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INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY Flashcards

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Study of how the environment affects your health

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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

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7 core concepts of Environmental health and safety

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  1. Toxicology
  2. Exposure
  3. dose/response
  4. Individual susceptibility
  5. Risks and benefits
  6. Environmental justice
  7. Community resources and action
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State of complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing

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Health

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Not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

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health

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

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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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Factors that contributes to mortality and morbidity

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Diet, nutrition, infectious agents, toxic substances, genetic, trauma, stress

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Focuses on external factors that cause disease, including elements of natural, social, cultural, and technological worlds

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Environmental health

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

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Environmental health

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

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environmental health

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targeted towards preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments

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environmental health

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Three (3) Basic Disciplines that contribute to field

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  1. Environmental epidemiology
  2. Toxicology
  3. Exposure science
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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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Silent Spring

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author of Silent Spring (1962)

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Rachel Carson

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A book that mentioned the detrimental effects of indiscriminate use of pesticides to environment

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Silen Spring (1962) by rachel carson

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DDT means

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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

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Organochloride known for its insecticidal properties

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DDT

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

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Public Health

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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

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Public Health three main functions

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  • Assessment and monitoring of health of communities and populations at risk to identify health problems and priorities,
  • Formulation of public policies designed to solve identified local and national health problems and priorities
  • Assure that populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care including health promotion and disease prevention services
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branch of public health concerned with monitoring or mitigating those factors in environment that affect human health and disease

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Environmental Health

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

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Environmental health

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is a measure of number of deaths (in general, or due to specific cause) in a population, per unit of time

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Mortality rate (death rate)

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Typically expressed in units of death per 1000 individuals per year

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Mortality rate

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refers to number of individuals in poor health during given time period (prevalence rate)

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Morbidity

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number of newly appearing cases of the disease per unit of time (incidence rate)

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Morbidity

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Refers to the incidence of disease: the rate of sickness

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morbidity

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study of factors that cause or encourage diseases

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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 in evidence-based medicine for identifying risk 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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epidemiology rely on a number of other scientific disciplines such as:

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  • Biology
  • Biostatic
  • Geographic information science
  • Social science

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