Human Activities and Associated Climate Change

Discuss about the Human Activities and Associated Climate Change.

Point a

The human activities and associated climate change are one of the potential drivers for exacerbating health impact due to the toxin and air pollution. This mainly affects the vulnerable population include children, pregnant women, and elderly people with chronic health complications (Cooney, 2011). Additionally, the same factor is also responsible for causing disease migration especially in facilitating support for the development of newer pathogenic strains and spread of many tropical diseases to crowded locations. Other than this, the increase in global temperature, reduction in freshwater level, and deteriorated air quality is also responsible for direct and indirect impact on physical, physiological, and social health of human.

Point b

It is reasonable to act on the issue of mitigating human activities such that the impact on climatic change can be reduced. Factor like globalisation, productivity, profitability, market demand, and competitiveness are the determinant elements that motivate human activity (Cooney, 2011). It is critical to take care of non-renewable energy, carbon footprints, recycling of product, and green chemistry, so as to reduce the impact and sustain the ecological balance. Importantly the change in climatic condition are not reflective in quick succession of time, but is having an adverse impact on overall health consideration. Thus, sustained measure from now is an immediate requirement for being responsible towards ecological balance and future generation (McMichael, Woodruff, 2006).

2. Point a

The public health aim is to promote health, preventing disease, and increase the level of awareness among the community members. This also seeks to reduce the inequality and promote healthy practices that in turn can increase the quality-adjusted life years. Likewise, the population perspective is to find practitioners with optimal skills and competencies to manage their health (McMichael, 2009).

Point b

Ten great public health achievements of the 20th Century include (World Health Organization, 2008):

• Workplace safety
• Motor vehicle safety
• Immunisation
• Control of the infectious diseases
• Decrease in deaths by health disease and strokes
• Safety and health measures for food
• Better health for mothers and babies
• Family planning
• Tobacco usage reduction
• Control of fluoridation of drinking water

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Point a

The public health implication by virtue of climatic change is reflective in terms of severe wealth, deteriorate air pollution, water qualities, increased allergens, and change in vector ecology. Additionally, the climatic conditions like extreme heat, environmental degradation, and poor impact on the food and water supply are also considered as the severe impact of climatic change.

Point b

The public health implication is reflective towards the factor that has a significant role in the adverse consequences on the community health. These include the food, water, air, and ecological imbalance. On the other hand, principles of public health focus on health improvement by virtue of increased awareness sustained health care delivery by avoiding inequality and greater accessibility to health care facilities (World Health Organization, 2008). 

3. Point a

The module makes me aware of the factors that exert a negative impact on health consideration of community. There exists a significant difference between the health focus that aims to achieve reduced health burden by virtue of robust infrastructure, improved facilities, and increased awareness. It is important to bridge the gap between the climatic condition and the impact on health, which can indeed fulfil the gap between health implication and focus principles.

Point b

As a practitioner, it is critical to focus on raising competency level and remaining updated with latest technological trends to improve the health condition of community members. On the other hand, it is also important to make the community members aware of the impact of climate that is supplemented by human activity (World Health Organization, 2008). Thus, with sustained effort of individual such as reduced usage of fossil fuels, plantation, and use of biodegradable material, it is possible to lessen the impact of climatic change.

Reference:

Cooney CM. Preparing a people: Climate change and public health. Environmental health perspectives. 2011 Apr;119(4):166.

McMichael AJ, Woodruff RE, Hales S. Climate change and human health: present and future risks. The Lancet. 2006 Mar 17;367(9513):859-69.

McMichael AJ, Neira M, Bertollini R, Campbell-Lendrum D, Hales S. Climate change: a time of need and opportunity for the health sector. Lancet (London, England). 2009 Nov 25;11(9707):2123.

World Health Organization (WHO. Protecting health from climate change: world health day 2008. InProtecting health from climate change: World Health Day 2008 2008. World Health Organization (WHO).