Year 1-Hazard and Risk

Question 1

What is a hazard?

Answer 1

Something with the potential to cause harm

Question 2

What is Risk?

Answer 2

The likelihood of harm occurring

Question 3

What is a risk factor?

Answer 3

Something which increases risk- the likelihood of harm occurring

Question 4

What is susceptibility?

Answer 4

How likely that something will cause harm

Question 5

What are the 5 categories of hazard in health?

Answer 5

Physical
Mechanical
Chemical
Physiological
Biological

Question 6

What are the routes of exposure?

Answer 6

1. Skin
2. Blood/ sexual
3. Inhalation
4. Ingestion

Question 7

What are some factors that increase risk?

Answer 7

How much a person is exposed
How a person is exposed
Conditions of exposure

Question 8

What 3 factors govern the perception of risk?

Answer 8

1. Familiarity with risk
2. Sense of control- Voluntary risks are deemed less risky than involuntary risks
3. Magnitude of possible harm

Question 9

What are the links between global health and hazard?

Answer 9

1. Inequality of health between countries
2. Ineffective use of limited resources
3. Human rights issues