Community and Public Health
A doctor who focuses on diagnosing and treating one specific region of health
What is a specialist?
Though not often something we think about this can have a larger impact on your health
what is air pollution?
One way to help protect the environment
What is conservation?
A biological record of the diseases that have occurred in your family
what is a medical record?
One of the easiest ways to start reducing how much you contribute to air pollution is by limiting how much of this you use
What is electrical power?
This type of waste breaks down when exposed to the environment
What is biodegradable waste?
Provides health services and education to people.
What is a public health agency?
What is the greenhouse effect?
The process where forests are cleared to make way for urban growth or for their resources.
What is deforestation
A facility that provides care for those who are terminally ill
What is a hospice?
The governmental agency that sets standards for air quality and enforces those policies
What is the environmental protection agency?
This type of waste must be chemically treated before being disposed of in special sites
What is hazardous waste?
A law passed in 2010 on the subject of health insurance
what is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?
System used to quantify the pollution in the air
What is the air quality index?
The practice of reducing how many resources that we use
What is precycling?