Environment Health

Question 1

Holocene is now named:

Answer 1

Anthropocene

Question 2

Name have been change for Anthropocene bc

Answer 2

it is a better reflection of the massive scale of human impact as a geophysical force of planetary change.

Question 3

Anthropocene effect on CO2

Answer 3

> 400ppb (120x more than in Holocene baseline)

Question 4

Anthropocene effect on CH4

Answer 4

1810ppb (more than 2x any observed value)

Question 5

Temperature change since 1970

Answer 5

rate of temperature change around 1.7degres/century (170x Holocene rate)

Question 6

Environmental impacts on health: % of death?

Answer 6

23% of global death are linked to the environment.

Question 7

Majority of death linked to environment is in (region)

Answer 7

South-East Asia Region

Question 8

26% of children deaths under 5 y.o are linked to the environment. The highest rate of death is by?

Answer 8

Respiratory infections, including pneumonia.
Others causes (diarrhea,malaria..)

Question 9

COP21 (Paris) and 23 in Bonn, Allemagne:

Answer 9

urge action to protect human health and reduce delecterious effects of climate.

Question 10

Health concerns:

Answer 10

Chronic diseases (growing of complex mix of genetic, environmental and biological factors)

Question 11

Health concerns in children:

Answer 11

increase childhood prevalence of asthma

Question 12

Main death causes in Qc:

Answer 12

Cancer (lungs men and woman) Prostate–> man breast–>woman

Question 13

Northern communities face particular challenges related to:

Answer 13

Geography, climate changes, traditional foods, close relationship with land for sustenance…

Question 14

Healthcare and its impact:

Answer 14

Waste management
Chemicals (BPA, mercury, Triclosan, PFC, Phthalates)
Purchasing (medical furniture)
Transportation –> cause

Question 15

Ecosystem health is

Answer 15

interdependent relationships of all living beings with the planetary syst. (Ecological determinants of Health)

Question 16

Planetary health is

Answer 16

Interdisciplinary and trandisciplinary approach: studies effects of changing environments on human health

Question 17

Biophilia is

Answer 17

our dependence on healthy environments for human thriving

Question 18

ANA principles of environmental health (to be integrated into practice, education, and research)

Answer 18

1. Knowledge of environmental health concepts
2. The precautionary principle guides nurses
3. Nurses have a right to work in an environment that is safe and healthy.
4. Nurses must be supported in advocating for and implementing environmental health principles.