Role of Community in Environmental Health

From the viewpoint of community investment, cultural anthropologist Victor Turner uses the term community that appears in collective ceremonies characterized by social equality, unity, solidarity (Liburd 1). Protection is not only an awareness of environmental problems but also an essential element to prevent invasion of harmful substances into the area. When building a community identity that is considered effective for environmental corruption and community deprivation, I would like to consider six points.

Environmental hygiene is a field of public health, with emphasis on the relationship between people and the environment, promotion of human health and welfare, promotion of a healthy and safe community. Environmental hygiene is an important part of a comprehensive public health system. This field will promote policies and programs to reduce exposure to chemicals and other environments in the air, water, soil, food, to protect people and provide a healthier environment for the community I am focused on that. Emergencies such as occurrence of dica virus, hurricane Katrina, drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan, etc., indicate that environmental health problems may affect vulnerable people. Pregnant women and their fetuses are most vulnerable to dicaviruses. People living in areas with poor resources are most vulnerable to Flint's lead-contaminated drinking water. After several years of hurricane Katrina, many low-income households can not recover

Public health focuses on the health of local residents and takes into account the economic, social and environmental factors of communities and individuals. Healthy visitors play a clearly important role in public health, which has become a top priority in the past decade (Cowley, 2008). Obviously, it has shifted from a medical model to a social care model. It requires health visitors to have professional skills and knowledge to evaluate the whole family. Through health needs assessment health visitors can determine the needs of the population and then focus on interventions that will benefit unmet need of the population (Peterson and Alexander 2001)