INTRO TO ENVI HEALTH AND SAFETY Flashcards
The trees, air, & soil around us
environment
ALL the places we live, work & play
environment
Our fields, farms & the food we grow
environment
Our oceans, lakes, and rivers
environment
Nutritious foods help us stay healthy.
health
Regular exercise helps keep us strong and healthy.
health
Doctors, hospitals & medicines help us get healthy if we’re sick.
health
The study of how the environment
affects your health.
environmental health
the 7 core concept
TEDIREC - Toxicity, Exposure, Dose/Response, Individual Suceptibility, Risks and Benefits, Environmental Justice, Community Resources and Action
state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)
not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)
We are ill to some extent
Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)
We can all improve our health to live happier, longer, more productive, and more satisfying lives
Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)
Abnormal change in the body’s condition that impairs physical or psychological
disease
Morbidity
illness
Mortality
death
Focuses on external factors that cause disease, including elements of the natural, social, cultural, and technological world.
Environmental Health
Addresses all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, and all the related factors impacting behaviours
Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)
It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health
Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)
It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments.
Environmental Health
Three Basic Discipline that contribute to the field of environemtal health
- environmental epidemiology
- toxicology
- exposure science
Relationship between environmental exposures (exposure to chemicals, radiation, microbial agents, etc) and human health
Environmental Epidemiology
How environmental exposures lead to specific health outcomes
Toxicology
Human exposure to environmental contaminants; identification and quantification of exposure.
Exposure Science
Environmental Science Book
Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”
September 27, 1962
Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”
Detrimental effects of indiscriminate use of
pesticides to the environment
Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)
DDT
Meaning of DDT
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
organochloride known for its insecticidal properties
DDT - dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
refers to all organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole.
Public Health according to WHO (World Health Organization)
Its activities aim to provide conditions in which people can be healthy and focus on entire populations, not on individual patients or diseases.
Public Health according to WHO (World Health Organization)
The _____________ of the health of communities and populations at risk to identify health problems and priorities.
assessment and monitoring
The __________ designed to solve identified local and national health problems and priorities
formulation of public policies
To _______ that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care, including health promotion and disease prevention services.
assure
Public Health Campaigns
- Vaccination and control of infectious diseases
- Motor-vehicle safety
- Safer workplaces
- Safer and healthier foods
- Safe drinking water
- Healthier mothers and babies and access to family planning
- Decline in deaths from coronary heart disease and stroke.
- Recognition of tobacco use as a health hazard.
the branch of public health concerned with monitoring or mitigating those factors in the environment that affect human health and disease.
environmental health
the condition of the environment in a particular region, especially as regards ecological diversity or pollution.
environmental health
a measure of the number ofdeaths (in general, or due to a specific cause) in a population, scaled to the size of that population, per unit of time.
Mortality rate (death rate)
typically expressed in units of deaths per 1000 individuals per year;
Mortality rate (death rate)
which refers to the number of individuals in poor health during a given time period (the prevalence rate) or the number of newly appearing cases of the disease per unit of time (incidence rate).
morbidity rate
refers to the incidence of disease:the rate of sickness (as in a specified community or group)
Morbidity
study of the factors that cause or encourage diseases.
epidemiology
study of the distribution and causes of disease and injuries in human populations.
epidemiology
Looks for trends and effects in human health following exposure to a specific compound or other toxic agents
epidemiology
Considered a cornerstone methodology of public health research, and is highly regarded inevidence-based medicine for identifyingrisk factors for disease.
epidemiology
The work of ________________ ranges from outbreak investigation to study design, data collection and analysis including the development of statistical models to test hypotheses and the documentation of results for submission to peer-reviewed journals.
epidemiologists
to better understand disease processes
biology
the current raw information available
biostatistics
to store data and map disease patterns
geographic information science
to better understand proximate and distal risk factors
social science disciplines
Epidemiology relies on other scientific discipline such as
biology, biostatistics, geographic information science, social science discipline
Three main function of public health
to assess and monitoring, formulate public policies, assess
which refers to the number of individuals in poor health during a given time period
the prevalence rate
the number of newly appearing cases of the disease per unit of time
incidence rate
