HED 400 Exam 3 Questions and Answers (Already Passed) Rated A+
____ billion people in the world depend on solid fuel for cooking and heating - Answers three
Poorer populations are more susceptible to household air pollution. True or false? - Answers True
Conjunctivitis, upper respiratory infec...
____ billion people in the world depend on solid fuel for cooking and heating - Answers three
Poorer populations are more susceptible to household air pollution. True or false? - Answers True
Conjunctivitis, upper respiratory infection, acute respiratory infection, and carbon monoxide poisoning -
Answers Short-term problems of household air pollution
Cardiovascular disease, COPD, and cancer - Answers Long-term associations of household air pollution
Common effects of ______ _______ _______ ________ are respiratory symptoms, including cough,
irritation of the nose and throat, and shortness of breath - Answers Ambient Particulate Matter Pollution
What type of population tends to be more susceptible to ambient particular matter pollution? - Answers
Older and younger people
WHO estimated that in 2015 about ____% of the global population does not have access to safe drinking
water - Answers 30 %
Properly disposing human waste would increase or decrease the transmission of pathogens? - Answers
increase
Water borne pathogens are associated with what diseases/problems? - Answers Diarrhea and other
gastrointestinal problems
Household air pollution is the ____th most important risk factor for deaths globally in 2016. And the
___th most important risk factor in high mortality low- and middle-income countries - Answers 8th; 4th
Household air pollution causes about 3.8 million deaths yearly. True or False? - Answers True
Who is more susceptible to household air pollution? - Answers women and children
90% of deaths due to ambient particulate matter pollution occur in high income countries. True or
False? - Answers False
Which countries have major burdens of related disease to ambient particulate matter? - Answers India,
China, Asia, and Eastern Europe
Sanitation, water, and hygiene issues typically fall on what age group and economic status? - Answers
Very young, very old, and people with immune system issues
In England in 1952 what was the case about with the temperature inversion? - Answers A dense fog, full
of pollutants, hung over the city center for several days causing a huge death rate
Only about __% of the world has access to improved sanitation - Answers 60%
, 20% of the total global burden of disease is due to what? - Answers Environmental risk factors
Why does the burden of environmental factors disproportionately fall on relatively poor people? -
Answers Poorer people are the ones that cook with biomass fuels and coal. People with more money do
not use these fuels to cook and don't have to worry much about unsafe water.
Ways to reduce the burden of disease of ambient particulate matter pollution - Answers - Introduce
unleaded gasoline (burns cleaner)
- Use low-smoke lubricant for, or ban, two-stroke engines
- Shift to natural gas to fuel public vehicles
- Tighten emissions inspections
- Reduce burning of garbage
Ways to reduce the burden of disease of household air pollution - Answers -Improve cooking devices
-Use less polluting fuels
-Reduce need for fuels by using solar cooking and heating
-Use mechanisms for venting smoke
-Use dried fuels for cooking
-Keep children away from cooking area
Ways to reduce the burden of disease of sanitation - Answers -Simple methods of sanitation and excreta
disposal are low-cost, and relatively effective
-Barriers include lack of knowledge, cost, construction, and local laws
-Government subsidies and regulations for installing latrines
Reducing the burden of disease of water supply - Answers Improved water sources:
-House connection
-Standpost
-Borehole
-Dug well
-Rainwater collection;
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