Assignment: Environmental Health
Course Outcome
• Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors that influence the health of a community and population health problems.
Discussion
Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's MyEnvironment site, and enter your city and state, ZIP code, or location into the location box.
Choose one of the topic areas.
• My Health
• My Climate
• My Air
• My Water
Then, click on the boxes under the Map Contents menu to add data into the map on specific topics. Explore the site to learn more about your environment and things that might be impacting the health of its citizens.
• Identify something new you learned about your environment and how it could be affecting health by completing this statement, "I didn't know _____."
• How could you, in the role of a community health nurse, address these concerns?
Optional: For more environmental health information, you can also visit the following resources.
• Environmental health tracking:
• Air quality:
• Toxic release inventory.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.