uofg definition - one health Answer - the collaborative effort of multiple
disciplines working together on our planet's most complex animal, human and
environmental health problems - concept AND an approach
Underlying principles of one health Answer - 1. Equity --> quality of being fair
and impartial
2. Sociopolitical and multicultural parity
3. Socio Ecological equilibrium
4. Stewardship
5. Transdisciplinarity --> relating to more than one branch of knowledge) and
multisectoral collaboration
health Answer - State of complete physical, mental and social well-being and
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
disease Answer - Any harmful deviation from the normal structural or
functional state of an organism, generally associated with certain signs and
symptoms and differing in nature from physical injury
A condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs
normal functioning and is typically manifested by distinguishing signs and
symptoms
Planetary Health Answer - formed out of human medicine, relating back to
humans (more distant from other two)
One Health Answer - biomed questions relating back to animals
, Eco Health Answer - sustainability and biodiversity
12 Determinants of human health Answer - 1. Income and social status
2. Employment and working conditions
3. Education and literacy
4. Childhood experiences
5. Physical environments
6. Social supports and coping skills
7. Healthy behaviours
8. Access to health services
9. Biology and genetic endowment
10. Gender
11. Culture
12. Race/racism
Health inequality Answer - differences in the health status of individuals and
groups
--> things we can't change (genes) or can change (behaviours such as smoking)
health inequity Answer - those inequalities in health that are deemed unfair or
that stem from some form of injustice
health equity Answer - the absence of unfair systems and policies that cause
health inequalities --> custom tools that identify and address inequality
environmental determinants of health: Answer - air pollution
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