SPH 200 UNIT 6 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
outdoor and indoor air pollution risks - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅combined 4.9 mill deaths:
outdoor: 3.41 mill, 50-100/ 100 000 middle east/ asia, 0.1 north america
indoor: 1.64 ,>100 deaths/ 100 000 Sub saharan africa, 10-25 North America
147.42 DALYs annually
most important environmental factor for health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅clean water
nutrition stats - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- 9% of world undernourished
- 19% of african pop
- 4% in asia (down by 8 million since 2015)
- 144 mill kids stunted
-obesity 13% in 2016
solutions for hunger - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- lab grown meat
-plant based meats
-GMO
First world sources of food insecurity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- nutrient poor restaurants
- poverty (buying cheap foods)
- nutritious food is expensive (esp. up north)
Risk of poor shelter/ housing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-physical injury
-respiratory complications, ex. mold
-exposure to extreme weather, ex. high heat w no AC
-overcrowding, houses needing repairs = poor mental health
, Canadian housing situation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅61% average canadian homeowners, 31%
indigenous are
7% reg homes need repairs, 44% on reserves
Gov spent 600 mill spent on housing initiatives
importance of sanitation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅diseases spread through fecal oral route: cholera, bac
and viral infections, helminths, protozoa
poor sanitation -> rats -> disease
types of hazards - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Biological: viruses, bacteria, protozoa, helminths, endotoxins,
biotic allergens
Chemical: inorganic/ organic chemicals, natural & synthetic
Physical: environments, radiation, sound, temp, electromagnetic, light (UV, infrared, etc), thermal,
climate
occupational hazard - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅risk accepted as consequence of a particular occupation
psychosocial hazards - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hazards from the psychological and social experiences of
an individual
three factors of a risk - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dose, exposure time, hazard characteristics: toxicity,
virulence, genotoxicity, carcinogen, etc
Paracelsus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅founder of toxicology, physician, philosopher, lay theologian
"the dose makes the poison"
mad scientist, use toxic compounds as cures
outdoor and indoor air pollution risks - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅combined 4.9 mill deaths:
outdoor: 3.41 mill, 50-100/ 100 000 middle east/ asia, 0.1 north america
indoor: 1.64 ,>100 deaths/ 100 000 Sub saharan africa, 10-25 North America
147.42 DALYs annually
most important environmental factor for health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅clean water
nutrition stats - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- 9% of world undernourished
- 19% of african pop
- 4% in asia (down by 8 million since 2015)
- 144 mill kids stunted
-obesity 13% in 2016
solutions for hunger - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- lab grown meat
-plant based meats
-GMO
First world sources of food insecurity - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- nutrient poor restaurants
- poverty (buying cheap foods)
- nutritious food is expensive (esp. up north)
Risk of poor shelter/ housing - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-physical injury
-respiratory complications, ex. mold
-exposure to extreme weather, ex. high heat w no AC
-overcrowding, houses needing repairs = poor mental health
, Canadian housing situation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅61% average canadian homeowners, 31%
indigenous are
7% reg homes need repairs, 44% on reserves
Gov spent 600 mill spent on housing initiatives
importance of sanitation - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅diseases spread through fecal oral route: cholera, bac
and viral infections, helminths, protozoa
poor sanitation -> rats -> disease
types of hazards - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Biological: viruses, bacteria, protozoa, helminths, endotoxins,
biotic allergens
Chemical: inorganic/ organic chemicals, natural & synthetic
Physical: environments, radiation, sound, temp, electromagnetic, light (UV, infrared, etc), thermal,
climate
occupational hazard - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅risk accepted as consequence of a particular occupation
psychosocial hazards - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅hazards from the psychological and social experiences of
an individual
three factors of a risk - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅dose, exposure time, hazard characteristics: toxicity,
virulence, genotoxicity, carcinogen, etc
Paracelsus - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅founder of toxicology, physician, philosopher, lay theologian
"the dose makes the poison"
mad scientist, use toxic compounds as cures
