Question

What are the effects of globalization on health? How do austerity policies led to negative health outcomes?

Answer 1

GLOBALIZATION

Globalization can be defined as a process of rapid economic,cultural and institutional integration among countries. The health impacts of globalization is simultaneously positive and negative.

Impacts of globalization on health

NEGATIVE	POSITIVE
Rapid spread of communicable diseases	Focus of preventing diseases rather than curing
Decreased popularity of traditional food	Technological advancements in health care field
Increased the death related to excessive consumption of alcohol and tobacco	Improved the knowledge of peoples related to the need of maintainance of a good health
Increased the medical conditions such as obesity and cardio vascular diseases	Modern technology potentially enables the health community to respond more quickly in energency conditions
Migration of health professionals from poor countries	Improvement of tele communication can rapidly detect and respond to the diagnosis
Rapid growth in the avilability of fast food	Advancements in the field of medical research

Impacts of austerity on health

Austeriy is a policy used by governments to save money,either as overall reduction in government spending as a percentage of GPD(Gross Domestic Product),or specific reduction in government spending.However it is defined,austerity causes specific losses to specific people.

Austerity become an issue especially recent years,mainly in Southern Europe after the 2008 global economic crisis and in Latin Americs after the end of commodity boom in 2012.It also affects the healtha nd haelth care services in mamy ways.

1. Increased morbimortality.
2. Reduced access to promotion of health,prevention of diseases and care.
3. Loss of quality care
4. Decreased coordination,motivation,time,input,personnel,staffingtraning
5. Increased worsening of job contact for health professional,breaking ties with patients
6. Reduced modified consumption of nutrition
7. Increased risk of of abusive alcohol consumption and smoking
8. Reduced surveillance measures:-epidemiological,sanitory and environmental
9. Reduced supply of services:- closure of health care facilities and center for primary care,reduced hospital bed and non-renewal of equipments,and also reduced the equipments maintainance
10. Cuts in corporate health financing
11. Reduced donations to philantropic medicine
12. Lesser access to health insurance plans and reduced health care investments.