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HS Global Study Note
Study for 3rd Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anemia | Low level of hemoglobin in the blood, as evidenced by a reduced quality or quantity of red blood cells |
| Body mass index (BMI) | Body weight in kilograms divded by height in meters squared |
| Iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) | The spectrum, of IDD includes goiter, hypothyroidism, impaired mental function, still births, abortions, congenital anomalies, and neurological cretinism. |
| Low brithweight | Birthweight less than 2500 grmas |
| Malnutrition | Various forms of poor nutritio. Underweight, stunting and overweight as well as micronutrient deficiencies, are forms of malnutrition |
| Obesity | Excessive body fat content; commonly measured by BMI. The international reference for classifying an individual as obese is a BMI greater than 30. |
| Overweight | Excess bdoy fat content; commonly measured by BMI. The international reference for adults is as follows 25-29 (overweight), 30-40 (obese) and over |
| Stunting | failure to reach linear growth potential because of inadequate nutrition or poor health. Stunting is meausred as height for age 2 z-scores below reference. |
| Undernutrition | Poor nutrition. The three monst commonly used indexes for child undernutrition are hight-for-age, weight-for-age, and weight-for-height. Adults, BMI less than 18.5 |
| Vitamin A deficiency | Tissue concentrations of vitamin A low enough to have adverse health consequences such as increased morbidity and mortality, poor reproductive health, and slowed growth and development, even if there is no clinical deficiency. |
| Wasting | Weight, meausred in kilograms, divded by height in meters squared, that is 2 z-scores below the international reference. |
| Z-score | Stat term, meaning the deviation of an individuals value from the median value of a reference population, divided by the standard deviation of the reference population. |
| Factors in Food Acquisition | Access to land. Ability to produce food for those living in rural areas. Ability to purchase food. Social position. Gender (women and children get less food) |
| Direct Causes of Malnutrition | Food availibility and utilization. Disease prevention. Quality of maternal and child care. |
| Underlying Causes of Malnutrition | Inadequate access to food. Poor health services and environment. Inadequate care for children and women |
| Basic causes of Malnutrition | Inadequate education. Resources and control. Political and Economic structures. |
| Protein | Proper growth of children and immune functions |
| Vitamin A | Proper immune function and prevention of xerophtalmia |
| Iodine | Prevent iron defiency anemia, prevent low birthweight and premature babies |
| Zinc | Promote growth, immune function and cog. development. |
| Obstetric Fistula | A hole in an epithelial wall of the vagina that can lead to leaking from either the bladder on the rectum |
| Cause of Obstetric Fistula | During or after delayed childbirth, sexual trauma, rape |
| asphyxia | severely deficient oxygen supply |
| diahhrea | frequent and watery bowel movements |
| hookworm | parasite that lives in the intestines of the host |
| malaria | disease of human caused by blood parasites, anopheline mosquitos |
| pertussis | contagious bacterial disease that is one of the leading cauess of vaccine preventable deaths |
| pneumonia | inflammation caused by sever infection, leading to a systematic inflammatory response |
| sepsis | sever infmation |
| tetanus | severe infection through a puncture wound with an unclean object |
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