Question

What do you think are the most important new or expanded roles for environmental and occupational health workers in the 21^st century and why?

Answer 1

The role of environmental health care workers in the 21st century

1. It is important to keep a watch on the envirnoment we live it, as it influences our health.
2. The environmental health worker's job is to keep a watch on the environment we live in.
3. They continuously need to monitor nature
4. With the help of surveys, scientific test an environmental health care worker will be able to identify health-related hazards.
5. These observations can be brought to the notice of policymakers and concrete steps can be taken to prevent these risk factors from developing.
6. This will help prevent a global catastrophe.
7. Uncheck industrialization has damaged the environment. This, in turn, has to lead to an increase in the number of illnesses like cancer, COPD.
8. Apart from medical practitioners, environmental health care workers are needed to help reduce the incidence of such diseases.
9. An environmental health care worker can identify disease outbreaks and help contain them.

Expanding the role of Occupational healthcare worker.

1. The industrialization has helped man scale heights.
2. However, our experience with industries in the 20th century taught us the negative impact of industries on human health.
3. Occupational diseases like silicosis, asbestosis have resulted from our lack of knowledge of the hazards of the various chemical and mineral used in the industries.
4. Newer industries are coming up every day and posing unique health-related challenges.
5. Occupational healthcare workers are needed to keep a watch on these changes and their influence of human health.
6. An occupational healthcare worker can take measure to promote the health of workers
7. He can also help to identify people at risk of occupation diseases.
8. Specific measures can be taken to prevent them from developing the disease.
9. Occupational healthcare workers can also influence policy or laws pertaining to industries so as to make workplace worker-friendly.