Which program is described as preventing and controlling disease or death, while promoting health and quality of life that results from interactions between people and their environment?

• A. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Environmental Hazards and Effects Program
• B. National Center for Environmental Health
• C. Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
• D. Environmental Protection Agency Hazardous Air Program

Answer: (A)

The idea being tested is how environmental health translates into preventing illness and promoting well‑being by looking at how people interact with their surroundings. The CDC’s Environmental Hazards and Effects Program is built around exactly that: it identifies environmental risks, studies how exposures affect health, and puts in place actions to reduce harm, with the goal of preventing disease or death and improving quality of life as people live and work in their environments. This aligns directly with the mission of environmental health in public health practice. The other options describe different units or agencies with broader or separate focus areas (such as a general environmental health center, chronic disease prevention, or EPA programs), which don’t map as specifically to the described goal of preventing disease and promoting health through environmental interactions.