Environmental health concepts

This assignment will begin understanding 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

1. Describe the impact of various environmental public health hazards.

2. Investigate strategies that address solutions to environmental public health hazards.

3. 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: 1) outdoor air quality; 2) surface and groundwater quality; 3) toxic substances and hazardous wastes; 4) homes and communities; 5) infrastructure and surveillance, and 6) global environmental health.

Students can access https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-