week 7 Flashcards
hazard
Possibility of causing harm
Risk
Probability of harm
how are health hazards consumed by humans?
ingestion
skin contact
inhalation
toxicology surveillance
Reviews effects of chemicals on human health and environment
Epidemiologic surveillance
Reviews distribution of disease and population
environmental monitoring
Monitors quality of environment
air and water sampling
biological surveillance
Reviews how much substance has gone into a persons body through a metabolite
blood and urine sampling
product surveillance
Monitors environmental impact of consumer products
what percent of all global deaths are linked to modifiable environmental risks?
24%
what can be used to assess outdoor ozone levels?
Air quality index monitoring
DALY
disability adjusted life year
Measures amount of life, lost in a population as a result of premature death or disability
DALY formula
1 DALY = one lost year of healthy life
Sustainable development goals
poverty reduction
Measure improvement of determinants of health and well-being
alma ata
assess and help address the social and structural inequities that impact society
Support equity oriented primary health care and make it community center equity
Realign policies by investments, value based payment and sense of place
how does the US compare and health spending to OECD countries?
Spends two times as much money
Does the US or OECD countries average a higher life expectancy at birth?
OECD countries
in comparison, what is the US do well in?
Cancer survival
Heart attack
Stroke survival
Medicating, long-term chronic conditions
what are features of top performing countries?
Provide universal coverage and remove cost barriers
Invest in primary care to ensure high value services are equitable in all communities
Decrease administrative burdens, that divert time efforts and spending
Increase in social services
migrant
Common understanding of a person who moves away from his or her place of usual residence
Refugee
Person outside of US who is outside the country of his or her nationality
unable or unwilling to return due to persecution risk
asylum seeker
Refugee already in US or seeking asylum at point of entry to US
internally displaced person
Have not cross the border into safety
On the run at home
human trafficking
Recruiting harboring, or transporting an individual for service or commercial acts using coercion
sex trafficking
Recruiting harboring, or transporting an individual for commercial sex act induced by force, fraud or coercion
Less than 18 years old