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epar
edby:
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bañezJeni
fer,
LozadaJoyandRodr
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les
BS.I
NFORMATI
ONSYSTEM 3C

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I
NTRODUCTI
ON
I
nmoder
ndaysoci
ety
,ani
ncr
easi
ngnumberofpeopl
e
quest
iont
hei
rpur
pose,
thei
rmeani
ng,
andt
hei
rver
y
exi
stenceont
hisear
th.I
ntheWest
ernwor
ldespeci
all
y,t
he
r
iseofat
hei
sm hasal
socont
ri
but
edt
owar
dsani
ndi
vi
dual
s
l
ackofbel
iefandsenseofmeani
ngHumani
sm.

Thet
erm cont
empor
aryhi
stor
yhasbeenusedsi
ncet
he
ear
ly19t
hcent
ury
.Iti
spol
it
ical
lydomi
nat
edbyt
heCol
d
Warbet
weent
heUni
tedSt
atesandt
heSov
ietUni
on.The
per
iodaf
ter1945wasdomi
nat
edbyconf
li
cti
nvol
vi
ngt
he
newst
ateofI
sraelandt
her
iseofpet
rol
eum pol
it
ics.
In
2020,
anout
breakoft
heCOVI
D-19di
seasef
ir
st
document
edi
nWuhan,
Chi
na,
spr
eadt
oot
hercount
ri
es
becomi
ngagl
obal
pandemi
c.Manycount
ri
esor
der
ed
mandat
oryl
ockdownsonmov
ementandcl
osur
esofnon-
essent
ialbusi
nesses.Thepandemi
cwasdescr
ibedast
he
mosti
mpor
tantgl
obalev
entoft
he21stcent
ury
.

Thewaywel
iv
eourl
iv
esandear
nal
iv
inghasbeen
changedbygl
obal
izat
ion.Tr
adeandt
rav
elhav
ebeen
i
dent
if
iedasessent
ialdet
ermi
nant
sofdi
seasepr
opagat
ion.
Gl
obal
izat
ionhasnowemer
gedasani
mpor
tant
t
ransmi
ssi
onmechani
sm f
ordi
seases,
accor
dingt
othe
paper
.Thepossi
blei
mpact
sofCOVI
D-19ongl
obal
izat
ion
andgl
obalheal
th.
SARS-
CoV-
2,t
heCOVI
D-19-
causi
ng
cor
onav
irusf
ir
str
eachedt
hehumanpopul
ati
oni
nHubei
Pr
ovi
nce,
Chi
na,
inmi
d-Nov
ember2019.Thecr
isi
sbr
ings
t
oget
herf
oodsecur
it
y,publ
icheal
thandj
obsandl
abor
i
ssues,
especi
all
ytheheal
thandsaf
etyofempl
oyees.
The
Wor
ldHeal
thOr
gani
zat
ionWHOhaswar
nedofagl
obal
pandemi
cint
hef
orm oft
heCot
ed'
I
voi
rev
irus.TheWHO
say
siti
simpor
tantt
orespondqui
ckl
ytot
hepandemi
c
whi
leensur
inghumani
tar
ianandr
ecov
eryai
dreachest
hose
mosti
nneed.

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Tabl
eofCont
ent
s

I
NTRODUCTI
ON.
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1

HEALTH ISSUES ..................................................3

HEART FAILURE .
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.4

DEPRESSION (M ENTAL HEALTH ).

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.5

H IV&A ID S..........................................6

OVERW EIGHT&OBESITY .
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7

SUBSTANCE ISSUES ( ALCOHOL,ILLEGAL DRUGS ...............8

I
NJURY AND VIOLENCE .
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.9

POLITICS .
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TE C H N O LO G Y .....................................11

INNOVATION .
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FUTURISTICS..................................................13

NEW D IS C O V E R IE S ...............1 4

CLIM ATE CHANGE ..............................................15

P O LIT IC A L ISSU ES .......................................16

C O N C L U S IO N ...............................1 7

CU LTU RA L G LO BA LIZA TIO N ...................................18

A D V A N TA G ES &D ISA D V A N TA G ES ...............................19

R E F L E C T I O N ......................2 0

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 3

HEALTHI
SSUES
WHATI SSUE?THATOCCURSWHENTHENORMALMETABOLI
SHEALTHI SM OFTHEBODYFAI
LEDOR

ALTEREDDUETOPOLLUTANT,PATHOGENOROTHERMEANSTHATCAUSEHEALTHPROBLEM WHI
CH

ARECONSI SEASE.
DEREDASDI SOMETI
MESTHESEI C,
SSUESCOULDBEGENETI I
NWHI
CHTHE

PATI
ENTMI
GHTI
NHERI
TTHEDI
SEASECAUSI RPARENTS.
NGGENEFROM THEI

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 4

Hear
tFai
lur
e
Hear
tfai
l
urei
samaj
orheal
thpr
obl
em i
n

t
heUS.
Itaf
fect
smor
ethan6.
5mi
l
li
on

peopl
eint
heUni
tedSt
ates.Thenumber

ofpeopl
edi
agnosedwi
thhear
tfai
l
urei
s

pr
oject
edt
ori
se46%by2030,
Amer
ican

Hear
tAssoci
ati
onsay
s.Hear
tfai
lur
eisa

chr
oni
c,pr
ogr
essi
vecondi
ti
oni
nwhi
cht
he

hear
tmuscl
eisunabl
etopumpenough

bl
oodt
omeett
hebody
'sneedsf
orbl
ood

andoxy
gen.Basi
cal
l
y,t
hehear
tcan'
tkeep

upwi
thi
tswor
kload.
(31May2017)

Cause:
Causesofacut
ehear
tfai
l
ure

i
ncl
udev
irusest
hatat
tackt
hehear
t

muscl
e,sev
erei
nfect
ions,
all
ergi
c

r
eact
ions,
bloodcl
otsi
nthel
ungs,
theuseofcer
tai
nmedi
cat
ionsoranyi
l
lnesst
hat

af
fect
sthewhol
ebody
.

Pr
event:
Lif
est
ylechangesy
oucanmaket
ohel
ppr
eventhear
tfai
l
urei
ncl
ude;
Not

smoki
ng,
Cont
rol
l
ingcer
tai
ncondi
ti
ons,
suchashi
ghbl
oodpr
essur
eanddi
abet
es,

St
ayi
ngphy
sical
l
yact
ive,
Eati
ngheal
thyf
oods,Mai
ntaini
ngaheal
thywei
ghtand
r
educi
ngandmanagingst
ress.

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 5

DEPRESSI
ON
Today
'spr
eval
enti
ssuei
s:Depr
essi
on

i
sacommonment
alheal
thpr
obl
em

t
hatcausespeopl
etoexper
iencel
ow

moods,
lossofi
nter
estorpl
easur
e,

f
eel
i
ngsofgui
l
torl
owsel
f-
wor
th,

di
stur
bedsl
eeporappet
it
e,l
owener
gy,

andpoorconcent
rat
ion.Theot
her

sy
mpt
omsi
ncl
udet
ir
edness,
fat
igue,

di
ff
icul
tyconcent
rat
ingandf
eel
i
ng

anxi
ousal
lthet
ime.Thi
sishowt
o

pr
eventdepr
essi
on.Getenoughsl
eep,

eatwel
l
,andexer
ciser
egul
arl
y.Reach

outt
ofami
l
yandf
ri
endswhent
imes

gethar
d.Getr
egul
armedi
cal
checkups,

andseey
ourpr
ovi
deri
fyoudon'
tfeel

wel
l
.Gethel
pify
out
hinky
ou'
re

depr
essed.

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 6

HI
V/AI
DS
HI
V(human
i
mmunodef
ici
encyv
irus)i
sa
v
irust
hatat
tackst
hebody
's
i
mmunesy
stem.I
fHI
Vis
nott
reat
ed,
itcanl
eadt
o
AI
DS(
acqui
red
i
mmunodef
ici
ency
sy
ndr
ome)
.HI
Vinf
ect
ioni
s
causedbyt
hehuman
i
mmunodef
ici
encyv
irus.You
cangetHI
Vfr
om cont
act
wi
thi
nfect
edbl
ood,
semen,
orv
agi
nal
flui
ds.Most
peopl
egett
hev
irusby
hav
ingunpr
otect
edsexwi
th
someonewhohasHI
V.
Anot
hercommonwayof
get
ti
ngi
tisbyshar
ingdr
ug
needl
eswi
thsomeonewho
i
sinf
ect
edwi
thHI
V.

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 7

Overweightand
Obesit
y
Ov
erwei
ghtandobesi
tyar
e
def
inedasabnor
mal
or
excessi
vef
ataccumul
ati
on
t
hatmayi
mpai
rheal
th.Body
massi
ndex(
BMI
)isasi
mpl
e
i
ndexofwei
ght
-f
or-
hei
ght
t
hati
s

commonl
yusedt
ocl
assi
fy
ov
erwei
ghtandobesi
tyi
n
adul
ts.I
tisdef
inedasa
per
son'
swei
ghti
nki
l
ogr
ams
di
vi
dedbyt
hesquar
eofhi
s
hei
ghti
nmet
ers(
kg/
m2)
.

Obesi
tyi
sacompl
exheal
th
i
ssuer
esul
ti
ngf
rom a
combi
nat
ionofcausesand
i
ndi
vi
dual
fact
orssuchas
behav
iorandgenet
ics.
Behav
ior
scani
ncl
ude
phy
sical
act
ivi
ty,
inact
ivi
ty,
di
etar
ypat
ter
ns,
medi
cat
ion
use,
andot
herexposur
es.

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 8

Subst
ancei ssues
suchas(drugs,tobbaco,
al
cohol
etc.
)

Subst
anceabusecansi
mpl
ybe

def
inedasapat
ter
nofhar
mful

useofanysubst
ancef
ormood-

al
ter
ingpur
poses."
Subst
ances"

cani
ncl
udeal
cohol
andot
her

dr
ugs(
il
legal
ornot
)aswel
las

somesubst
ancest
hatar
enot

dr
ugsatal
l
.

Howt
opr
eventt
hiski
ndof

i
ssuesonei
s,par
ent
al

moni
tor
ingandsuper
visi
onar
e

cr
it
ical
fordr
ugabuse

pr
event
ion.Theseski
l
lscanbeenhancedwi
tht
rai
ningonr
ule-
set
ti
ng;
techni
quesf
or

moni
tor
ingact
ivi
ti
es;
prai
sef
orappr
opr
iat
ebehav
ior
;andmoder
ate,
consi
stent

di
sci
pli
net
hatenf
orcesdef
inedf
ami
l
yrul
es.

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 9

I
njur
yandVi
olence

WHOdef
inesv
iol
enceas
i
ntent
ional
useofphy
sical
for
ce
orpower
,thr
eat
enedoract
ual
.I
wi
l
lar
guef
oranext
ensi
onoft
he
conceptofv
iol
encei
nor
dert
o
por
trayamor
ecompl
etepi
ctur
e
ofhowar
medconf
li
ctdi
srupt
s
women'
sli
ves.

Thecausear
e:Uni
ntent
ional
inj
uri
es
andv
iol
ence-
rel
atedi
njur
iescanbe
causedbyanumberofev
ent
s,such
asmot
orv
ehi
clecr
ashesand
phy
sical
assaul
t,andcanoccur
v
irt
ual
l
yany
wher
e.

Heal
thI
mpactofI
njur
yandVi
olence

Hospi
tal
i
zat
ion.

Br
aini
njur
y.

Poorment
alheal
th.

Di
sabi
l
ity
.

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 10

Pol
it
ics
Pol
it
icalPol
ari
zat
ion

Wi
thDemocr
atshol
dinganar
rowmaj
ori
tyi
ntheHouseandcont
rol
l
ingt
hespl
i
tSenat
e,
i
tisuncer
tai
nwhet
hert
her
ewi
l
lbeasweepi
ngori
ncr
ement
alchange,
especi
all
y
becausePr
esi
dentBi
denhashi
stor
ical
l
ybeenapol
i
tical
moder
ate.Thesecr
etar
yof
Labornomi
nee,
Mar
tyWal
sh,
wasaf
ormeruni
onl
eaderandst
rongsuppor
terof
or
gani
zedl
abor
,soexpectpot
ent
ial
Depar
tmentofLaborpol
i
cychanges,
especi
all
yin
Occupat
ional
Saf
etyandHeal
thAdmi
nist
rat
ion(
OSHA)enf
orcementandi
ndependent
cont
ract
orcl
assi
fi
cat
ion.

Pol
i
tical
pol
ari
zat
ionhascr
eat
edcont
inuedconf
li
ctsf
ormuchofourhi
stor
y.Ther
eis
muchwor
ktobedonet
orest
orepubl
i
ctr
ust
,reduceconf
li
ctsandpr
ovi
deabet
terpat
h
f
orwar
dforourcount
ry.

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 12

I
NNOVATI
ONS
UNCTAD'
sTechnol
ogyandI
nnov
ati
onRepor
t2021exami
nest
hel
i
kel
i
hoodoff
ront
ier

t
echnol
ogi
eswi
deni
ngexi
sti
ngi
nequal
i
ties.Ther
epor
tshowst
hatf
ront
iert
echnol
ogi
es

al
readyr
epr
esenta$350bi
l
li
onmar
ket
,whi
chcoul
dgr
owt
o$3.
2tr
il
li
onby2025.I
t

ur
gesal
ldev
elopi
ngnat
ionst
opr
epar
eforaper
iodofr
api
dtechnol
ogi
cal
change.

Technol
ogi
eshol
dpr
omi
seoft
hef
utur
e,f
rom cl
i
mat
eact
ionandbet
terheal
tht
omor
e

democr
ati
candi
ncl
usi
vesoci
eti
es.Repor
tal
socal
l
sforst
rengt
henedi
nter
nat
ional

cooper
ati
ont
obui
l
dinnov
ati
oncapaci
ti
esi
ndev
elopi
ngcount
ri
es,
faci
l
itat
etechnol
ogy

t
ransf
er,
incr
easewomen'
spar
ti
ci
pat
ioni
ndi
git
alsect
ors.

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 13

FUTURI
STI
CS

13
14

14
 15

CLI
MATECHANGE
Phi
l
ippi
nesi
sthet
hir
dmostv
ulner
abl
ecount
ryt
ocl
i
mat
echangeaccor
dingt
othe2017wor
ld
r
iskr
epor
t.I
mpact
sofcl
i
mat
echangei
nthePhi
l
ippi
nesar
eimmense,
incl
udi
ng:
annual
losses
i
nGDP,
changesi
nrai
nfal
lpat
ter
nsanddi
str
ibut
ion,
drought
s,t
hreat
stobi
odi
ver
sit
yandf
ood
secur
it
y,seal
evel
rise,
publ
i
cheal
thr
isks,
andendanger
mentofv
ulner
abl
egr
oupssuchas
womenandi
ndi
genouspeopl
e.

Maj
orr
ainf
allchangesi
npat
ter
nsanddi
str
ibut
ions

A2011PAGASAr
epor
tsuggest
sadecr
easei
nrai
nfal
lby2020i
nmostpar
tsoft
he

count
ryexceptLuzon.Asf
arasext
remer
ainf
all
isconcer
ned,
howev
er,
thenumberof

day
swi
thheav
yrai
nfal
l(e.
g.,
great
ert
han200mm)i
sexpect
edt
oincr
easewi
thgl
obal

war
mingbyt
hey
ear2020and2050.

15
 16

POLI
TICALI
SSUES

Ki
ll
ingofpol
it
icalact
ivi
sts,

envi
ronment
ali
sts,andhumanr
ight
s

def
ender
s

cont
inuedi
nthePhi
l
ippi
nes.Theki
l
li
ngs

onNegr
osspi
kedi
nJul
y,when14l
and

act
ivi
stswer
efat
all
yshoti
nasi
ngl
e

week.Fewoft
heki
l
li
ngshav
ebeen

ser
iousl
yinv
est
igat
ed,
andf
ewhav
e

r
esul
tedi
nconv
ict
ions.

16
 17

CULTURALGLOBALI
ZATI
ON
 
Ref
erst
otheshar
ingofi
deas,
meani
ngs,
hobbi
esandv
aluesar
ound
t
hewor
ldi
nsuchawayast
oext
endand
i
i
ntensi
fysoci
alr
elat
ionshi
p.Thi
s
pr
ocessi
smar
kedbyt
hecommon
consumpt
ionof
 cul
tur
es 
thathav
ebeen
di
ff
usedbyt
heI
nter
net
, 
popul
ar
cul
tur
e medi
a,andi
i
nter
nat
ional
trav
el.
 

Thecr
eat
ionandexpansi
onofsuch
soci
alr
elat
ionsi
snotmer
elyobser
ved
onamat
eri
all
evel
.Ccul
tur
al
gl
obal
i
zat
ion 
i
nvol
vest
hef
ormat
ionof
shar
ednor
msandknowl
edgewi
thwhi
ch
peopl
eassoci
atet
hei
rindi
vi
dual
and
col
l
ect
ivecul
tur
ali
dent
it
ies.

17
 18

ADVANTAGESOFCULTURALGLOBALI
ZATI
ON

 ACCESSTONEW CULTURES.GLOBALI
ZATI
ONMAKESI
TEASI
ERTHANEVERTO

 ACCESSFOREI
GNCULTURE,
I NGFOOD,
NCLUDI ES,
MOVI C,
MUSI ANDART.

 THESPREADOFTECHNOLOGYANDI ON.
NNOVATI

 LOWER 
COSTS 
FORPRODUCTS.

 HI
GHERSTANDARDSOFLI
VINGACROSSTHEGLOBE.

 ACCESSTONEW MARKETS.

 ACCESSTONEW TALENT.

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 19

DI
SADVANTAGES OF CULTURALGLOBALI
ZATI
ON
 SPREADOFCOMMODI
TY-
BASEDCONSUMERCULTURE  

 DANGERSOFCULTURALHOMOGENI
ZATI
ON

 WESTERNI ON,
ZATI CULTURALI
MPERI
ALI
SM ORCULTURALCOLONI
ALI
SM

 SOMESMALLCULTURESMAYLOSETHEI
RDI
STI
NCTFEATURES

 DANGEROUSORVI DEALSCANALSOSPREADFASTER 
OLENTI

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 20

Ref
lect
ion
Theai
m oft
hispor
tfol
i
oist
oref
lectonwhatwehav
elear
nedt
hissemest
err
egar
dingt
he
modul
e,TheCont
empor
aryWor
ld.Wehav
elear
nedt
hatt
her
ear
edi
ff
erenti
nter
nal
andex
ter
nal
component
sthataf
fectt
hebusi
nessenv
ironment
,fr
om cor
por
atesoci
alr
esponsi
bil
i
tyt
o
cul
tur
alandi
nst
it
uti
onal
framewor
ks.Or
gani
zat
ionsmustt
akei
ntoconsi
der
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