BLOCK 2 M2: Family Health Risks and Environmental Issues

Good Health

Wellness

the lifestyle choices an individual makes throughout the years have an important impact on his total health and the environment

1. Socioeconomic factors
2. State of healthcare delivery systems

Environment

aspects of human activity on the biophysical environment that are detrimental to health

1. Policymaking
2. Social and Physical factors
3. Health services
4. Biology and genetics
5. Individual's Behaviors

1. Increasing taxes on tobacco sales (Sin Tax)
2. Ban on use of non-biodegradable plastic bags

Social and economic determinants of health reflect the social factors and physical conditions of the environment in which people are born and where they live, learn, play, work, and age.

1. Resources
2. Social norms and attitudes
3. Crime, violence and social disorder
4. Social support
5. Mass media
6. Socioeconomic conditions
7. Quality Schools
8. Transportation options
9. Public Safety
10. Residential segregation

1. Public safety
2. Residential segregation
3. Natural Environment
4. Built Environment
5. Worksites, schools
6. Housing, homes, neighborhood
7. Toxic substances
8. Calamities
9. Physical barriers
10. Aesthetic elements (good lighting etc)

Lack of availability
High cost
Lack of insurance coverage
Distance from health facility
Lack of healthcare workers
Limited language access

Unmet health needs
Delays in receiving appropriate care
Inability to get preventive services
Hospitalizations that could have been prevented

1. Age
2. Sex
3. HIV status
4. Family history of heart disease
5. Carrying the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene, which increases risk for breast and ovarian cancer
6. Inherited conditions, such as sickle-cell anemia, hemophilia, and cystic fibrosis

1. Diet
2. Physical activity
3. Basic hygiene
o Hand washing (especially in cruise ships to prevent Norovirus infection)
4. Taking baths
5. Substance abuse (alcohol, tobacco, drugs)
• Positive changes in individual behavior can reduce

1. Income and social status
2. Education
3. Physical Environment
4. Social Support Networks
5. Genetics
6. Health services
7. Gender

1. Road Accidents
2. Pollution from fossil fuels
3. Noise Pollution
4. Psychosocial effects
5. Climate change due to CO2 emission
6. Loss of land
7. Cycling and Walking
8. access to services
9. Road spaces
10. Vector-borne diseases

1. Food Production and Manufacturing
2. Distribution of Food
3. Dietary Patterns, Diversity of Food, Home Production
5. Food Safety and Food borne diseases

1. Tobacco farming
2. land use
3. mechanization of work
4. fisheries
5. forestry
livestock
7. sustainable farming
8. fertilizer
9. water
10. pesticides
11. food processing, packaging

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