EAS 1XXX Study Guide - Final Guide: Ap Environmental Science, Daksha, Environmental Health

• School: Georgia Tech
• Department: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Course: EAS 1XXX
• Professor: Arnold

Document Summary

Use scientific processes to explore, apply, and communicate information related to the objectives and accomplishments of public health agencies. Use the information in "government public health" (linked on the first page) to answer question 1: a. Refer to the top of page 5 in the link to help you answer this question. (1 point) Public health is fulfilling society"s interest in assuring conditions in which people can be healthy: describe the three different ways states have organized public health departments. See page 9 in the link to help you answer this question. (2 points: 0. 5 point per row) Local public health agencies are organizationally independent of the state agency and are primarily governed by local authorities. State government directly governs and operates public health agencies. Some local jurisdictions operate decentralized local public health agencies(most typically in metropolitan areas), while state agencies assume responsibilities for certain public health activities in jurisdictions that lack a local health department.