Question

1. Describe why climate change is an evolving practice and concept of Environmental Health. What are two (2) examples of how climate change is related to and impacts Environmental Health? Describe how you view your role in communicating this complex environmental issue to your patients/stakeholders/community. Use only the space provided below (i.e. Pgs. 1 & 2).

Climate change is an evolving practice owing to the nature of its proceedingsever changing challenges that it presents. In spite of the fact that the climate is changing;, there are a lot of new emerging issues (increasing temperatures and rising sea levels) that may render previous studies useless (McMichael, 2013). The ability to keep abreast with climate change therefore requires a dynamic approach that adapts to the current issues. With the nature of climate change being dynamic, the environmental health issues also are bound to change and therefore equally become an evolving practice.

Climate change is an indisputable fact, and our health will be affected by it. However, health is seen only in the various initiatives in order to combat climate change. Fortunately, society is becoming aware of this serious problem, and the answer should be together, individually and collectively. The way in which we have to deal with the climate change in the coming years will determine whether it has either a greater or else lesser impact on our health (McMichael, 2013).

During the past few years, it has shown that climate change is a reality with which we must learn to live together while remaining alert, as it poses a significant challenge and largely unknown.that affects health Its repercussions are beyond the purely socio-economic and political dimensions, and we are beginning to be aware of the potential impact on human health. We are constantly exposed to pollution that may be detrimental to our health, both immediately and long term. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a quarter of the diseases in the world are due to exposure to pollutants. In addition, about 23% of deaths occurring in the world are related in some way to the environmental health issues (McMichael, 2013). For instance, Cholera: The so-called 'disease of the poor' is a disorder caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, 'which is very easily transmitted by contaminated water and food. Restricted to developing countries, the widespread increase in water temperatures anticipates an increase in the incidence of this disease, which is characterized by severe vomiting, cramps and diarrhea and can even cause death. In addition, diseases arising from malnutrition are also on the rise owing to the lack of favorable climate to sustain the growing of various crops that supply the nutrients. Therefore, the human being is left to evolve to stop attacking the environment in which they live and by being able to manage climate change.

The environment determines the health not only of individuals but also of communities. The environmental health concept is very modern but actually has very ancient roots. Environmental study and its relationship to health have been studied medicine forever. Hippocrates referred in a letter to" Airs, waters and places " which is the same environment. And this interest in medicine for the environment has remained to this day. The biggest concern for people is health care, and secondly the environment (as affected by climate change) as the factor that most influences their health is in by overcoming the lightest determinant that is the way of life. People with more education tend to allocate a greater proportion than the rest of the people to climate change, as well as the combination of natural Earth processes and human activities and their effects (McMichael, 2013).

References

McMichael, A. J. (2013). Globalization, climate change, and human health. New England Journal of Medicine, 368(14), 1335-1343.

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