NUR3101 Primary Health Care in a Global Context: Obesity as a Global Health Concern

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
AND GLOBAL CONTEXT

Table of content
 Introduction
 Global health concern
 Sustainable development goals.
 Global health concern to primary healthcare within the country identified
 Epidemiological data
 Overview of signs and symptoms, risk factors, treatment and prevention
 Prevention plan
 Issues relating to equity and social justice
 Conclusion
 References

Introduction
 The health literacy is defined as the concept which is related with the
personal health literacy which is related with the degree in which
individual which have ability in order to find, understand and use the
information and service in order to inform health related decision and
make action which is appropriate for other and themselves.
 For example, the personal health literacy majorly includes some of the
understanding which is related with the instruction which is about the
direction and consent form which is reliable and help to navigate the
complex healthcare system.

Global health concern
 The global health concern is defined as any disease or illness which may cause the
complication with the population health. In addition, the obesity is the major issue
in the Australian people which may create the major public health and economic
problem as per the global significance.
 In Australia, people used to face the high risk of issue which is associated with the
obesity. Therefore, the overweight and obesity is the health issue in the Australia, it
provides the outcome form the sustained energy imbalance when the energy are
used to intake from the eating and drinking which is greater than energy which is
expended through the physical activity.
 Overall, the Australia ranked 19 on the context of 30 percent of rate of obesity.