1. What are some of the key human resource challenges that low and middle income countries face in staffing and operating their health systems?. What are YOUR thoughts about what you read?

2. What are the most important epidemiologic and demographic issues that face health systems and what are the implications of those issues for healthcare costs? What are YOUR thoughts about what you read?

3. Name 3 cultural practices that are health promoting. Name 3 cultural practices that are harmful to health. What are your thoughts about all of this?

4. Why would members of a community seek treatment for illness from traditional healers? What is your opinion of traditional healers? Of non-nurse midwives?

5. Find someone, anyone but yourself, who was raised in another country. Ask them about their experiences with health care in that country. You can talk with other health care folks where you work (a great way to have a conversation with someone you work with) - or any other person. YES. That person can be from Canada. Answer these questions: a. who was this person (name not necessary but were they a colleague, friend, relative, someone you ran into at Starbucks, etc); b. what did they tell you and what was MOST surprising to you in what they told you?

6. What are your thoughts about what I wrote above in the last two paragraphs to the introduction to this unit above?