A subcommittee within Health and Human Services is evaluating the ...

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A subcommittee within Health and Human Services is evaluating the success of the Millennium Development Goals set to be achieved by 2015. On which goals should this committee focus? (Select all that apply.)
 
  1. Promote gender equality
  2. Improve maternal health
  3. Eliminate income inequity
  4. Achieve universal primary education
  5. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

Question 2

The international health nurse is calculating the disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) for people with cardiovascular disease in a South American country.
 
  The average life expectancy of the people in the country is 72 years. The following information is being used for this calculation:
  Years of Life Lost Years Lost to Disability
  6 12
  4 5
  2 5
  7 9
  8 4
  1 3
  1 2
  What is the DALY for this health problem?

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Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1, 2, 4, 5

Millennium Development Goals (MDG) were selected at the time of the Millennium Declaration and served as benchmarks to measure international progress. Eight goals were set with a target achievement date by 2015: 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; 2. Achieve universal primary education; 3. Promote gender equality and empower women; 4. Reduce child mortality; 5. Improve maternal health; 6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases; 7. Ensure environmental sustainability; and 8. Develop a global partnership for development. Eliminating income inequity was not identified as a Millennium Developmental Goal.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 69

Healthy average life expectancy (HALE) is the average number of years that a person can expect to live in 'full health' by taking into account years lived in less than full health due to disease and/or injury. A disability-adjusted life-year (DALY) is one lost year of 'healthy' life. The sum of these DALYs across the population, or the burden of disease, is the measurement of the gap between current health status and an ideal health situation where the entire population lives to an advanced age, free of disease and disability. DALYs are the years of life lived with a disability adjusted for the severity of disability. Currently DALYs for health conditions or injuries are calculated by summing the years of life lost (YLL) due to premature mortality in the population and the years lost to disability (YLD) for people living with the condition or its consequences.

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[shailee]

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