Section: Module 1: Lesson 2: The Causes and Impact of War on Public Health | War and Public Health | NextGenU.org
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Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:- Explain how social inequity, injustice, and health and education disparities can lead to war.
- Explain how structural violence can lead to the outbreak of conflict and how it can exacerbate and prolong existing conflicts.
- Explore the impact of war on access to other services such as transportation or communication.
- Explore the impact of war on access to essentials services including water, food, and sanitation.
- Outline the different ways in which war has influenced the spread of disease and other health concerns.
- Examine the physical and psychosocial impact of war on children (Injury, Illness, Malnutrition, Growth retardation, PTSD, Anxiety, Depression, ADHD.
- Examine the physical and psychosocial impact of war on women (gender-based violence, rape, HIV/AIDS, anxiety, PTSD, depression).
- Examine the physical and psychosocial impact of war on youth and elderly (injury, chronic illness, anxiety, depression, PTSD).
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Read the entire article. (4 minutes)
Small wars Journal - 2018 -
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Read the following sections: Introduction and Discussion. (18 minutes)
Sage Journal - 2013 -
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Read the following section: Introduction, Educational Inequalities Economic Inequalities, Demographic Inequalities. (12 minutes)
Global Data Lab - 2016 -
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Read the following section: We must be white: Race and Class, Conclusion. (13 minutes)
Sage journals - 2019 -
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Read the following sections: Introduction and Conclusion. (5 minutes)
Frontiers - 2022 -
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Read the section: Impact of the conflict. (7 minutes)
Rethinking Yemen's Economy - 2022 -
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Read the section: Impact of Russian Attacks and Sanctions on Transport. (5 minutes)
European Parliamentary Research Service - 2022 -
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Read the following sections: Introduction, Results and Conclusions. (21 minutes)
Sustainability - 2021 -
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Read the following sections: Introduction, Global Burden of Armed Conflict on Child Health on Child Health, Effect of Armed Conflict on Children's Physical Health, Effect of Armed Conflict on Children's Mental and Psychosocial Health. (21 minutes)
American Academics of Paediatrics - 2018 -
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Read the following sections: Background and Discussion. (16 minutes)
Global Mental Health - 2018 -
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Read the following sections: Mortality, Malnutrition, Non-fatal physical injuries and disabilities, Acute and infectious illness, Chronic and non-communicable diseases, Mental health, and Sexual and reproductive health. (26 minutes)
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Students mustView
Read the section: Effect of Violence on Youth in LAMIC. (2 minutes)
Springler Link - 2013 -
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Read the following sections: Abuses against older people in conflict, Not fleeing hostilities. (21 minutes)
Human Rights Watch - 2022 -
Quiz: Module 1
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Recommended Additional Readings
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Read the entire article. (8 minutes)
Nature human behaviour - 2022 -
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Read the content under the chapter "Consequences of War" from pages 23 to 83. (2 hours 15 minutes)
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