Final Blog!
When I initially thought about public health, I did not immediately think about how important the environment was in determining our health outcomes. When thinking about prolonging life, disease and disability prevention, and protecting people's health, we often forget the influential of the environment on our well being. Normally, we think more along the lines of what can be medically done to improve and protect our health, how we can prevent disease and educate the public on how to not become ill or injured. In terms of the environment, we often see it as separate from us and do not realize how much of an impact that it has on our lives. Protecting the environment is not just solely about protecting nature and animals, it is also about protecting ourselves. We cannon see nature or the environment as separate from ourselves. What happens to the environment, happens to us, this class made me realize how contingent our health is on the health of the environment around us. Learning a...