Deck 27: Ecological Determinants of Health and Environmental Health Inequities

Question 1

Which of the following terms is used to describe chemicals of global concern due to their potential for long-range transport, persistence in the environment, and their ability to bio-magnify and bio-accumulate in ecosystems?

A) Persistent organic pollutants
B) Synthetic chemicals
C) Salutogenic pollutants
D) Gas-emitting chemicals

Answer 1

Persistent organic pollutants

Question 2

Women and girls, due to their childbearing responsibilities, are affected by the environment in which of the different ways than men? Select all that apply.

A) Women have more adipose tissue than men, and chemicals accumulate in fatty tissue
B) Women have better jobs and earning potential than men and can protect themselves
C) Daughters can be affected by their grandmother's environmental exposure to contaminants during pregnancy
D) There are no gender differences in environmental exposure that impact health

Answer 2

Women have more adipose tissue than men, and chemicals accumulate in fatty tissue
Daughters can be affected by their grandmother's environmental exposure to contaminants during pregnancy

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Wisdom? Select all that apply.

A) The ancestral relationship with the land had given Indigenous peoples unique insights
B) It is based on beliefs and traditional practices in relation to the natural environment
C) It has been handed down through oral tradition for generation and acquired through life experiences
D) It has been recognized and acknowledged by several international organizations
E) None of the above

Answer 3

The ancestral relationship with the land had given Indigenous peoples unique insights
It is based on beliefs and traditional practices in relation to the natural environment
It has been handed down through oral tradition for generation and acquired through life experiences
It has been recognized and acknowledged by several international organizations

Question 4

Which Canadian document identifies environmental injustice as the inequitable exposure of poor, minority, and disenfranchised populations to toxic chemicals, contaminated air and water, unsafe workplaces leading to a disproportionate burden of pollution-related diseases?link the environment to health?

A) Ottawa Charter
B) The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health
C) A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians
D) Building on Values: The Future of Health Care in Canada

Question 5

How many people globally have been displaced by climate change?

A) 26 million
B) 50 million
C) 6 million
D) 70 million

Question 6

Which of the following statements is true about environmental health inequities? Select all that apply.

A) The environment does not affect human and other life in the same way
B) Much of the unequal distribution of resources for healthy living has been socially created
C) the relationships between powerful and dominant groups in society have contributed to, and benefit from, environmental exploitation and social inequities
D) it is a matter of intergenerational justice that community health nurses (CHNs) collaborate with other health care professionals and communities to provide stewardship for the preservation and protection of the ecological determinants of health for future generations.
E) None of the above

Question 7

The environment affects people differently based on which of the following? Select all that apply.

A) Geopolitical location
B) Social location based on race and ethnicity
C) Social location based on developmental stage
D) Social location based on socioeconomic status
E) None of the above

Question 8

Which regions of the world are most heavily polluted? Select all that apply.

A) Southeast Asia
B) Western Pacific
C) South America
D) Middle East

Question 9

What percentage of deaths can be attributed to pollution?

A) 46%
B) 16%
C) 38%
D) 12%

Question 10

In Canada, which of the following groups are especially at risk for experiencing environmental health inequities?

A) Indigenous people
B) Older adults
C) Children
D) Men

Question 11

In the most severely affected countries, pollution-related disease is responsible for what proportion of deaths?

A) 1 in 10
B) 1 in 4
C) 1 in 20
D) 1 in 8

Question 12

Climate change continues to have devastating effects on which of the following populations?

A) Asian people
B) Older adults
C) Indigenous people
D) Children

Question 13

Which of the following are mental health consequences of involuntary human migration? Select all that apply.

A) Chronic anxiety
B) Suicide
C) Depression
D) Post-traumatic stress disorder
E) None of the above

Question 14

Differences in heath inequities exist depending on if people live in countries that have adopted progressive climate change policies. What term is used to describe this difference?

A) Geopolitical location
B) Social location
C) Social isolation
D) Geographic location

Question 15

Women take on different social roles and responsibilities that expose them to different environments leading to negative health outcomes. What is an example of this? Select all that apply.

A) Higher exposure to indoor air pollutants from cooking
B) Higher exposure to chemical cleaning products
C) Lower exposure to cancer-causing pharmacological factors
D) Lower exposure to household allergens

Question 16

What is the correct term for interacting ecosystems of Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and terrestrial surfaces, or the "natural goods and services" that are essential for life on our planet?

A) Social determinants of health
B) Ecological determinants of health
C) Indigenous determinants of health
D) Ecological knowledge and wisdom

Question 17

Which environmental framework is concerned with the unprecedented impact of human activity on Earth's ecological systems in the atmosphere, in oceans, and on land and its consequences for human health?

A) Planetary Health
B) Intersectional
C) Ecological-Feminist
D) Indigenous Perspectives

Question 18

Our planet's ecological systems are threatened by human action including which of the following? Select all that apply.

A) Pollution
B) Resource depletion
C) Marine degradation
D) Population growth
E) None of the above

Question 19

Which of the following pollutants do not stop at national borders? Select all that apply.

A) Air
B) Water
C) Fire
D) Soil

Question 20

Who is largely responsible for climate change?

A) Animals
B) Plants
C) Insects
D) Humans

Question 21

Taking an intersectional ecological-feminist approach requires consideration of which two approaches?

Question 22

A nurse is working in an environmental health clinic and discusses multiple chemical sensitivities with clients. What level of prevention is the nurse working at?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 23

Nursing practice at which level of prevention includes advocating with patients and health care providers for the prudent selection of only the most necessary drugs?

A) Primary
B) Primordial
C) Quaternary
D) Tertiary

Question 24

What is a salutogenic effect?

Question 25

Discuss how ecotoxicity and loss of biodiversity are interconnected with pollution.

Question 26

A nurse is collaborating with city planners to screen a new development for harmful effects to the natural environment and ensure sufficient green spaces are included. What level of prevention is the nurse working at?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 27

List the three environmental frameworks.

Question 28

Discuss how human interaction and relationships with animals support overall health and wellbeing?

Question 29

International, national, provincial, and municipal policies that aim at protecting the environment are the focus of nursing practice at which level of prevention?

A) Tertiary
B) Secondary
C) Primary
D) Primordial

Question 30

Nursing practice at which level of prevention includes conversations with parents about how to facilitate health environments?

A) Primary
B) Primordial
C) Quaternary
D) Tertiary