NFDN 2006 Unit 8
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1. Environmental health indicators: Air, inside or outside
Water
Food
2. Environmental epidemiology: Seeks to clarify the relationships between physical, chemical, and
biological and human health
The study of the fact, on health of physical, chemical and biological factors in the environment
3. what survey is help as a place to start to identify potential environmental
health risks: Windshield assessment
4. Environmental hazards have the greatest impact: air, water, and food sources impacting
health
5. what decade did the UN declare as the decade of natural disaster reduction-
: 1990
6. The four stages of disaster planning: 1 Prevention and mitigation (what
assessment is key?, role of CHN?): ongoing activities aimed at minimizing or eradicating risks of natura
or human-made disasters before they occur
risk assessment is key
Mitigation is an intent to limit the severity of a potential disaster
CHN help identifying vulnerable populations and lobbying governments to work on improving environments
7. The four stages of disaster planning: 2 Preparedness ( 3 sectors involved?CHN
role?): Readiness to respond to and manage a disaster
Education
Realistic, simple plans are necessary
Collaboration across multiple sectors:
-Personal preparedness (Families need to be prepared for disasters)
Professional preparedness (CH ends need to be prepared for disaster)
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-Community preparedness (Disaster workers need to know the roles)
CHN needs to review communities disaster history, understand how particular organizations fit into disaster plan and
educate community members on disaster preparedness
8. The four stages of disaster planning: 3 Response (how do adults react? and
children? CHN role?): Actual implementation of the disaster plan in the community.
Caring for the psychological needs of individuals affected
Individuals may react in different ways:
-Adults typical stress response: fear, anxiety, anger, insomnia, headaches, guilt, irritability, nausea, vomiting
-Children: nightmares & regression (bed wetting and thumb sucking) school related problems, normal reaction
CHN role can be:
-involve triaging individuals to be seen in cases of mass casually
-Helping to set up shelters for affected individuals
9. The four stages of disaster planning: 4 Recovery: Focus is to rebuild the community as best
as possible
retrogressive and progressive changes:
-rebuild community back to original functioning
-evaluate the response disaster management- how can improve
-check for environmental health hazards that may have changed due to disaster
10. why is influenza a good example of preparedness: The government stockpiled vaccines
and antiviral drugs for individuals affected by acute influenza
Influenza triage centres, staff by nurses, NPs, and physicians, were set up to provide immediate triage and care for
affected people
11. environmental epidemiology: Field of public health science that focuses on the incidence and
prevalence of disease or illness in a population from exposures in their environments
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hpre0t
1. Environmental health indicators: Air, inside or outside
Water
Food
2. Environmental epidemiology: Seeks to clarify the relationships between physical, chemical, and
biological and human health
The study of the fact, on health of physical, chemical and biological factors in the environment
3. what survey is help as a place to start to identify potential environmental
health risks: Windshield assessment
4. Environmental hazards have the greatest impact: air, water, and food sources impacting
health
5. what decade did the UN declare as the decade of natural disaster reduction-
: 1990
6. The four stages of disaster planning: 1 Prevention and mitigation (what
assessment is key?, role of CHN?): ongoing activities aimed at minimizing or eradicating risks of natura
or human-made disasters before they occur
risk assessment is key
Mitigation is an intent to limit the severity of a potential disaster
CHN help identifying vulnerable populations and lobbying governments to work on improving environments
7. The four stages of disaster planning: 2 Preparedness ( 3 sectors involved?CHN
role?): Readiness to respond to and manage a disaster
Education
Realistic, simple plans are necessary
Collaboration across multiple sectors:
-Personal preparedness (Families need to be prepared for disasters)
Professional preparedness (CH ends need to be prepared for disaster)
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-Community preparedness (Disaster workers need to know the roles)
CHN needs to review communities disaster history, understand how particular organizations fit into disaster plan and
educate community members on disaster preparedness
8. The four stages of disaster planning: 3 Response (how do adults react? and
children? CHN role?): Actual implementation of the disaster plan in the community.
Caring for the psychological needs of individuals affected
Individuals may react in different ways:
-Adults typical stress response: fear, anxiety, anger, insomnia, headaches, guilt, irritability, nausea, vomiting
-Children: nightmares & regression (bed wetting and thumb sucking) school related problems, normal reaction
CHN role can be:
-involve triaging individuals to be seen in cases of mass casually
-Helping to set up shelters for affected individuals
9. The four stages of disaster planning: 4 Recovery: Focus is to rebuild the community as best
as possible
retrogressive and progressive changes:
-rebuild community back to original functioning
-evaluate the response disaster management- how can improve
-check for environmental health hazards that may have changed due to disaster
10. why is influenza a good example of preparedness: The government stockpiled vaccines
and antiviral drugs for individuals affected by acute influenza
Influenza triage centres, staff by nurses, NPs, and physicians, were set up to provide immediate triage and care for
affected people
11. environmental epidemiology: Field of public health science that focuses on the incidence and
prevalence of disease or illness in a population from exposures in their environments
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