Basic strategies to protect from environmental hazards - Inches

Public health strategy
Applies when risk is present to some degree
among all members or population
Reduce risk for all members of the population,
regardless of risk status
Biggest gains in reduced risk will be seen in higher risk
groups, of course
Gains across all risk groups
Cross-sectoral, many different sources
Requires concerted effort, programming, often
state intervention
Competing health priorities
Attributable risks may be unknown
Program priorities among different outcomes, needs