Chapter Questions
Define public health, morbidity, mortality, and epidemiology.
Differentiate between a hazard and a risk. Where does vulnerability fit in?
What are four categories of human environmental hazards? Give examples of each.
What are cultural hazards? What is an example of a cultural hazard with environmental components?
How does tobacco use increase vulnerability to other hazards?
Define pollution, pollutant, and nonbiodegradable.
Describe the public-health roles of the CDC and the WHO. What are the roles of the FDA and the EPA?
List five environmental risk factors that are responsible for global mortality and disease.
What is the significance of malaria worldwide, and what are some recent developments in the battle against this disease?
What are four ways that poverty affects mortality and morbidity?
Outline the four steps of risk assessment used by the EPA.
What methods are used to test chemicals for their potential to cause cancer?
Describe the process of risk assessment for public health recently carried out by the WHO. What is a DALY?
What are several differences between public risk perception and scientific risk assessment?