HLTA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Micronutrient Deficiency, Diarrhea, Human Geography
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Ecological health: an embedded model of health, a nested hierarchy of person-family- community-ecosystem-society-planetary levels; interactions from the sub-cellular level to the biosphere. Anthropocene: earth"s most recent geologic time period characterized by human- influence; overwhelming global evidence that atmospheric, geologic, hydrologic, biospheric and other earth system processes are now altered by humans. Planetary health: the health of human civilization and the state of the natural systems on which it depends. Environmental racism: locating projects causing significant environmental effects in poor and marginalized neighbourhoods, often where minorities live. Environmental justice: fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, colour, culture, national origin, income, and educational levels with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of protective environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Ecological fallacy: when we draw conclusions about individuals based only on analysis of a group. (fallacy = an error in reason, a false assumption); can be a problem when relying elusively on geographic data.
