Clinical Homework: Community and Population Focused Health- Environmental Health
This homework will develop a beginning understanding of environmental health concepts in the community setting. Students will consider how HealthyPeople 2020 environmental health themes impact their community, and apply concepts such as "social justice" and "the greater good" in evaluating public health initiatives.
Learning Objectives
• Describe the impact of various environmental public health hazards.
• Investigate strategies that address solutions to environmental public health hazards.
• Explore policy and legislation related to environmental health issues in the community.
Background
Students should familiarize themselves with HealthyPeople 2020's Environmental Health objectives, which focus on 6 themes: i) outdoor air quality; ii) surface and ground water quality; iii) toxic substances and hazardous wastes; iv) homes and communities; v) infrastructure and surveillance; and vi) global environmental health.
Instructions for Individual Activity
Each student will choose one of the HealthyPeople 2020's Environmental Health themes to investigate and explore how their community (chosen with Clinical Homework #1: Community Assessment/Windshield Survey) is affected and impacted by this theme, as well as what is being done to address this environmental health theme to safeguard or improve societal and environmental health. Students should search relevant public/governmental agency websites and media/newspaper publications to help understand the situation from historical, present, and future oriented perspectives. The EPA's My Environment website may also be helpful. Students will then create a 2 pages paper (approximately 500 words) that addresses the following:
A. Briefly describe the selected environmental health theme.
B. Discuss how the community is affected/impacted by this environmental health theme.
C. Explore the selected environmental health situation from historical, present, and future-oriented perspectives.
D. Discuss any strategies that are planned or have been implemented to address this environmental health theme to safeguard or improve societal and environmental health. Consider the barriers and facilitators for success of these strategies. Propose strategies if none are found.
E. Within the paper, students should consider and address population health concepts such as "social justice" and "the greater good."
F. Student should utilize and appropriately cite relevant public/governmental agency websites and media/newspaper publications to substantiate their writing.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the homework, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.