Open AccessEnvironment & Health: perspectives and challenges
Author(s) -
Ronaldo Figueiró,
Adriano Arnóbio
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
revista práxis online/revista práxis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2176-9230
pISSN - 1984-4239
DOI - 10.25119/praxis-3-6-564
Subject(s) - sustainability , public health , comprehension , context (archaeology) , relation (database) , human health , sociology , environmental ethics , political science , environmental health , medicine , ecology , geography , computer science , biology , philosophy , nursing , archaeology , database , programming language
The concept of health and environmental health is a historical-conceptual relation with the twentieth century. In this article, environmental health is discussed as a of intersectional and transdisciplinary practices dedicated to the reflections, in human health, of the ecogeossocial relations of man with the environment, aiming well-being, life quality and sustainability, in order to guide public policies formulated using the available knowledge and with social participation and control. In this context, infectious diseases play a key role in the comprehension of environmental health in Brazil and worldwide.