etc. between these countries and how they could affect diagnosis and treatment differently. (iii) (400 words) Discuss the strengths and limitations of Global strategies put forward by organisations such as WHO (World Health Organisation) in addressing the global burden of CHD. • First identify and describe at least one global strategy from WHO that has been created to address the global burden of CHD, e.g. what are the goals, how do they plan to achieve these goals, who is involved (organizations, other stakeholders?) and what do they expect the outcome to be. • Discuss the strengths and limitations of the strategy / strategies, e.g. the strategy could do well at improving…because.... However, there may be limitations due to…because… Try to think critically here and it take some initiative to try to come up with your own ideas. Minimum 6 references Harvard Style