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what % of world's disease burden is attributed to enviro factors
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over 25%
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biophilia hypothesis
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human beings subconsciously seek a connection with the rest of life
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we don't just depend on nature but also require contact with nature
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environmental deprivation
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(hps107) defines it the lack of contact with nature
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(in psych terms)
little stimuli for growth from the environment (childhood development) |
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environmental deprivation is alleviated by
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- viewing nature
-contact with plants -being in nature -contact with animals |
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environmental health
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aspects of human health determined by physical, chemical, biological and social factors in the environment. Environmental health is about creating and maintaining environments which promote good public health.
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environmental health justice
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the right to a safe, healthy, productive and sustainable environment. It requires the pursuit of equal justice and protection in legislation, regulations, gov policy and actions
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environmental degradation
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diminishing of resources, peek oil issue,
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environmental depravation
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what happens to people's mental and physical health when they are deprived from nature
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something native people have know for a VERY long time
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peek oil
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point in time when the maximum extraction of mineral oil has been reached ... and passed (2010)
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mandala of health
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critical influences on the health of individuals and their family
> human biology, personal behaviour, psycho-social enviro, immediate physical environment > human made environment and the biosphere |
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SARS
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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
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pandemic influenza
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person-to-person spread (coughing, sneezing), short incubation periods
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e.g. Avian flue
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environmental health justice
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the right of all people to a safe, healthy, productive and sustainable environment
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how many years in life expectancy has been on average added to western societies in the past 50 years
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20 years
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effective management of human/environment relationship means: (4)
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1. preserving physical condition for life (environmental security of human biology)
2. protecting communities from local & global enviro risk factors for health (environ security for hum pop) 3. managing place-based eco, social & enviro risks (physical security for workplaces/settlements) 4. re-establish human/enviro sustainability (global self-supporting system) |
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goal of environmental health policy
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to reduce both social risks to environmental sustainability and environmental risk to social sustainability
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reduce us to help it, reduce it to help us
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Healthy Cities approach
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urban places need to promote public health
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key parameters for health cities & communities (11)
(Hancock & Duhl, 1988) |
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