How health care funding and health care system performance affect the success of Public Health efforts. Are there other funding sources that could be used to negate the discussed Public Health issues?

630 Assignment 1: Glance at a County Status in the Global Community Description and Expectations

It is important to understand that questions 1 through 10 below are in preparation for conducting a critical analysis. Technically, you can do whatever you want with questions 1 through 10 as long as you can correctly answer the questions for the critical analysis and support your conclusions with evidence.

1. Population and type of political, state, and religious definitions. For example, according to BBC data on the country profiles as of December 2019- Algeria: population 41 million; People’s Democratic Republic; major Languages- Arabic, French, Berber; major Religion-Islam; life expectancy- 75 years (men), 77 years (women); currency- dinar

2. Territory (2-3 main characteristics that might influence Public Health) For example, mountains cover 2/3 of the territory- access to health care challenges due to poor public transportation/roads infrastructure; the danger of natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes in blocking/destroying access roads.

3. Climate (2-3 main characteristics that might influence Public Health).

4. Demographics (changes influencing Public Health) .

5. Education level (influence on Public Health).

6. Economic status, GPD in USD (2-3 main characteristics that may influence public Health).
7. Health care spendings and sources of funding in general and Public Health specifically.
8. Effectiveness of essential health care services provision (understand what essential HC services are and their relationship with Public Health).
9. Top 5 reasons for death (think about the connection to Public Health and healthcare system).
10. Top 5 reasons for disability (think about the connection to Public Health and healthcare system).

DELIVERABLE: Write a Critical Analysis Report on the County’s Public Health Status, including “A” through “F” below.

1. Analysis: How health care funding and health care system performance affect the success of Public Health efforts. Are there other funding sources that could be used to negate the discussed Public Health issues? Offer examples.

2. Analysis: Discuss differences in top death and disability reasons and explain how Public Health programs and other funding contribute to combating them. Are the death and disability reasons interdependent with the county characteristics you chose to analyze?

3. Analysis: Discuss which data sources belong to the national (the country’s) or Global Governance structure and why it is important in terms of the country profile.