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Environmental Health Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- Environmental Health
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- Johns Hopkins University School Of Nursing
Environmental Health Questions And Answers Latest Update
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Environmental Health Questions And AnswersLatest Update
Define environmental health -ANS>The set of public health efforts that is
concerned with preventing disease, death and disability by reducing exposure to
adverse environmental conditions and promoting behavior change. --WHO says its
is the aspects of human health that are determined by physical, chemical,
biological, social and psychosocial factors in the environment
Key environmental health burdens -ANS>Sanitation, water, and hygiene
Indoor air pollution
Outdoor air pollution
Burden of environmental diseases accounts for ___% of total burden of diseases in
LMICs -ANS>8.4%
Consequences & Determinants of Unsafe water/ sanitation/ hygiene -
ANS>Diarrheal illness:
-gastroenteritis
-cholera
Vector-borne diseases:
-malaria
-dengue
, Consequences & Determinants of indoor air pollution -ANS>Respiratory diseases
Lung cancer
Consequences & Determinants of Exposure to toxic substances -ANS>Poisoning
-Arsenic, manganese, lead
Reducing the Burden of Disease: Outdoor air pollution -ANS>Eliminate lead and
two stroke engines
Urban air pollutants (name a few) -ANS>Carbon monoxide
Lead
Nitrogen oxides
Ozone
Particulate matter
Smog
Sulfur
educing the Burden of Disease: Indoor air pollution -ANS>Improve stoves and
switch to kerosene
Biomass Fuels -ANS>Incomplete combustion - leave behind breathable particles,
gases, chemicals
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