Globalization

Introduction3

Negative Effects of Globalization4

Rapid Disease Transmission4

Area Most Threatened by the Global Impacts4

New and Renewed Diseases, viruses and infections5

Positive effects of Globalization5

Knowledge Transfer between Culture and Health Care Systems5

The Aid of Nursing Science for the Health Care Issues6

Nursing Education and Research7

Conclusion8

Questionnaires for Group Discussion9

References10

Globalization

Introduction

Globalization involves several factors that influence the health situation of the people. The major factors that significantly impact globalization are the advances in communication offered by new technologies, the international trade and economy, political changes as well as the social and cultural behavior of the people belonging to different countries of the world. All factors are important, but the key factor is the economic status of the country and incomes of the people who live there, as it directly impacts their health conditions. Rising incomes may lead to improve their health situations with better nutrition, health treatment, and education, which will contribute towards the better maternal health, lower child mortality, encouraging female education (Pritchett & Summers, 1996; Filmer & Pritchett, 1999).

There are both positive and negative impacts of globalization. The negative impacts include the transmission of diseases, virus, infection etc from one nation to another. The positive impacts are several but the important factor is that globalization can address the health issues arising because of it. The overlapping of cultures between different countries has also influenced their health care system. More aid and facilities are being provided to the developing countries of Asia and Africa in the past few decades, all was possible because of globalization. The role of nursing is important in this regard, they can serve to the health issues in many ways. The training, education and research of nurses should be improved in the poor countries (Pritchett & Summers, 1996; Filmer & Pritchett, 1999).

Negative Effects of Globalization

Globalization is historically linked with the trade, commerce and economy of the countries, as its pace has been accelerating for the past decades there is likeliness that different countries may face new health issues. Especially the developing countries of Asia and Africa have been a serious victim of these health problems because of their economical, cultural and social conditions, which are inadequate to meet their basic health need as compared to the developed nations.

Rapid Disease Transmission

The globalization has adverse effects on health as it is the cause of rapid transmission of diseases. These issues originate as the side-effect of the trade, travel, and migrations, through trade of food products etc, can easily spread disease. The migrations and different modes of transmission spread diseases by the people, insects and animals (Gushulak & MacPherson, 2004).

Area Most Threatened by the Global Impacts

The Tuberculosis has high prevalence in the Asia and Africa due to the acute infections in migrants, transmissions and the multiple drug patterns of resistance. The Severe Acute Respiratory has high prevalence in the East, especially in Southeast of Asia. Monkeypox and Malaria emerged with the high prevalence in Sub-Saharan Africa due to the transmission and migrants, which results in the outbreaks of animals and insects to ...