Chapter 14- Environment Health Question with Correct Answers What is Environmental Health? - Correct Answer all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person and all the related factors impacting behaviors.What does Environmental Health encompass? - Correct Answer encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health.What is Environmental Health targeted towards? - Correct Answer preventing disease and creating health-supportive environments.What is the purpose of environmental health? - Correct Answer to ensure the conditions of human health and provide healthy environments for people to live, work, and play.How can we ensure the conditions of human health and provide healthy environments for people to live, work, and play? - Correct Answer Accomplished through...Risk assessment Prevention Intervention What is the frame work of the Critical Theory Approach? - Correct Answer Uses "thinking upstream" framework.What does Critical Theory Approach raises questions about? - Correct Answer oppressive situations How can an environment health history benefit the client? - Correct Answer -Increase awareness of environmental health concerns -Improve timelines and accuracy of diagnosis -prevent disease and aggravation of conditions -identify potential environmental hazards What does Critical Theory Approach involves community members in? - Correct Answer definition and solution of problems. 1 / 2
Critical Theory Approach Facilitates? - Correct Answer interventions that reduce health-damaging effects of environments.What types of questions does the Critical Theory Approach encourage? - Correct Answer Asks critical questions about clients' work and home environments to help discern the contributions of specific hazards to health.What are the benefits of an Environmental Health History - Correct Answer Increased awareness of environmental/ occupational factors Improved timelines and accuracy of diagnosis Prevents disease and aggravation of conditions Identifies potential work-related environmental hazards and/or environmental hazards in and around clients' homes Acronym for Environmental Exposure History? - Correct Answer I PREPARE I - Investigate potential exposures P - Present work R - Residence E - Environmental concerns P - Past work A - Activities R - Referrals and Resources E - Educate HP2020 elements of environmental health - Correct Answer 1) Water quality 2) Toxic/waste 3) Outdoor air quality 4) Global environmental health
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