Question

Distinguish between leading environmental health risk factors for children in low income countries, and children in high income countries.

Answer 1

Environmental factors that affect the child or the health of an adult and income of that country and individual have a mutual connection with the situation.

When we have to distinguish the environmental factors affecting child and low/ high income of country it has different chances and possibilities to affect the child health as children as very vulnerable and their immune system will easily affected by the environmental factors it causes death of the children.

Low income countries and environmental risks to child health:

* First of all in low income country the possibility of child deaths are more compared to high income country but still there are some visa versa cases in some situations and in some countries.

* In low income countries people have less income and they cannot afford the costly food medicine and sanitation facilities to protect their kids from health issues. As kids directly expose to factors that affect the health problems.

*In cities there is a problem of proper maintenance of waste garbage and other chemical and hazards waste it causes to health problems as they cannot be disposed in a proper way they create some chemical and bacteria which cause different health issues.

* This will affect both children and adults but compared to children adults have less affect from this. Children health is easily affected by the environmental factors

*When health problems are there people can't afford the expense to provide good medicine as their income levels are low. And even sometimes countries economic conditions will be affect the medical profession as they cannot afford the expense of innovation and new technology.

*Not only outside but also inside the house lack of proper maintenance and cleaning. Adjustment life people fail to provide good nutrition food and healthy life to their kids.

* Income earned will be less and the whole family has manage with that income. Food cloth education everything has to be included in that.

* In low income countries people face the problem of indoor pollution like lack of proper kitchen chimney and proper maintenance of waste.

* Lack of nutrients and vitamins as they to adjust in everything children don't get proper nutrition which will affect the immune system.

* Medicine are costly and people find difficult the get the medicine.

Environmental factors affecting child health in rich income country:

*It doesn't mean that if a countries income level is high there is no risks to health. There are certain risks but people are try to avoid such kind of risks.

* Income and standard of living is high and people have the capacity to afford the medicine and nutrients food.

* Nutrition food vitamins minerals are basic needs to the growing child grow healthier.

* Compared to low income countries the high income countries the waste management and disposal are different and proper disposal of waste avoid lots of health problems.

*Development in medical field provides medicine and cure to health issues

* Income gives opportunity for new innovations and technology in medical profession and find solutions different health problems.

* Standard of living people helps people maintain a clean surrounding clean community .

I would like to say both countries where income is high or low but health problems are depend on how people and country government maintain there countries future.

It's in our hands we don't have to money clean our surroundings we need to take initiative that we want a clean environment .

If today we concentrate on environmental factors try to make it clear or we can stop polluting our environment our future is saved.

Government can initiative impose fines and penalty to people who do not obey the law and guidelines. But does this has anything to change nothing if a individual person don't take it seriously.

Everyone one should think in the way like that I want to live in a clean pollution free environment , want to drink clean healthy water and want breath clean fresh air than breathing polluted air and in future my kids or we can say my future family should live healthy. Only then country can find a healthy children.

There are lots of factors that affect the child health. Environmental factors are just one factor that is the cause of child deaths in country.

Environmental factors like pollution ( water, air, noise) cleaning proper maintenance of hazards waste etc

Which may directly or indirectly cause child deaths .

Income help you to avoid such problems .