Civic and Social Responsibility

how an organism interacts in an environment

- provides an understanding of relationships between humans and the environment

Improve social and economic structure to decrease barriers and improve support that allow people to achieve their full health potential

This approach to care examines and addresses root cause instead of just the symptoms o This improves health outcomes and decreases costs

Related Concepts: Health disparities, social determinants of health and environmental justice

build environment

climate change

land use

toxic exposure

toxic waste

radiaiton

Physical structures (homes, schools, workplaces, roadways) – features that contribute to social cohesiveness or disruption

Significant changes in measures of climate that occur over several decades or

longer – global temperature, precipitation, wind patterns

Zoning regulations & enforcement, industries & their toxic releases, transportation,

and recreational space

Air pollution – Air quality index (Ozone, CO2, O2), adverse health effects of air

pollution

Water pollution – Lack of access to clean water & sanitation, sources of

contamination

Food contamination – Genetic modification, microbial outbreaks

Ionizing (natural forms) – Radon gas, cosmic radiation Nonionizing – Infrared, microwave, radio wave

Population increase or decrease (births vs. deaths), migrations (rural to urban),

demographic transition theory: slow change in high-income countries (centuries),

fast change in low-income countries (decades),

Era of infectious disease like plague & TB, short life expectancy

Era of chronic, long-term health conditions like advancements of antibiotics and

increase in chronic illnesses

Era of social health conditions – “Where you live determines your health”

An indicator to know the number of people dying prematurely due to a particular disease as well as the number of years spent by them in a state of “disability” owing to the disease

• GBD = population’s disability adjusted life years (DALY) o A higher GBD = higher DALY

Goal: Promote the health of all people globally

Goal: Affordable, culturally acceptable, accessible primary health care

Premise: Good health in any society requires policies across all sectors to actively support health

A collection of global health goals targeting health improvement and the eradication of poverty, hunger, AIDS, and discrimination against people assigned female sex at birth

• To be achieved by 2030