SEC-S16 / W4 | "The Environment and Our Health"🌍👩⚕️
Hello guys,
I'm @echuku from Nigeria and i'm delighted to share with you all my entry in this weeks engagement challenge.
What do you understand by the Word "Environment"?
Environment: In my understanding means surroundings and everything that affects an organism during its lifetime. Is collectively known as environment.
Environmental Studies is an approach to understanding the environment of our planet and the impact of human life upon the environment. The environment is global, it is a remote sensing, multi-disciplinary subject including physics, geology, geography, history, economics, etc.
The environment is very important in science such that it belongs to all living beings and thus is, important for each and everybody of whatever occupation he or she may have, is affected by environmental issues like global warming, deflection or the ozone layer, dwindling forest, energy resources, loss of global biodiversity, etc.
👩⚕️ How do our surroundings impact our well-being?
We have been in places or conditions that make us feel a certain way that help us feel comfortable or contribute to our discomfort.
As our environment changes, our mood swings from becoming agitated down to an upbeat environment affects our mood and impact our well-being and mental health quite a bit, it turns out.
What we see, hear, breathe, smell or experience impacts our mood and stress levels which in turn affect our mental health.
Factors in which the environment has the potential for impact include
- light: Because natural light tells us when to sleep and went to wake up, it helps regulate the amount of sleep we get. A lack of natural light can affect sleep patterns living in dark conditions (pictures of a basement apartment) can negatively affect dopamine and serotonin
production contributing to depression etc
• Pollution dirty air, smoke, and mold affect breathing contributing to conditions like asthma that affect physical health and eventually mood and mental health.
👩⚕️ What are some ways pollution, like air or water pollution, can affect our health?
Water pollution: This is the release of substances into bodies of water that make water unsafe for human use and disrupt aquatic ecosystems. Water pollution can be caused by a plethora of different contaminants including toxic waste, petroleum, and diseases causing microorganisms
Some air pollution is not seen but its pungent smell alerts you that it is a major threat to Global Health and prosperity in all forms. Air pollution is hazardous substances from both human-made and natural sources.
👩⚕️ What are some simple actions you take every day to promote environmental health?
Health is a powerful tool that creates a positive lasting impact on patients' lives.
Health promotion educates patients on how they can incorporate it into daily life.
Some of these simple actions are
• Health Education: This refers to teaching people about better understanding of health needs, equipping them for important individual health decisions. taking verbal and written forms, health communication encourages helpful activities and improves health literacy, etc
• Reorient health services: This works to improve the entire population's health resources whether sick or well etc.
• Create a supportive environment surroundings that supports health, and makes it easier to achieve optimal wellness. The goal is to Foster an environment where physical and social health success
• Develop personal skills: People have to understand pertinent health information to take the necessary steps, to improve their health by knowing what could cause illness, individuals can proactively monitor and support wellness, etc
👩⚕️How can education and awareness play a role in promoting environmental health?
Environmental Education plays a vital role in raising awareness about climate change by teaching individuals about the impact of human activities on the environment and the planet. Environment education can help people understand the urgency and importance of taking action to mitigate climate change.
• Education should be centered around understanding the environmental action systems and how ecological factors interact with human factors once the understanding of how things affect each other is solidified through education.
• Awareness: Before you desire and deliver your environmental health message, you need to know who your audience is, what they are about, and what they already know or believe about the topic. This will help you address their concerns and motivation and avoid any potential barriers or misconceptions.
you can use various methods to gather this information such as
• Surveys
• Interview
• Focus group
• Online platforms etc
appreciated.