%0 Journal Article
%T Environment & Health: perspectives and challenges
%A Ronaldo Figueir¨®
%A Adriano Arn¨®bio
%J Revista Pr¨˘xis
%D 2011
%I Funda??o Oswaldo Aranha
%X The concept of health and environmental health is a historical-conceptual relation with the twentieth century. In this article, environmental health is discussed as a of intersectional and transdisciplinary practices dedicated to the reflections, in human health, of the ecogeossocial relations of man with the environment, aiming well-being, life quality and sustainability, in order to guide public policies formulated using the available knowledge and with social participation and control. In this context, infectious diseases play a key role in the comprehension of environmental health in Brazil and worldwide.
%U http://www.unifoa.edu.br/praxis/ojs/index.php/praxis/article/view/33