NURS 317 Final Exam Questions and
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Environmental health
Ans: all pieces outside of a person that impact their health
Important - quality of life, involved assessing, correcting,
controlling and preventing factors in environments that can
adversely affect health now and in the future
Types of disasters
Ans: Natural disasters - unpredictable
Human made disasters - mass injuries & death
Bioterrorism - intentional use of micro-organ to cause death
Epidemics - spread of infectious diseases
Pandemics - widespread infections across globe infecting high
population
Environmental health factors
Ans: Categorization: chemical, physical, biological,
psychological & ergonomic
Routes of Entry: inhalation, absorption, injection, ingestion
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Environmental epidemiology
Ans: The study of the effect of physical, chemical and
biological factors in the external environment on human health.
Physical constructs (environmental)
Ans: Structures where people live, work, worship, play
Community systems, such as roads, transportatio n systems,
land use practices, waste management.
Radiation, noise, vibration, extremes in temperature/air
pressure, road safety, housing quality
Chemical contructs
Ans: Chemical component associated with structures, foods,
products, and waste products of these chemicals (vapors, gases,
dusts, fumes, mists, household cleaners, smoke)
Biological constructs
Ans: Any living organisms causing adverse health effects
(bacteria, viruses, fungi, pests, insects, animals, water safety,
food safety, dusts).
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Farming practices, food production & handling, agricultural
dusts)
Psychological construct
Ans: Stress/distress events impacting health (illness, death,
birth, job promotion, finances, interpersonal conflict).
Ergonomic contruct
Ans: Workstation design, repetitive motion
Environmental health inequities
Ans: location, social location (place in society), developmental
stage (children & adults), intersectionality (indigenous)
Disaster Management
Ans: - Prevention
- Mitigation
- Preparedness
- Response
- Recovery
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