VERIFIED ANSWERS 2O24
ssessing
Understanding
ControllingEnvironmental Health and Safety is a segment of public health concerned with (3) the impact
s of people on their environment, and of the environment on people. CORRECT ANSWER-Assessing
Understanding
Controlling
Environmental Health CORRECT ANSWER-
"...addresses all the physical, chemical, and biological factors external to the person, and all the related f
actors impacting behaviours." Encompasses control of environmental factors. Aims to prevent disease
Healthy People 2000XCORRECT ANSWER-
a comprehensive, nationwide health promotion and disease prevention agenda -
designed to serve as a roadmap for improving the health of all people in the United States during the fir
st decade of the 21st century
CarryingXCapacity CORRECT ANSWER-
The population that an area will support without undergoing environmental deterioration
The Three P's CORRECT ANSWER-pollution, population, poverty
Wealthier nations,
Habitat destruction,
Water contamination,
Air pollution,
Unsanitary food,
Crowding, CORRECT ANSWER-Developing world environmental health problems (6)
Elderly, Disabled, Pregnant Women, Children CORRECT ANSWER-Vulnerable Sub-Groups (4)
, Fertility rate CORRECT ANSWER-average number of births a woman has by end of reproductive life
Mortality rate CORRECT ANSWER-often calculated as number of deaths per 1000 people per year
Migration CORRECT ANSWER-growth from immigrants entering country
Stage 1 CORRECT ANSWER-most of population young, fertility and mortality high, population stays small
Stage 2 CORRECT ANSWER-drop in mortality with continued high fertility, rapid increase in population
Stage 3 CORRECT ANSWER-
dropping fertility rates, leading to more even distribution of population by age, gender
Epidemiologic Transistion CORRECT ANSWER-
Shift in pattern of morbidity and mortality from causes related primarily to infectious and communicable
diseases to causes associated with chronic diseases
megacities CORRECT ANSWER-Urbanized area with 10 million or more inhabitant
Urbanization,
Overtaxing carrying capacity,
Food insecurity,
Loss of biodiversity CORRECT ANSWER-Effects of rapid growth 4
Food insecurity -Xcorrect answer-
Supplies of wholesome foods uncertain or have limited availability and usually occur when carrying capa
city is exceeded