Environmental Health and Its Influence on Community Health Outcomes

Jain, Mane, Hota, Derashri, Jena, Gupta and Pednekar

Health Leadership and Quality of Life, 2024, vol. 3, .375

Abstract: Introduction: and interventions. Outcomes are typically determined by measures of mortality, prevalence of certain diseases, and overall quality of life. Insights into how environmental characteristics relative to the more excellent community influence community health will inform public health policy of the ecosystem that influence human health. Community health Health. Environmental health includes pollution, safe drinking water, deforestation and other human manipulations Shifting levels of Prioritizing Clinical, Environmental and Shared Methods: statistical modeling. Air and water quality, access to green space and exposure to toxins. Findings from the included studies were synthesized using data analytic methods, such as meta-analysis and studies across settings, both urban and rural. They looked at scores of ecological factors, including studies that assessed environmental health and community health outcomes. They looked at The authors performed a systematic literature search to identify Results: to increase the number of parks and green spaces, the health outcomes in communities typically improve. Been associated with worse mental health outcomes. Conversely, when cities invest in environmental health, whether with take-back programs or regular clean-up initiatives or by trying of a community with increased mortality and morbidity. Not having access to green spaces has also community health outcomes. Studies indicate that poor environmental quality (air pollution, water pollution) negatively affects the health Results of this study show a significant association between environmental health and Conclusions: factors successfully alter community health and inform public health efforts. Improve communities’ health. More recent research will need to focus on which specific environmental health is an essential driver of community health. The results indicate an urgent need for policies and interventions to protect environmental health and these findings suggest that.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.56294/hl2024.375

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