Learning Objectives <\/p>\n
By the end of this module, students will be able to:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Define and contrast ‘public goods’ vs ‘private goods’. <\/p>\n
Describe how ecological public goods influence population health. <\/p>\n
Summarize global concerns over the future of ecological public goods for health in the 21st Century. <\/p>\n
Overview
\u00a0 \u00a0The central thesis of this \u00a0course is that population health is primarily ‘produced’ by human \u00a0extraction, processing, and consumption of goods. The universal source \u00a0of goods for health is natural ecosystems. These are goods such as wild \u00a0foods, air, water, soil, firewood (in past populations), and fossil \u00a0fuels since the Industrial Revolution. <\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Ecological goods for health \u00a0have interesting properties. First and foremost, they were ‘public \u00a0goods’ for thousands of years of human evolution. These are goods that \u00a0cannot be monopolized by individuals. Also, one person’s consumption of \u00a0the good does not affect another person’s access and use of the same \u00a0good. For example, among hunter-gatherers, models of early human \u00a0societies, ‘fire’ is a public good. Men and women make fires. They also \u00a0carry firebrands from one camp to the next. No one in the band excludes \u00a0others from borrowing firebrands to start their fire, or taking a piece \u00a0of the burning wood from someone else’s fire hearth. Water is also a \u00a0public good. No one can monopolize natural sources of water, and \u00a0everyone collects what they need to take back to camp. <\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0In present-day societies, \u00a0interconnected by globalization, air, sunlight, and soils appear to be \u00a0the only ecological goods that are still public goods. Individuals \u00a0cannot monopolize them or keep others from having access to them. <\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0In this module, we will learn \u00a0about the difference between public and private goods for health and how \u00a0ecological public goods like water have become private in present-day \u00a0large scale societies. Moreover, we will consider if the human \u00a0microbiome-a recently discovered contributor to population health-is a \u00a0type of ecological public good.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We will also learn about \u00a0exponential population growth and the emergence of the Anthropocene \u00a0Epoch. The combination of the two put humans at the helm of geophysical \u00a0forces, a new role that could destroy networks of natural ecosystems. \u00a0Such destruction could have devastating effects on population health \u00a0over the remainder of the 21st Century. The Greenhouse Effect of CO2 and \u00a0methane emissions and the large ecological footprints of developed \u00a0nations have become crucial epidemiological concerns. The World Health \u00a0Organization and the United Nations have made calls for a new level of \u00a0awareness and urgency. Human populations worldwide now need protection \u00a0from scaled-up humanitarian crises never seen before in human history. <\/p>\n
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Before you view my PowerPoint \u00a0presentation for this module and proceed to the learning materials page, \u00a0I would like you to watch a video on Ecological Goods and Services for \u00a0population health, and another on a current event you may have heard \u00a0about: the destruction of one of the Earth’s most important ecological \u00a0public good – the forests of the Amazon region of South America. <\/p>\n
Give yourself time to engage your curiosity and creative minds, and take note of points that are most significant to you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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