Metrics for Global Health Status

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Metrics for Global Health Status

Metrics for Global Health Status

Module 1 – SLP

GLOBAL HEALTH AT A GLANCE

Metrics for Global Health Status

It is important to understand how health is measured on a global scale. There are some metrics for assessing health and well-being that are unique to global health contexts. For this SLP Assignment:

  1. Define the following and provide an example for each Key Health Status Indicator:
    • Infant mortality rate
    • Life expectancy at birth
    • Maternity mortality ratio
    • Under-5 mortality rate
    • Health-adjusted life expectancy (HALE)
    • Disability-adjusted life year (DALY)
  2. If you could select only one indicator to describe the health status of a developing country, which indicator would you pick and why?

Be sure to use credible, professional, and scholarly sources such as peer-reviewed journal articles from the Online Library, and government, university, or nonprofit organizations’ Web sites.

Length: 2–3 pages (excluding the cover page and reference list), double-spaced.

 
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