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Environmental Factors Affecting Wellness

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Environmental Factors Affecting Wellness

Community health significantly relies on the environment because some environmental

aspects threaten human health while others facilitate good health. The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides essential data concerning the possible

environmental hazards that could adversely impact community health. According to Salgado et

al. (2020), a healthy population is affected by interaction with environmental determinants,

which dictate the general implications on their well-being. Staying healthy and safe is one topic

that correlates to keeping myself and my family healthy and safe. Cost is one limitation of

staying healthy and safe because it limits the ability to access safe products such as food, safe

drinking water, and accessing services that could enhance monitoring healthcare conditions for

timely decision-making. The information provided on the EPA page is crucial because it informs

about the strategies that can be taken to improve health and safety despite the accessibility and

financial challenges.

Health agencies are responsible for promoting positive health outcomes in public health

matters. The agency (EPA) ensures that identified environmental hazards are limited and

eliminated to improve health outcomes within an identified community. Additionally, the EPA

has a critical role in ensuring sufficient resources for the community members to have better

access to quality care services and ensure safe environmental surroundings. The health agents

also have a crucial role in protecting the community from the rapid spreading of an infectious

disease by ensuring health guidelines could benefit the people, promoting positive health

outcomes. Further, the agency positively influences health promotion by collaborating with other

healthcare stakeholders such as the World Health Organization (WHO) to critically address and

eliminate the health effects of environmental factors such as water, land, and air pollution (EPA,
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2016). EPA sets standards founded on health standards to ensure that the environmental factors

contribute to safety, such as safe drinking water and air, enhancing environmental health quality,

contributing to health promotion.

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References

EPA. (2016, September 22). EPA’s collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) | US

EPA. US EPA. https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation/epas-collaboration-world-health-

organization-who

Salgado, M., Madureira, J., Mendes, A. S., Torres, A., Teixeira, J. P., & Oliveira, M. D. (2020).

Environmental determinants of population health in urban settings. A systematic review. BMC

Public Health, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08905-0