COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT HEALTH

COMMUNITY AND PUBLIC HEALTH

👌THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM👌

• Many places include hospitals, school nurse, and clinic which you go to receive medical treatment.
• In order too be an expert on your health you need to know your medical history
• Make sure your doctor needs to know your medical history.
• Most people use health insurance and pay a monthly premium
• Two forms of health insurance are fee-for-service and managed cared!👍

🙏PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES🙏

• Local health Agencies-research health problems, provide health services, educate, and promote health
• National health agencies include the following
• The environmental protection, occupational safety & health administration, u.s department agriculture
• United network for organ sharing, and the department of health and human services

GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS

• World Health Organization
• United Nations Children's Fund
• International Committee of the Red Cross
• U.S Agency for International Developement
• Peace Corps and Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere

AIR QUALITY AND HEALTH

UNDERSTANDING AIR POLLUTION

• EPA- Environment Protection Agency
• EPA placed limits on six pollutants
• Particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide, and lead
• To track levels of pollutants, the EPA created the Air Quality Index

GREENHOUSE GASES AND INDOOR POLLUTANTS

• Greenhouse gases allow sunlight to enter the our atmosphere but block radiation from escaping to outer space
• That was causes global warming
• Specific Indoor air quality include carbon monoxide, asbestos, and radon.

REDUCING AIR POLLUTION

• When ever you can, ride a bike, try walking, or carpool to save gas
• Switch off lights when leaving a room
• You get the point!!!!!!

PROTECTING LAND AND WATER

WASTE DISPOSAL

• Two ways to dispose of Municipal solid waste are landfills and incineration
• Hazard wastes need to be disposed at special sites such as
• Industrial waste, household waste, radioactive waste, and mercury

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

• The three was to protect your environment are
• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle