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Public Health for The Lower Yakima Valley. Demographics and Economics. 10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services. Monitor environmental and health status to identify and solve community environmental public health problems
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Public Health for The Lower Yakima Valley Demographics and Economics
10 Essential Environmental Public Health Services • Monitor environmental and health status to identify and solve community environmental public health problems • Diagnose and investigate environmental public health problems and health hazards in the community • Inform, educate, and empowerpeople about environmental public health issues • Mobilize community partnerships and actions to identify and solve environmental health problems • Develop policies and plansthat support individual and community environmental public health efforts • Enforce laws and regulations that protect environmental public health and ensure safety • Link people to needed environmental public health services and assure the provision of environmental public health services when otherwise unavailable • Assure a competent environmental public health workforce • Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based environmental public health services • Research for new insights and innovative solutions to environmental public health problems
Let’s Consider a Typical Lower Valley Family • Two children under the age of eighteen • Hispanic • One parent is foreign born • Spanish is spoken at home • One parent has a high school diploma • Home value is around $100,000 • Family Income is $32,000 per year
How Much Water Does This Family Need Per Day? • Two to three liters per person per day = 8 to 12 liters per day = 2 to 3 gallons per day • Cost is about $1 per gallon or $2 to $3 per day just for drinking water • In addition people need: * Water for Cooking * Water for Bathing • Can we estimate a minimum of $100/month?
Gross Family Income of $32,000 • This family will spend 3.5% of their gross income for drinking water
Gross Family Income$26,000 • This family will spend 4.6% of their income for drinking water
Gross Family Income $20,800 • This is the annual income for a family with one wager earner who receives $10 per hour • This family will spend 5.8% of their income for drinking water
References • 2010 U.S. Census • Century 21 Central Realty