MTTC Health (112) Subarea I, Health Promotion and Risk Reduction, Obj. 1 Questions And Answers

MTTC Health (112) Subarea I, Health
Promotion and Risk Reduction, Obj. 1
Questions And Answers
Approaches and strategies for preventing, detecting, managing, and controlling illness an
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Characteristics and roles of community, government, private, and nonprofit organizations
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in providing health promotion and disease prevention information and services -
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Effects of physical activity and fitness on principles of overall health and wellness -
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knowledge of how lifestyle behaviors, environmental factors, socioeconomic factors, gene
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tics, and family history increase or decrease susceptibility to illness and disease -
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We encounter a number of environmental hazards every day. Environmental health involv
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es understanding all of the physical, chemical, biological and cultural hazards from natural
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made sources. Physical hazards come from physical processes, which can be discrete ev
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ents, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and volcano eruptions, or they can be long-
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term hazards like UV radiation.
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Chemical hazards can come from a variety of natural and human-
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made sources. They may be synthetic chemicals found in plastics or pesticides or natural
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chemicals produced by organisms, like allergens in peanuts and dairy. Biological hazards
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are the result of organism interactions in the environment. Though a natural process, the tr
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ansmission of viruses, bacteria, and other infectious diseases poses a health risk to huma
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ns and other organisms in the environment.
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Cultural hazards come from behavioral choices and other social aspects of life. Where pe
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ople live, the types of jobs they have and actions affecting their personal health can all imp
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act environmental health. While most of these are examples of hazards that come from ou
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tdoor sources, environmental health hazards may also be found indoors.
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