Environmental determinants of health Flashcards
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Biologic factors of climate change?
A. toxic contaminants
B. algal blooms
C. thermal stress
D. AOTA
B
Effect an ecosystem can bring about health effects because of the following except:
A. microbial proliferation
B. impaired crop yields
C. change in vector-pathogen host relationship
D. thermal stress
B
Human development effects as an emerging disease of climate change is brought about by:
A. chronic stress
B. Exposure to toxic contaminants
C. Harmful algal blooms
D. AOTA
B
T or F: Mining is mainly extractive & export oriented in the Philippines
T
T or F: Lepanto and Philex mining companies did NOT drain metal failings and only H2O during heavy rains.
F
T or F: Poor should learn to adapt and be content with what they have.
F
Which populations are vulnerable to the health effects of climate change?
A. women and children
B. communities in small island nations
C. indigenous groups living in polar regions
D. everyone, but some more than others
D
With the temperature of the planet rising, dengue and malaria are likely to:
A. decrease, cooler temperature is needed for the life cycle of carrier mosquitoes
B. increase, warmer temperature is needed for the life cycle of carrier mosquitoes
C. cease to be a major public health concern
D. Be unaffected
B
Climate change has no positive effects on human health.. T/F
F
Environmental health is defined by WHO as
A. The control of all those factors in man’s physical
environment which exercise, or may exercise, a
deleterious effect on his physical development health or
survival.
B. That aspect of public health that is concerned with
those forms of life, substances, forces and conditions
surroundings of man.
C. Is the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging
life and promoting health through organized efforts of
society.
D. Is the promotion and maintenance of the highest
degree of safety in the environment.
A
Among the farmers, the most common physical hazard that affects them is/are
A. Parasites in the soil
B. Dust
C. Pesticides
D. Heat
D
The most important “greenhouse” gas is
A. CO2
B. Methane
C. Water vapor
D. Nitrous oxide
A
One of the following is a consequence of global warming.
A. An increased incidence of cataract
B. More cases of skin cancer.
C. Spread of tropical diseases.
D. Mutation of certain species of plants.
C
One of the following is a condition that has been shown to increase because of the depletion of the ozone layer
A. Cataract formation
B. COPD
C. Tropical disease
D. DNA mutation
A
Leading cause of CO2 production
A. volcanic eruptions
B. natural decomposition
C. burning of fossil fuels
D. agricultural farms
C
