B3: Environmental Factors

Question 1

Pollution

Answer 1

What is it?
Substance contaminating something (air/water) = unsafe

Causes?
Burning fossil fuels, transportation, toxic products, agriculture

Who’s affected?
Asthmatic,pregnant,children,elderly,community w/ it

AFFECTING HEALTH + DEVELOPMENT
…

Question 2

Housing conditions (8)

Answer 2

Fuel poverty
Examples:
High gas and electric
Hypothermia
Winter deaths

Respiratory conditions + cardiovascular disease
Examples:
Damp,mouldy conditions
Illness and death
High BP

Anxiety + depression
Examples:
Friends
Loneliness affecting mental health
Sleep patterns

Overcrowding
Examples:
2/3 in a bed
Limits cook,wash,clean
Infection spread

Lack of exercise
Examples:
Poor health

Infections
Examples:
Mould,Unsanitary

Accidents/injury
Examples:
Abandoned houses near

Question 3

Access to h + s c services AND Barriers

Answer 3

Equality Act 2010 - Inclusion for all

BARRIERS
Available transport - No car,unreliable transport,remote areas

Opening hrs - Inconvenient(work hrs), dependent on living area

Unable to access - Homeless, vulnerable immigrants

Needs + requirements of particular services - Reducing poverty to prevent: death and long-term problems
Health and Well-being of families