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Introductory Lecture On Environment and Health
Introductory Lecture On Environment and Health
LECTURE ON
ENVIRONMENT
AND HEALTH
COURSE OUTLINE
• Concept of Health and disease.
• Determinants of health ---- Environmental
determinant
• Interaction of agent, host and
environmental factors ---- Epidemiological
triad
•Definition of environment ---- Internal
environment and External environment,
Macro-environment and micro environment.
•Components of environment ---- Physical,
Biological and Psychosocial.
HEALTH:
“HEALTH IS A STATE OF COMPLETE PHYSICAL,
MENTAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL WELL-BEING AND
NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF DISEASE OR
INFIRMITY.”
in recent years the statement is amplified to include,
“THE ABILITY TO LEAD A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY
PRODUCTIVE LIFE.”
HOLISTIC CONCEPT OF HEALTH:
This concept recognizes the strength of social, economic,
political and environmental influences on health
DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH:
Heredity Health and family welfare services
Environment Life-style
Socio-economic conditions Others
CONCEPT OF DISEASE
ENVIRONMENT
VECTOR
AGENT HOST
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
Environment
(Physical, biological and psychosocial)
Environmental hazards
Environmental hazards may be biological,
chemical, physical, psychological,
sociological, or site and location hazards.
Biological hazards
These are living organisms or their products
that are harmful to humans