Is Globalization Bad For Your Health?
Is Globalization bad for your health? The study of Globalization and the affects of it have been broken down into smaller areas such as health, economics, politics, environmental and social/cultural issues. All of them are interwoven and dependent upon each other. And as with everything, Globalization in these areas has positives and negatives.
Globalization: The Good
- People receive medical treatment that they wouldn’t otherwise have access to.
- The number of people and children receiving education about health issues has increased.
- Necessities such as fresh drinking water, sanitation, and nutritional foods are gradually becoming a way of life.
- The basic needs of people in underdeveloped countries is now discussed openly and often so that they can get the basic human essentials that they need.
- People can get medical treatment anywhere in the world if they can afford it.
- Access to medical information is only a click away on a computer or a phone call. This allows medical professionals as well as “everyday people” to the most up-to-date information available on virtually every medical issue and the research that’s being done.
Globalization: The Bad
- Alcohol, drug, and tobacco use is the highest in the most underdeveloped areas of the world. This is due to the lack of education regarding the harmful affects of these chemicals and (as some research has indicated) companies who focus their attention on these areas because the more developed areas of the world are educated to the affects.
- Precautions for sexually transmitted diseases are either never taken or not taken consistently.
- The people that travel to other countries to get medical treatments may suffer severe consequences or even death if the treatments are not up to certain basic medical standards.
- Global travel also means that the diseases such as SARS, Avian Flu, Mad Cow, Pneumonia, H1N1 and various others can be easily spread. Those with sensitive immune systems, children, and elderly can potentially die from any of these treatable diseases.
- Concerns of bioterrorism has risen due to how easily chemicals, diseases, and the like can be spread.
It is often said that one of the safest things that people can do for themselves is be educated about their health. And while “a little knowledge can be poison”, we owe it to ourselves to do everything we can to always be the healthiest that we can be. Helping others when we can and leaving everything better than the way that we found it seems to be good ideas too.
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This is a re-post of the original article on the Community Marketing Blog. It is re-posted with the permission of Andrew Ballenthin, Founder of the Community Marketing Blog and President of Sol Solutions, an integrated marketing consultancy. Please visit my Portfolio page for the links to the original post.
