P H 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Indoor Air Quality, Disease Burden, Pit Latrine
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Environmental health address all physical, chemical, and biological factors external to a person, and all the related factors impacting behaviors. Encompasses the assessment and control of those environmental factors that can potentially affect health. Approximately one-quarter of the global disease burden, and more than one -third of the burden among children, is due to modifiable environmental factors. The infant death rate from environmental causes is 12 times higher in developing than in developed countries. To be safe, households must have adequate access to: shelter, water, sanitation ( toilet facilities, fuel for heat and cooking. Ideally, households also take steps to address concerns such as indoor air pollution and chemical hazards. Environmental sanitation: cooking food, boiling water, heating, lighting at night. More than 20% of the world"s population does not have electricity in their homes. Burning solid fuels (i. e. wood, charcoal, coal, dung, and crop waste) can contribute to lung disease (and injuries)
