DQ 13: Physical factors affecting community health.
TOPIC 1: The physical, social, and environmental aspects of community health.
1. List and explain at least three physical factors affecting community health.
2. Explain how social norms may be a factor affecting community health.
3. Explain how President Eisenhower’s heart attack in the 1950s was a major community health event.Explain why the heart attack that President Eisenhower had in the 1950s was a big deal for public health.
Give at least two examples of how the Health for All efforts have helped improve the health of the community’s environment.
4. Provide at least two community environmental health examples of progress stemming from the Health for All efforts.
5. Why does the United States see alcohol and other drug abuse in the 21st century as a community health concern?
6. Explain the framework of Healthy People 2020.
