environmental health services

Question 1

what percent of global death and disease is due to environmental hazards?

Answer 1

1/4 of disease and 1/3 for children

Question 2

Exposure disease model

Answer 2

source, movement of pollutants, human exposure dose, adverse health affects

Question 3

WHO definition of EH

Answer 3

aspects of human health , including quality of life determined by factors in the environment- physical, biological, chemical

Question 4

NIEHS

Answer 4

discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier foods

Question 5

What do both definitions of EH include?

Answer 5

both definitions implicitly address issues related to food, air, water, waste disposal, sustainability, etc.

Question 6

How many deaths were caused by pollution in 2015?

Answer 6

9 million premature deaths cause by pollution in 2015

Question 7

Hazard

Answer 7

a chemical, biological, or physical agent or set of conditons capable of causing a biological response

Question 8

Source

Answer 8

natural (lighting, volcanos, forest), area(livestock, cities), stationary(industry, power plant, sewage treatment), mobile (airplanes, cars, truck)

Question 9

Movement of Pollution

Answer 9

through air, water, ingestion, dermal, spill

Question 10

Human exposure

Answer 10

contact between person and hazard: over time and space

Question 11

Dose

Answer 11

how much of agent enter the body and is available to cause harm

Question 12

Adverse health effects

Answer 12

can be any severity or longevity

Question 13

effects from environmental hazards

Answer 13

asthma, skin cancer injuries, zika, hear loss

Question 14

Motivation of environmental health issue

Answer 14

cholera- environmental epidemiology
smog- air pollution
DDT- ban in US, recognition of adverse impacts of pesticides
Chernobyl- improved nuclear power plant safety

Question 15

environmental health goals

Answer 15

be proactive, anticipate and prevent tradegy, and health impacts

Question 16

How do we fix environmental hazards? (most to least effective)- HIERARCHY OF CONTROLS

Answer 16

1. elimination (physically remove the hazard)
2. substitution (replace the hazard)
3. engineering controls (isolate people from the hazard)
4. administrative controls (change the way people work)
5. PPE (protect the work with PPE)

Question 17

All the Environmental Health Services are OLD AS HELL

Question 18

exposure diease model

Answer 18

source, movement of pollutant, human exposure, dose, adverse health effect