Description
Assignment:HealhyPeople 2020:Environmental Health Investigation
(Group activity)
·Background:
o Students should familiarize themselves with HealthyPeople 2020’s EnvironmentallHealth objectives, which focus on 6 themes: I) outdoor air quality; 2) surface andground water quahity, 3) toxie substances and hazardous wastes; 4) homes andcommunities, 5) infrastructure and surveillance, and 6) global environmental health.Students ean aecess https://www.healihypeople.gov/2020/topiesobjective… for more information.
Instructions:
§ Students should choose one of the HealthyPeople 2020’s Environmental Healththemes to investigate and explore how their community (town, city, county, or state)is aflecied and impacted by this theme, as well as what is being done to address thisenvironmental health theme to safeguard or improve societal and environmentalhealth. Students should search relevant public/governmental agency websites andmedia/newspaper publications to help understand the situation from historieal,present, and future oriented perspectives, The EPA’s My Environment website(https://www3.epa.gov/enviro/myenviro/)may also be helpful.
§ Students should addresses the following:
1. Briefly deseribe the selected environmental health theme.
2.Discuss how the community is affected/impacted by this environmental healththeme.
3.Explore the selected environmental health situation from historical, present,andfuture-oriented perspectives.
4. Discuss any strategies that are planned or have been implemented to address thisenvironmental health theme to safeguard or improve societal and environmentalhealth. Consider the barriers and facihtators for success of these strategies. Proposestrategies if none are found.
5. Consider and address population health concepts such as “social justuce” and “thegreater good.”
§ Student should utilize and appropriately cite relevant public/governmental agencywebsites and media/newspaper publications to substantiate their writing.
§ Students should submit the completed paper as directed by the instructor.
