One Health: Human, Animal & Environmental Health Recovery Notes PDF

# One Health: Interconnection between human, animal and environmental health - **One Health**: Interconnection between human, animal and environmental health. - **Carrying capacity**: the capacity that an ecosystem has to support and maintain the productivity, adaptability and renewability of reso...

# One Health: Interconnection between human, animal and environmental health - **One Health**: Interconnection between human, animal and environmental health. - **Carrying capacity**: the capacity that an ecosystem has to support and maintain the productivity, adaptability and renewability of resources. - **Ecological footprint**: Capacity of an ecosystem for self-sufficiency. - **Ecological footprint & Carrying capacity**: Soil, water, air, atmosphere, erosion, etc. - **Factors not accounted for**: contamination of ## **Identifying Problems and Proposing Solutions** **Thermo-hygrometric Conditions** - **Temperature**: - **Sedentary**: 17-27°C - **Light**: 14-25°C - **Humidity**: Relative: 30-70% - **Static Electricity Risk**: <50% **Heat Island** - **Heat islands** are related to concrete and asphalt in urban areas and cause a rise in temperature. This promotes **heat stroke**. **Solutions** - Increase tree coverage (30%) **Ionizing Radiations** - **Radon gas**: Second cause of lung cancer. Its natural origin comes from the subsoil, especially granitic areas. - **Solutions**: Ventilate houses; install ventilation conduits in roofs. **Geopathology** - Has negative effects on biological processes. **Causes** - Radon gas. - Water veins. - Hartmann lines. ## **Bioconstruction** - This is a way of building that respects the life of the inhabitants, the environment, and the planet. - Bioconstruction contributes to health, safety, sustainability and well-being. ## **Sick building syndrome (SBS)** - SBS is a collection of symptoms or illnesses that appear during prolonged exposure or permanence in a building. 20% of the users must suffer from SBS. ## **Characteristics of a sick building** - **Hermetic** - **Electrification** - **Air quality** - **Telecommunications (CEM)** - **Lightweight architecture** - **Insufficient lighting** - **Harmful materials** - **CEM**: Electromagnetic contamination ## **Lighting** - **Legal minimum**: 100 luxes - **Recommended minimum**: 200 luxes - **Recommended**: 500 luxes - **Lux meter** instrument used to measure illumination - Good lighting increases productivity by 8% ## **Occupational Risk Prevention** - **Ergonomics**: Comordided **Physical Risks** - **Temperature:** - **Subjective** - **Comfort temperature**: 22ºC - **Thermal stress** - **Increased body temperature**, **heat stroke** - **Dehydration**, **salt deficiency** - **Vasodilation** - **Cold**: **Hypothermia**, **muscle contractions**, **loss of dexterity** - **Noise**: - **Physical effects**: Headache, hypertension, digestive problems, cardiovascular diseases. - **Psychosocial effects**: Exhaustion, impaired hormonal and immune function. - **Noise**: - **Astenia (weakness)** - **Cardiovascular rhythm, glucose and cholesterol** - **Hypoacusia (deafness)** - **Inhibition of sexual desire.** - **Solutions for excessive noise**: - **Awareness** - **Noise reduction** - **Personal protective equipment (PPE)** **Biological Risks** - **Bacteria**: Antibiotic treatment. - **Viruses**: No treatment. ## **Psychosocial Risks** - **Cohesion and communication of the group**: This tool is used to assess the degree of cohesion and communication within a group. **Mobbing**: This represents the graphic representation of a situation where a person is being bullied. - **Characteristics of a person who bullies**: - **Psychopathic personality**: - **Narcissistic**, **paranoid**. - **Mix of anxiety and depression**. **Goods injured by bullying**: - **Dignity**: - **Integrity**: - **Freedom** **Signs of being bullied**: - **Hostile work environment** - **Unjustified pressure** - **Supervised by superiors** - **Occupational risk**: This is an injury or health problem occurring in the workplace. **Occupational accidents** - **Accidents at work**: This is an injury that occurs during a working day. - **Accidents *in itinere***: Involve the path between home and work. ## Occupational Disease - Occupational diseases are diseases that are caused by occupational hazards. - **Pathology**: Professional diseases. - **Symptoms**: - **Physical**: Decreased capacity for work, increased errors.