Environmental Health Exam Study Guide Questions with Complete Solutions Define environmental health - Correct Answer 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 - Correct Answer Sanitation, water, and hygiene Indoor air pollution Outdoor air pollution Burden of environmental diseases accounts for ___% of total burden of diseases in LMICs - Correct Answer 8.4% Consequences & Determinants of Unsafe water/ sanitation/ hygiene - Correct Answer Diarrheal
illness:
-gastroenteritis -cholera
Vector-borne diseases:
-malaria -dengue Consequences & Determinants of indoor air pollution - Correct Answer Respiratory diseases Lung cancer Consequences & Determinants of Exposure to toxic substances - Correct Answer Poisoning -Arsenic, manganese, lead Reducing the Burden of Disease: Outdoor air pollution - Correct Answer Eliminate lead and two stroke engines Urban air pollutants (name a few) - Correct Answer Carbon monoxide Lead
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