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ENSC 85 - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH > INTRO TO ENVI HEALTH AND SAFETY > Flashcards

INTRO TO ENVI HEALTH AND SAFETY Flashcards

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The trees, air, & soil around us

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environment

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ALL the places we live, work & play

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environment

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Our fields, farms & the food we grow

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environment

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Our oceans, lakes, and rivers

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environment

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Nutritious foods help us stay healthy.

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health

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Regular exercise helps keep us strong and healthy.

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health

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Doctors, hospitals & medicines help us get healthy if we’re sick.

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health

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The study of how the environment
affects your health.

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environmental health

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9
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the 7 core concept

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TEDIREC - Toxicity, Exposure, Dose/Response, Individual Suceptibility, Risks and Benefits, Environmental Justice, Community Resources and Action

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10
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state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being

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Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)

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not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

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Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)

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We are ill to some extent

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Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)

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13
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We can all improve our health to live happier, longer, more productive, and more satisfying lives

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Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)

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Abnormal change in the body’s condition that impairs physical or psychological

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disease

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Morbidity

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illness

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Mortality

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death

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17
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Focuses on external factors that cause disease, including elements of the natural, social, cultural, and technological world.

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Environmental Health

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Addresses all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, and all the related factors impacting behaviours

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Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)

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It encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health

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Environmental Health According to WHO (World Health Organization)

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It is targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments.

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Environmental Health

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Three Basic Discipline that contribute to the field of environemtal health

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  1. environmental epidemiology
  2. toxicology
  3. exposure science
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22
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Relationship between environmental exposures (exposure to chemicals, radiation, microbial agents, etc) and human health

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Environmental Epidemiology

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How environmental exposures lead to specific health outcomes

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Toxicology

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Human exposure to environmental contaminants; identification and quantification of exposure.

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Exposure Science

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Environmental Science Book

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Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”

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September 27, 1962

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Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring”

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Detrimental effects of indiscriminate use of
pesticides to the environment

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Silent Spring (Rachel Carson)

DDT

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Meaning of DDT

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dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

29
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organochloride known for its insecticidal properties

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DDT - dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

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refers to all organized measures (whether public or private) to prevent disease, promote health, and prolong life among the population as a whole.

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Public Health according to WHO (World Health Organization)

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Its activities aim to provide conditions in which people can be healthy and focus on entire populations, not on individual patients or diseases.

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Public Health according to WHO (World Health Organization)

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The _____________ of the health of communities and populations at risk to identify health problems and priorities.

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assessment and monitoring

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The __________ designed to solve identified local and national health problems and priorities

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formulation of public policies

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To _______ that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care, including health promotion and disease prevention services.

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assure

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Public Health Campaigns

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  • 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.
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the branch of public health concerned with monitoring or mitigating those factors in the environment that affect human health and disease.

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environmental health

37
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the condition of the environment in a particular region, especially as regards ecological diversity or pollution.

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environmental health

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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.

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Mortality rate (death rate)

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typically expressed in units of deaths per 1000 individuals per year;

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Mortality rate (death rate)

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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).

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morbidity rate

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refers to the incidence of disease:the rate of sickness (as in a specified community or group)

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Morbidity

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study of the factors that cause or encourage diseases.

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epidemiology

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study of the distribution and causes of disease and injuries in human populations.

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epidemiology

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Looks for trends and effects in human health following exposure to a specific compound or other toxic agents

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epidemiology

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Considered a cornerstone methodology of public health research, and is highly regarded inevidence-based medicine for identifyingrisk factors for disease.

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epidemiology

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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.

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epidemiologists

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to better understand disease processes

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biology

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the current raw information available

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biostatistics

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to store data and map disease patterns

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geographic information science

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to better understand proximate and distal risk factors

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social science disciplines

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Epidemiology relies on other scientific discipline such as

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biology, biostatistics, geographic information science, social science discipline

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Three main function of public health

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to assess and monitoring, formulate public policies, assess

53
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which refers to the number of individuals in poor health during a given time period

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the prevalence rate

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the number of newly appearing cases of the disease per unit of time

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incidence rate

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