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| conditions, circumstances, and or influences which surround us and affect the quality of our health and life |
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| study of the relationships between organisms and their environments. (aka enviormental biology) |
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| Life supporting systems for living things |
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| Physical Environment- give example |
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| Biological environment - give example |
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| Socio-cultural enviorment |
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| self-specific environment- give ex) |
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nursing home
- place that shares same culture, behavior, belief, etc |
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| Political environment- give ex |
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| ecostyems environment- give ex |
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exs) forest, pond, prarie, coral reef
life supporting system for living things
often separated by oceans, moutain ranges, deserts |
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| Bodily enviroment- give ex |
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Internal environment of passages that permit contact with outside environment.
example- womb in women, or lungs |
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| Geographic (specific place) environments - give ex |
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ex New England
distinct locations that possess unique features or characteristics
significant features:
mountains
open land
trash dumps
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| Which type of enviorment is the "key" environment for health? |
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| How does the physical environment influence our health DIRECTLY and INDIRECTLY? |
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Directly- exposure to toxic, allergenic, or infectious agents
Indirectly- through influencing behaviors, and through affecting mental health and well being |
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| What are the three laws that govern the effects of the environment on people's health? and what is meant by "latent environemtal effect"? |
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1) ALL things are connected
2)EVERYTHING goes someplace
3)No such thing as a "free lunch" . Money must be paid to dispose trash or wastes
Latent environmental effect is something that will soon effect the environment when it manifests |
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| 3 reasons why the environment is so important? |
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1) Makes all life possible
2) Determines our quality of life
3)Represents the context(setting) for all environment risk factors especially disease |
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| What does the term"environmental health" mean? and what does it comprise? |
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it comprises those aspects of human health disease, and injury that are dtermined or influenced by factors inthe environment.
comprises those aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social and psychosocial factors in the environment. |
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Define- environmental risk factor
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| an environmental or behavioral factor that is associated with icreasing the risk of a particular illness or of death. |
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| a known causal factor, ex AIDS or Malaria |
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| what are the 3 most serious public health problems connected to the environment? |
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people
vector borne diseases
water and air contamination
food contamination
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| what are the 11 common environmental health risks? |
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1.Vector-borne diseases
2.Climate change
3.Toxic hazards-wastes-substances
4.Outdoor air quality
5.Water quality
6.Healthy homes and buildings
7.Global environmental health
8.Radiation
9.Nutrition and malnutrition
10.Natural hazards and disasters
11.Occupational hazards |
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| what are the four different types of radiation that present health risks? |
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electromagnetic fields (ex. microwaves and cell phones)
1) Ionizing radiation (ex. nuclear weapons, nuclear medicine, soil, water )
2) Radon (ex. home and workplace... causes a majority of deaths from lung caner each yr globally)
3) Ultraviolet (ex. from the sun, benefical if minute amount... too much leads to skin cancer and cataract and could reduce the effectiveness of the immune system) |
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| what are EMFs and what suspected dangers do they present? |
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| electormagnetic fields.. suspected dangers are one of the most common and fastest growing environmental influences, about which anxiety and speculation are spreading. |
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| what are the 5 most common disease vectors? which is the most deadly? which disease has the highest incidence worldwide? |
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1) flea
2)fly
3)rodent
4)mosquito
5)tick
Mosquito
Malaria |
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| what health problems are most closely linked to poor outdoor air quality? |
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premature death
cancer
long term damage to respiratory and cardiovascular systems |
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| how does climatic change affect the disease incidence/prevalence/and outbreaks? |
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climatic changes already are estimated to cause over 150,000 deaths anually as a result from floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, and tornados.
changes in temp. and rainfall conditions also may nfluence transmission patters for many diseases, including diarrhea, vector-borne infections, including malaria.
greenhouse gas emissions would increase disease burdens, |
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| what are the two highest risk occupations and what factors make them the most dangerous occupations? |
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miners and commercial fishers
Risk of Exposure
•Biological pathogens
•Dusts,
•Toxic chemicals Occupational risks:
•Immediate problems
•Permanent injuries
•Long term effects
•Injuries (ergonomic and repetitive |
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| what are sick buldiing s and what are the major causes of sick buildings? |
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SIck Buildings Syndrome - a combo of ailments ( a syndrome) associated with an individuals place of work (office building) or residence
Major causes
- old buildings
-construction/materials/design
-poor maintenance |
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| how do toxic wastes travel from their initial source? |
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| they travel by air, groundwater and surface water runoff into streams, lakes, and rivers where they can accumulate. |
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| what are point and non point sources of water contamination? |
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point examples - industrial sites
non-point- agricultural runoff |
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| are homes and workplaces really that safe? what are the most common facts affecting the health of home or work environments? |
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-indoor air polution
-inadequate heating,
-cooling
-sanitaion
-lead based paint on walls |
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| who represent the most disease senstive populations, and why? |
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people living near lakes teeming with mosquitoes are high risk. water sources, etc.
mexico
jamaica
depending where u live depends onthe diseases and how they occur |
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| why are occupational diseases related to cancer so difficult to study and what are four high risk exposures? |
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diffucult to study becaues of the long latent periods between the time of exporuse to the causal agents and the time of diagnosis.
asbestos
mesothelioma
exposure to wood dust
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