VIDE DEPARTEMEN KESLING

Summary

This video introduces the Department of Environmental Health at Airlangga University, covering key topics such as the balance between human health and the environment, clean water, waste management, and pest control. It highlights the department's focus on research, community service, and educational programs. The video also discusses the career prospects for graduates, including roles in industry, academia, and NGOs, and showcases the department's distinguished faculty and collaborations with international organizations. The presentation emphasizes the importance of environmental health for ensuring a healthy, sustainable quality of life.

Takeaways

• 😀 Environmental health is about maintaining a balance between humans and the environment to ensure human health and quality of life.
• 💧 Clean water is essential for daily needs and should meet physical, chemical, and microbiological requirements, including being odorless, tasteless, colorless, and free from dangerous chemicals.
• 🚽 Proper feces disposal must prevent contamination of soil, groundwater, and surface water. Toilets should be hygienic and designed to keep flies and animals out.
• 🏠 Healthy housing should meet physiological and psychological needs, preventing disease transmission and ensuring food safety.
• 🗑 Waste management involves generation, storage, collection, processing, reuse, transportation, and proper disposal of household waste.
• 🐀 Insects and pests, such as rats and mosquitoes, are vectors for diseases like the plague, malaria, and dengue fever. Prevention methods include pest-proof housing and proper sanitation.
• 🍴 Food and beverage sanitation is crucial in restaurants and food outlets, requiring proper facilities, food storage, and equipment management.
• 👩‍🔬 Environmental health graduates can work in various fields, including industry, academia, NGOs, international organizations (like WHO), and as sanitarians in hospitals.
• 🎓 The Environmental Health Department at Airlangga University has a team of 16 lecturers, 4 educational staff, and offers a master's program in Environmental Health.
• 🌍 The department is involved in research activities both locally and internationally, including collaborations with foreign institutions, and provides community service through various programs.
• 🎤 Guest lectures and workshops, like the one on indoor air quality monitoring, contribute to the department's educational initiatives and outreach.

Q & A

What is environmental health?

Environmental health refers to the balance that must exist between humans and the environment to ensure human health. It involves ensuring that environmental conditions support a dynamic ecological balance to promote a healthy and happy quality of human life.

What are some common environmental health problems?

Common environmental health problems include issues related to clean water, waste disposal, residential health, waste management, and the presence of insects and other pests.

What are the requirements for clean water?

The requirements for clean water include physical, chemical, and microbiological standards. Physically, the water must be odorless, tasteless, colorless, and not cloudy. Chemically, it must be free from harmful substances like iron and heavy metals. Microbiologically, it should be free from harmful bacteria, particularly E. coli.

What are the key considerations for proper feces disposal?

Feces disposal should not contaminate soil or groundwater, must prevent contamination of surface water, and should not be accessible to flies or animals. A septic tank is necessary to contain waste safely and prevent odor or unsightly conditions.

What makes a residential home healthy?

A healthy home meets physiological and psychological needs, prevents disease transmission among residents, and protects food and water from contamination. It should also ensure safety from accidents.

What are the key aspects of waste management?

Waste management involves waste generation, storage, collection, processing, and reuse. It requires the use of waterproof trash bins with lids, proper segregation of wet and dry waste, and ensuring that trash is not stored for more than two days to avoid attracting pests.

Why are insects and pests a concern in environmental health?

Insects and pests are significant disease vectors. For example, fleas can transmit the plague, mosquitoes can spread malaria and dengue fever, and rats can carry leptospirosis through their urine.

What preventive measures can be taken to control pests?

To control pests, design homes to be rodent-proof, use mosquito nets dipped in pesticides, implement the 3M movement (drain, bury, and cover water reservoirs), and use gauze on vents to prevent the entry of insects.

What sanitation measures are required for food and beverage facilities?

Food sanitation requirements for food processing facilities include maintaining proper sanitation in kitchens, dining areas, food storage areas, and ensuring that food ingredients, processing equipment, and storage are all clean and safe.

What career prospects are available for environmental health graduates?

Graduates in environmental health can pursue careers in industry, academia, NGOs, international organizations like WHO, health services as sanitarians, and other roles in public health sectors.