Community and Public Health
The system that includes all the ways you pay and recieve medical care
What is The Health Care System
the Measurement of Air Quality
What is the Air Quality Index
Destroys the habitats of plants and animals in places such as the Amazon
What is Deforestation?
The way that most Americans receive group insurance
What is through their jobs (or family member jobs)?
When buildings contain more pollutants than outside even in large cities
What is Indoor Air Pollution?
What is Mercury?
The organization that provide immunizations, disaster relief, and education
What is UNICEF?
This pollutant reacts chemically in the presence of sunlight
What is Ozone?
The ability of an object to naturally decompose
What is Biodegradable?
Government agencies that operate at the state, county, or city level
What Are Local Health Departments?
An odorless, radioactive gas produced in the breakdown of the element Uranium, and causes cancer in high amounts
What is Radon?
As world population grows, so does our use of resources, including water and land.
What is Urban Development?
The year that the PPACA prohibitted insurers from using pre-existing conditions as reasons to deny coverage or refuse claims
What is 2014?
Noise levels of ______ decibels or higher can cause pain
What is 130?
This involves planning communities in ways that use fewer resources and create less pollution
What is Smart Growth?