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An Introduction to Global Health - Mental Health (11:59)
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In Ethiopia there are 0.5 psychiatrists per million people, whereas in Sweden there are 200 per million people. Does that mean each psychiatrist in Ethiopia has to see 400 times more patients per day? To learn more abot global mental health, please watch this lecture.
Get transcript for video here: https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/module/58789/overview

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Karolinska Institutet
Provider Set:
An Introduction to Global health
Author:
MD PhD Fredrik Wikström
Date Added:
10/14/2015
An Introduction to Global Health - Mental Health in a Global Perspective (11:31)
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This lesson discusses and explains why mental health is difficult to define using international terminology. It also introduces why there is a much higher burden of disease linked with mental disorders in Europe compared to, for example, Africa. The session discussed why there is a different spending on mental health treatment in developing countries compared to western countries.
Participants: Dr. Matt Muijen.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
University of Copenhagen
Provider Set:
An Introduction to Global Health
Author:
Professor Flemming Konradsen
Date Added:
01/07/2016
An Introduction to Global Health - Migration and Health in a Scandinavian Context (09:23)
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This presentation provides an introduction to migrant health and its importance in the global health context. We’ll look at the key concepts of migration and ethnicity and how they are related to health. Furthermore we’ll look at how barriers may arise in access to health care for migrants, and finally we’ll provide examples from a Scandinavian context on differences in health between migrants and ethnic Danes.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
University of Copenhagen
Provider Set:
An Introduction to Global Health
Author:
Associate Professor Marie Norredam
Date Added:
01/07/2013
An Introduction to Global Health - NCDs (Cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, lung disease) (12:15)
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As fewer children die, more people grow up to become adults, or even ol, the global burden of disease is changing from infections to Non-communicable diseases. Which diseases are they, and what do they have in common? Is it a good or abad thing that they are increasing worldwide?
Get transcript for video here: https://www.oercommons.org/courseware/module/58789/overview

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
Karolinska Institutet
Provider Set:
An Introduction to Global health
Author:
MD PhD Helena Nordenstedt
Date Added:
10/14/2019
An Introduction to Global Health - NCDs Explained (12:46)
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This presentation provides an introduction to the term Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD). We’ll explore what NCD’s are, and look at some of the epidemiology (the burden of disease) and finally we’re going to look at some of the major misconceptions and misunderstandings around NCD’s

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
University of Copenhagen
Provider Set:
An Introduction to Global Health
Author:
Dr. Alessandro Demaio
Date Added:
01/07/2013
An Introduction to Global Health - Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and Healthcare Systems (11:33)
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This interview provides knowledge about which role WHO plays in the shaping of global health, and how WHO’s role relates to the roles of government, non-government and other actors. Furthermore we’ll explore what a “health in all policies” approach is and why it’s important in the combat of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Finally we’ll discuss the role of an integrated approach in relation to public health in general and the NCDs in particular.
Participants: Dr. Gauden Galea.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
University of Copenhagen
Provider Set:
An Introduction to Global Health
Author:
Medical Doctor Alessandro Rhyll Demaio
Date Added:
01/07/2014
An Introduction to Global Health - The Global Burden of Disease - The rise of Non-Communicable Diseases (15:05)
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This presentation focuses on the rise of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and the findings related to NCDs globally. Furthermore, we’ll explore the concept of Disability-Adjusted Life Year (DALY), which is the main indicator that’ll be used to monitor burden and disease outcomes for the risk factors.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
University of Copenhagen
Provider Set:
An Introduction to Global Health
Author:
Dr. Alessandro Demaio
Date Added:
01/07/2016
An Introduction to Global Health - Use of Pesticides - and the link to Self Harm in Sri Lanka (10:28)
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Pesticide self-poisoning is among the leading cause of suicide worldwide. This presentation provides us with an insight to the risk factors for pesticide self-poisoning, the global burden, prevention and treatment of self-harm with pesticides. The session use Sri Lanka as a case. The presentation is of relevance for researchers as well as for public health practitioners. It exemplifies how the different levels of intervention have to work very closely to make an impact.

Subject:
Applied Science
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
University of Copenhagen
Provider Set:
An Introduction to Global Health
Author:
Professor Michael Eddelston
Date Added:
01/07/2016
Introduction to Pesticides (5 videos, factsheets and project paper)
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The educational material consists of an introduction to the pesticide problematic together with five themes that illustrate different aspects of the problematic. Below you find video-clips from Bolivia that visualizes and concretizes the theme described in the fact sheet (downloadable PDF), including study questions that encourage the students to reflect upon the theme presented in the educative videos as well as in the fact sheet. Furthermore each fact sheet contains a reference list1 and grey boxes in the text with suggestions for further reading on the themes. 

Subject:
Agriculture
Ecology
Environmental Science
Forestry and Agriculture
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Material Type:
Module
Author:
University of Southern Denmark
Date Added:
09/02/2019
Mercury free gold mining – how to use alternatives (36:17)
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Geologist Peter Appel and a miner Leoncio Onay tells about mercury free gold mining by the ‘gravity-borax method’.

Subject:
Applied Science
Career and Technical Education
Environmental Studies
Geology
Health, Medicine and Nursing
Physical Science
Material Type:
Lecture
Provider:
University of Southern Denmark
Provider Set:
Occupational Health in Mining
Author:
SC MinOSH-ICOH
Scientist Peter Appel
Date Added:
09/06/2019