Question

Describe critical environmental health nursing practice

Answer 1

WHO has defined environmental health as follows “Environ- mental health comprises those aspects of human health, including quality of life, that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, and social and psychological problems in the environment. It also refers to the theory and practice of assessing, correcting, controlling, and preventing those factors in the environment that can poten- tially adversely a ect the health of present and future generations”