A.C. Buehler Library: MPH Program: Global Health & Comparison

Global Health

World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (2008)
Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health.
UN-sponsored Millenium Development Goals
World Health Statistics
Kaiser Global Health Policy
Global Health 101 Tutorial
Distillation of complex subject into bite-size 12-slide PowerPoint, a basic and quick intro to global health.
Office of Global Affairs
DHHS agency tasked with “health diplomacy in service to US policy”.
CIA World Factbook
Background data similar to what is collected in a local community assessment, but on a global scale - population demographics, transportation, economics, education, climate & geography, political system, etc.

Global Comparison

National Academies "U.S. Health in International Perspectives"
Interactive graph comparing overall mortality and specific causes of death among industrialized nations. Click on “violence” to view the particularly striking disparity between the US and comparison nations.

US Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health (2013)

Steven H. Woolf and Laudan Aron, Editors; Panel on Understanding Cross-National Health Differences Among High-Income Countries; Committee on Population; Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education; National Research Council; Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice; Institute of Medicine. Published 1-9-2013 by National Academy Press.

Take home point: Despite greater health care expenditure, expected US lifespan ranks 17^th (males) and 16^th (females) globally. Multi-factorial causation and potential solutions to improve public health are explored. Conclusions update and expand those explored in Unnatural Causes.