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Based on the background readings for this module (along with other relevant sources of credible information), your task is to write an essay in which you discuss an environmental public health issue in your community.




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You can submit your paper in a question-and-answer format. In other words, list the questions and provide a short answer to each.



  1. State the name of your community. At what time in your life did you live in this community? (i.e., were you raised there during childhood, do you live there now, or was it during another time in your life?)

  2. Identify a specific environmental public health issue in the community.

  3. Explain briefly why rates of disease or illness might be impacted by this environmental health issue. Please write 1–2 paragraphs about this, and be sure to cite sources rather than simply stating your opinion.

  4. Identify one credible source of Environmental Health Data on that issue. (Please write 2–3 sentences maximum. Please provide a description of the source and a link (i.e., hyperlink or URL) directly to relevant data sources.

  5. Discuss whether rates of disease or illness for the issue are being tracked in the community. Please write 2–3 paragraphs about this, and be sure to cite sources rather than simply stating your opinion.


APA Format, Times Roman, 12 Font , DS


Ali, R., Wheitner, D., Talbott, E., and Zborowski, J. (2007, October). Connecting environmental health data to people and policy: Integrating information and mobilizing communities for environmental public health tracking.
Journal of Community Health, 32(5), 357-74.


Cannunscio, C. (2017).
Social determinants of health[Video presentation]. Temple University of Department of Public Health and the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. Accessed from https://vimeopro.com/aptrmodules/phlm/video/76355201


Carr, S. J. (2016, January). Insights in public health: Building well-being: Linking the built environment to health.
Hawaii Journal of Medicine & Public Health, 75(1).


Rubin, L. & Merrick, J. (2014).
Environmental health: Home, school, and community.
[e-Book] New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. Read: Chapter I: Break the cycle of environmental health disparities; and Chapter II: Use of undergraduate curriculum as a vehicle for breaking the cycle of environmental health disparities within disadvantaged communities.




Optional Reading


American Public Health Association. (2016).
Environmental health.
Retrieved from http://apha.org/topics-and-issues/environmental-health


National Environmental Education Foundation. (2015).
Environmental health topics. Retrieved from http://64.130.52.13/health/topics.htm


U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016).
National center for environmental health. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/


World Health Organization. (2012).
Managing environmental health risks in emergencies. Retrieved from http://www.who.int/environmental_health_emergencies/en/


World Health Organization. (2016).
Public health and environment (PHE). Retrieved from http://www.who.int/phe/e-news/en/index.html




References Used in This Module


Lebel, J. (2003). Chapter 3: Lessons and successes. In
Health:
An ecosystem approach
(pp. 31-50). IDRC Books. LC Call Number: RA565 -- .L42 2003eb. eISBN: 9781552501948 pISBN: 9781552501948.


Schneider, M.J. (2006).
Introduction to Public Health
(2 ed.). Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Sudbury, MA. ISBN-13: 978-0-7637-3000-0.

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Question - State the name of your community. At what time in your life did you live in
this community? (i.e., were you raised there durin
g childhood, do you live there now,
or was it during another time in your life?)
Answer – I was living in Bakersfield, California until two years ago when the drought hit the
place to its worst and we had to shift. I had spent my childhood here and was successfully
completing the years of my school when the pollution began to be on rise and we
happened to be a part of those lucky few who migrated at the right time knowing that the
situation was going to worsen in the coming years, which at last turned out to be true as
per the news reports we see today.
Question - Identify a specific environmental public health issue in the community.
Answer – Air pollution consisting of asthma causing particle pollution made of fine
particulates of chemicals, metals, acids, soil and dust are the cause of concern of that
community. Also the draught causing intensified heat having a vicious cycle effect causing
creation of ozone gas rise in the area and vice versa, so on.
Question - Explain briefly why rates of disease or illness might be impacted by this
environmental health issue. Please write 1–2 paragraphs about this, and be sure to
cite sources rather than simply stating your opinion.
Answer – The rates of disease and...
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