FOPC 2 Flashcards
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Hazard and Risk definition
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- Hazard: something with potential to cause harm
- Risk: the likelihood of harm occurring
2
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Risk factor & protective factor definition
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- Risk factor: increases the risk of harm
- Protective factor: decreases the risk of harm
3
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Susceptibility definition
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- Susceptibility: influences the likelihood that something will cause harm
4
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Categories of hazards
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- Physical
- Chemical
- Mechanical
- Biological
- Psychosocial
5
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Route of exposure
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- Skin
- Blood/sexual
- Inhalation
- Ingestiona
6
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Risk
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Factors that influence the degree of risk
include:
- how much a person is exposed
- how the person is exposed
- conditions of exposure
Risk combines the probability that a particular outcome will occur and the severity of the harm involved
7
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Risk perception: determinants
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- Feeling in control
- Size of the possible harm
- Familiarity with the risk
8
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- Feeling in Control
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- Involuntary vs. voluntary risks: e.g Plane Trip v. Car Trip
- Involuntary risks (situations where we believe we have little control) are perceived as having greater risk
- Voluntary risks (situations we believe we have some control over) are perceived as less risk
9
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- The Size of the Possible Harm
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- Tornado v. chip pan fire
- Risks that involve greater possible harm are perceived as greater than those involving less harm
- Even if the less harmful events are more likely
10
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- Familiarity with the Risk
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- Nuclear plant accident vs. Food poisoning
- Risks that are less familiar are perceived as being greater than more familiar risks
11
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Individual variables in risk perception
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- previous experience,
- attitudes towards risk,
- values,
- beliefs,
- Socio economic factors
- personality,
- demographic factors
12
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The environment
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- Diret pathological effects
- Indirect effects
13
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Direct pathological effects
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- Physical
- Ionising and non-ionising radiation
- Noise and Vibration
- Chemical
- Pesticides
- VOCs (volatile organic compounds) [that easily become vapors or gases. Along with carbon, they contain elements such as H, O, F, S, Cl, Br etc 23 Aug 2017[
- Biological
- Infectious agents
- Allergic substances
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Indirect effects
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- Housing e.g. overcrowding
- Transport e.g. does it encourage walking/car use
- Town planning e.g. access to amenities, social networks
- Income/welfare/wealth distribution
15
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Categories of hazardous exposure
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- Diet
- Inhalarion
- Dermal
