Summative 4 Flashcards
Refers to the healt status of a defined group
Community health
Who make up a community live in a somwhat localized area
Individuals
Could be identified with a community in either a
Geographical or an organizational sense
Differs from community health
Population health
Could be a segment of community
Population
Health is divided into 3
Health promotion, health protection, health services
Defined as any combination of educational and social efforts
Health promotion
Include the inplementing of laws , rules , or policies
Health protection and services
Would be a law to restrict the sale of hand guns
Health protection
Policy offering free flu shots for the elderly
Health services
Varies from organization to organization
Environmental health
Adresses all the physical , chemical and biological factors
Environmental health
Refers to protection against environmental factors
Environmental health and protection
In which people live is an important determinant of health
Physical environment
Is a component of the public health system and is comitted to protecting the health
Environmental health
Can be defined as any method used to discard any substances
Waste disposal
Cause severe environmental problems on a location.
Poor waste disposal activity
Is the disposal of waste in way that has negative consequences
Improper waste disposal
It is defined as introduction of contaminants
Pollution
Is the absence of land rights, mining license, exploration or mineral
Illegal mining
Can take the form of chemical substances
Pollution
Also have to operate heavy machinery or maybe exposed to flooding ang gas explosion
Miners
Cyanide Fishing is a fishig method whereby drivers crush
Cyanide tablets
Isa fishig method whereby divers crush cyanide tablets
Cyanide fishih
