HLTH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Escherichia Coli, Neoliberalism, Walkerton E. Coli Outbreak

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Health Studies
• Course: HLTH 101
• Professor: Elaine Power

Document Summary

Main goal: improve the health status of the population by reducing disease and early (preventable deaths in populations) Recognizes the importance of individual contributions to injury and disease but more interested in understanding how to reduce or alleviate hazards by addressing underlying causes (i. e. upstream not downstream) Public health= (cid:862)(cid:449)hat (cid:449)e do as a so(cid:272)iety (cid:272)olle(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ely to assu(cid:396)e the (cid:272)o(cid:374)ditio(cid:374)s i(cid:374) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h people (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e healthy(cid:863) E. g. legislation, public policies, city design, work of public health units (health promotion, vaccinations, clean air and drinking water, sewage treatment) Mandatory physical activity in on elementary schools. Restrictions on the length of the work day and work week. Walkerton tragedy- may 2000- e. coli contaminated water lead to 7 million deaths, and 2500 ill with long term health effects. Incompetent manager and staff at walkerton public utilities commission: privatization of water-testing facilities, no provincial regulation of water quality and lack of enforcement on existing regulations.