Public Health
This field focuses on preventing disease and promoting wellness for entire communities rather than individual patients.
What is public health?
This term describes the rapid production of cheap, trendy clothing.
What is fast fashion?
Experts recommend washing your hands for at least this many seconds.
What is 20 seconds?
This organ is the largest in the human body.
What is the skin?
Your skin makes this vitamin when exposed to sunlight, helping strengthen bones.
What is Vitamin D?
This global organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in 2020.
What is the World Health Organization (WHO)?
This Asian country leads the world in textile manufacturing for many fast fashion brands.
What is China?
The main ingredient in most hand sanitizers that kills germs.
What is alcohol (usually 60–70% ethanol or isopropanol)?
This part of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination.
What is the cerebellum?
The body’s ability to maintain a stable internal environment is called this.
What is homeostasis?
Instead of treating illness, this branch of public health focuses on stopping it before it starts.
What is prevention?
Fashion that prioritizes eco-friendly materials and fair labor practices is called this.
What is sustainable fashion?
These two parts of the hands are most often missed during handwashing.
What are the thumbs and fingertips?
These type of blood cells carry oxygen throughout the body.
What are red blood cells?
A plastic water bottle takes roughly this many years to decompose.
What is 450 years?
This is one major determinant of health (besides healthcare access)
What is income, education, environment, genetics, or social support?
Producing one cotton T-shirt can take about this many gallons of water.
What is 700 gallons?
Brushing your teeth immediately after eating acidic foods can damage this part of the tooth.
What is enamel?
This body system controls hormones and regulates many bodily processes
What is the endocrine system?
Factory workers exposed to toxic dyes in fast fashion production often suffer from these types of health problems.
What are respiratory or skin issues?
Differences in health outcomes between groups due to socioeconomic or environmental factors are called these.
What are health disparities?
The massive amount of discarded clothing that ends up in landfills is known as this type of waste.
What is textile waste?
The hygiene movement that led to modern sanitation systems began in Europe around this century.
What is the 19th century (1800s)?
This body system works with the circulatory system to remove waste from the blood
What is excretory (urinary) system?
This natural fiber decomposes the fastest
What is cotton?