environment, its components,and impact in CHN

Environment and it's impact on Humans

1. “ENVIRONMENT”

2. PRESENTER: MSSABIRANOOR
FUCN
COMPONENTOF
ENVIRONMENT,FACTORSAND
THEIRIMPACTON
COMMUNITYHEALTH

3. UNITOBJECTIVES:
Atthecompletionofthisunit,studentswillbeabletolearnthe
Environment
Definitionof`environment’
Componentofenvironmentand
Factorsanditsimpactoncommunityhealth

4. DEFINITIONOFENVIRONMENT
•ThetermenvironmentcomesfromtheFrench
word“environ”andmeanseverythingthat
surroundus.
OR
•Thesumofthetotaloftheelements,factors
andconditionsinthesurroundingswhichmay
haveanimpactonthedevelopment,actionor
survivalofanorganismorgroupoforganisms.

6. ATMOSPHERE
•Isalayerorasetoflayersofgasessurroundinga
planet.Apartfromgasestherearewatervapor,
industrialgases,dustandsmokeparticlesetc.in
suspendedstate

7. ENVIRONMENTISMADEUPOF:
•Biosphere:
•Thetermbiospherewascoinedbygeologist
EduardSuessin1875,
•Hedefinedas:
•Theplaceonearth’ssurfacewherelifedwells(to
reside).Istheglobalecologicalsystemintegrating
alllivingbeingsandtheirrelationships.Usually
definedasthethinouterlayeroftheearth
capableofsupportinglife

8. LITHOSPHERE:
•Lithosphere:
•Thetermwascoinedby
JOSEPHBARRELL(1914).
•ThewordderivedfromGreek
wordLITHOSwhichmean
rocky/stone,thesolid,outer
partoftheEarth.

9. HYDROSPHERE
•Thehydrosphereisthe
combinedmassofwaterfound
on,under,andabovethe
surfaceofaplanet,suchas
lakesandseas,andsometimes
includingwateroverthe
earth'ssurface,suchasclouds.

10. COMPONENTSOFENVIRONMENT:
1-AIR 2-WATER 3-SOIL

11. COMPONENTSOFENVIRONMENT :
•Theenvironmentconsistsof
varioussegments.Someofthe
importantcomponents/segments
ofenvironmentareasfollows:•
PHYSICAL•BIOLOGICAL•SOCIAL

12. •1-PHYSICALenvironment :
•thepartofthehumanenvironmentthatincludespurely
physicalfactors(assoil,climate,watersupply)etc.
•2-BiologicalEnvironment:
•Thenaturalbiologicalfactors(suchaswildanimalsand
plantsorbacteria)thataffecthumanlife.
•3-SocialEnvironment:
•Theimmediatephysicalandsocialsettinginwhichpeople
liveorinwhichsomethinghappensordevelops.Itincludes
theculturethattheindividualwaseducatedorlivesin,and
thepeopleandinstitutionswithwhomtheyinteract.

13. TYPES/COMPONENTSOFENVIRONMENT
•NatureiscomposedofBIOTICandABIOTIC
components.
•Allthebioticandabioticcomponentsinteractwith
eachothertocreateanidealecosystem

14. TYPES/COMPONENTSOFENVIRONMENT

15. FACTORSAFFECTINGCOMMUNITYHEALTH
CANBEGROUPEDINTO
•Physicalfactors
•Social/Culturalfactors
•Communityorganization
•IndividualbehaviorFactors

16. INDUSTRIALDEVELOPMENT
•Communitiesthatareindustriallydevelopedaremorelikelytobe
affectedbynumerousdiseasesduetothetoxicwasteproductsfrom
theindustriesthatarereleasedintowaterbodiesandthe
atmosphereandduetocongestionofsettlementleadingtoslum
کبادی‫‫کچی‫‫)developmenthencecontagiousdiseasescomparedto
areasthatarenotindustriallydeveloped.Physicalfactors;

17. Physicalfactors;Continued…water
contaminationfromindustrialdischarge

18. watercontaminationfromindustrial
discharge

19. Adenselypopulated
oroverpopulated
communitycan
easilybeattackedby
communicable
diseases.
Communitysize

20. GEOGRAPHICALLOCATION
•SomecommunitiesaremorepronetodiseasesduetoThe
geographicallocation
•Forexample:Somecommunitiesarelocatedinswampy ,‫کلدلب‫
کچکی‫‫areasAREMOREPRONETODISEASES especiallyduringheavy
rainstheyareaffectedbyfloodswhichcanleadmanipulationof
diseasecausingorganismsifthewaterisstagnanttospreadof
diseasecausingorganismsForexamplemalaria,diarrheadisease

21. SWAMPYAREAS

22. •Acleanenvironmentisveryvitaltotheproperhealthofacommunitywhich
minimizestheoccurrenceandtransmissionofdiseases,unlikeadirty
environmentwhicheasilyleadstooutbreakofdiseases

23. TRADITIONSBELIEFS
•Beliefsortraditionspossessedbycommunitiesgreatlyaffectthe
healthofit’speople
BELIEFSTHATDISCOURAGECOLOSTRUMFEEDING
DirtinessandToxicity
HarmfulEffects
NutritionalandHealthConcerns
AssociationwithBadLuck

25. ECONOMY
•Acommunitythatiseconomicallywelloffhaslow
chancesofsufferingfromdiseasebreakoutsbecause
theyhaveproperhealthcareandwaterdrainage
systemsunlikeapoorcommunity.
•Government;Sincethegovernmentinvolves
planning,implementingandprovisionofcommunity
servicessuchaswatersupply,medicalsuppliesand
otherneedswhichcandirectlyaffectthecommunity
health.

27. COMMUNITIESORGANIZATION

28. COMMUNITIESORGANIZATION
•Waysinwhichcommunitiesorganizetheirresourcessuchastaxes
whichcanbeveryhelpfulincontrolofdiseasesandsupplyof
sufficientandefficientmedicalcareevenintimesofcrisisunlike
communitieswithoutproperaccountabilityoftheirtaxeswhichcan
partlybeallocatedtothehealthsector.

29. EDUCATIONALFACTORS
•Pooreducationorilliteracyaffectsthehealthofacommunitywhen
peopledoesn’thaveeducationonhowtheycanpreventthemselves
fromdiseases.
•Example:healtheducationontheuseofmosquitotreatednetsto
preventmalaria,healtheducationontheenvironmentalhygieneso
astopreventdiseasessuchascholeraandtrachoma

30. INDIVIDUALBEHAVIOR
•Communityhealthisgreatlyinfluencedbyindividuals,
•theirpersonalhealth,
•habitsetc.Forinstanceproperdisposalofwasteproductsfromand
individualscompound,
•clearingallstagnantwaterinthecompoundtopreventharboringof
mosquitoes,
•activesmokerstoquitsmokingtoavoidpassivesmokersthus
preventinglungcancer,
•self-restraintپکہیز‫‫)fromsexualactivitiesoruseprotectionto
preventthespreadofHIV/AIDsandSTDsetc.
•Thusproperindividualhealthylivingcangreatlypromoteahealthy
community.

31. ❑Thewatersupply,soil,andclimatearespecificallylistedinthe
sourceaspurelyphysicalfactorsthatcomprisethe:
•a)Biologicalenvironment
•b)Abioticcomponent
•c)Physicalenvironment
•d)Atmosphere

32. REFRANCES
•CommunityHealthNursing
•B.T.Basavanthappa
•FirstEdition1998
•EncyclopediaofPublicHealthA-Z(2VolumeSet)(2008)International
EncyclopediaofPublicHealth-1stEditionHealth-Assessment-Section
1stEDITION