Chapter 10- Community Health and Minorities

In this chapter it discusses that one of the great stengths of the united states has been, and remains diverse. The federal government has categorized the US population into five racial groups american, indian or alaska native, asain, black or african american, native hawaiian or other pacific islander, and white, and there are two ethnic groups Hispanic or latino and non-hispanic or latino. All cutural and ethnic groups hold concepts related to health and illnesses and associated practices for maintaining well-being or providing treatment when it is indicated. The race and health initiative includes six priority areas, 1. infant mortality, 2. cancer screening and management, 3. cadiovascular disease 4. diabetes 5. HIV/AIDS, and 6. adult and child immunization.
As a group we discussed that the diversity in the United States is good because there are kids in schools that dont know about the different types of ethnic groups and the different colors of people. It is good so that the kids can learn and so that the other ethnic groups can feel comfortable in the United States and as a group we felt that, that is very important.

Chapter 15:Environmental concerns: Wastes and Pollution

In this chapter it talks about how humans are a big part of the environment, our health is affected by this because as the population grows so does the amount of pollution. Some of the things that can take place when there is a lot of pollution is: Human body waste which causes wastewater, excess materials and food which causes trash and garbage, yard wastes which includes grass clippings and tree breanches, construction wastes which makes scrap wood and metal, contamination water, excess heat and noise, agricultural wastes which include animal dung, runoff from feedlot operations, crop residues, and animal carcasses, transportation wates which causes carbon monoxide, gaseous pollutants, and used motor oil, and energy production wastes which includes mining wastes, electrical power (combustion of coal) wastes, and nuclear power (radioactive) wastes. Some sources of solid wastes are industrial wich contributes 8% of the waste, mining which contributes to 38% of the waste, agricultural which contributes 51% of the waste and finally municipal which contributes to 3% of the waste.
As a group we talked about the things that could be changed so that our environment is more cleaner, which will make it so that there arent as many problems that occur with our health problems that are realted to the waste that causes pollution from the human society. We think that if we taught the kids that are in school how to be mre efficient with living and recycle then we think that over time the pollution levels will be way down and we will have a reduction in the amounts of illnesses caused by this, and we will have a cleaner environment.