Presentation

HYDE PARK

IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

This assignment 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

1.

Describe the impact of various environmental public health hazards.

2.

Investigate strategies that address solutions to environmental public health hazards.

3.

Explore policy an

d legislation related to environmental health issues in the community.

Background

Students should familiarize themselves with HealthyPeople 2020’s Environmental Health objectives,

which focus o

n

i

nfrastructure and surveillance

.

Students can access

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics

-

objectives/topic/environme

ntal

-

health

for

more information.

Instructions

for

I

ndividual

A

ctivity

Each s

tudent

will

choose one of the HealthyPeople 2020’s Environmental Health themes to investigate

and explore how their community (

chosen

with

Clinical Assignment #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/gover

nmental 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

(

https://www3.epa.gov/enviro/myenviro/

).

Students

will

then

create a

2

-

page

paper (approximately

500 words)

that addresses the following:

·

Briefly describe the selected environmental health theme.

·

Discuss how the community is affected/impacted by this environmental health theme.

·

Explore the selected environmental health situation from historical, present, and future

-

oriented

perspectives.

·

Discuss any strategies that are planned or have been implemen

ted 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.

·

Within the paper, students should consid

er and address population health concepts such as “social

justice” and “the greater good.”

·

Student should utilize and appropriately cite relevant public/governmental agency websites and

media/newspaper publications to substantiate their writing.

·

Students

w

ill

submit the

ir APA formatted

paper

to Brightspace by the assigned due date

.

HYDE PARK IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

This assignment 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

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 infrastructure and surveillance.

Students can access https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/environmental-health for

more information.

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 Assignment #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 (https://www3.epa.gov/enviro/myenviro/). Students will then

create a 2-page paper (approximately 500 words) that addresses the following:

 Briefly describe the selected environmental health theme.

 Discuss how the community is affected/impacted by this environmental health theme.

 Explore the selected environmental health situation from historical, present, and future-oriented

perspectives.

 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.

 Within the paper, students should consider and address population health concepts such as “social

justice” and “the greater good.”

 Student should utilize and appropriately cite relevant public/governmental agency websites and

media/newspaper publications to substantiate their writing.

 Students will submit their APA formatted paper to Brightspace by the assigned due date.