Community health

The overall health of people who live and interact in the same area.

Societal factors:

1. Social conditions that affect health, such as education, housing, safety, and income.

Environmental factors:

1. Conditions in the physical environment that influence people’s health.

Food desert

An area without convenient access to a full-service grocery store and nutritious food.

Community resources:

1.  Local organizations and programs that support people and improve the community.

Community service

1.  Volunteer work that helps people or improves the local area.

Organ donation:

1. Giving an organ or tissue to help another person through transplantation.

Organ transplant

 A medical procedure that replaces a damaged organ with a donated organ.

Environmental justice

1.  The effort to protect populations unfairly exposed to environmental and social harm.

Public health

1.  A science-based approach to protecting and improving the health of entire populations.

population

1.  A group of people living in a particular area.

World health:

1. The health of human populations around the world.

World Health Organization (WHO