Local Environmental Health Issues

To prepare for this Discussion, read Chapters 12, 13, and 14 of the course text. Review the PowerPoint presentations and media presentation “Waste Management.”

Review your local news media sources to identify one issue affecting your region in each of the following environmental health areas: occupational health, unintentional injury, and waste management. Consider how federal guidelines (i.e., EPA, OSHA) or laws affect the issue you identified.

Post a brief description of an issue affecting your region (California) in each of the following environmental health areas: occupational health, unintentional injury, and waste management.
Then, describe one key insight or challenge with regard to each of these issues, and connect your observations to this week’s readings.
Finally, summarize how these issues currently affect or have affected the public’s health and/or you.

• Learning Resources

Required Resources
Media
• Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (2010). Waste management. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.
Accessible player
• The following document gives credit for Laureate-produced media in this course: Credits (PDF)
Readings
• Course Text: Essentials of Environmental Health
•
o Chapter 12, “Solid and Liquid Wastes”
o Chapter 13, “Occupational Health”
o Chapter 14, “Injuries with a Focus on Unintentional Injuries and Deaths”
o PowerPoint: Chapter 12, “Solid and Liquid Wastes”
o PowerPoint: Chapter 13, “Occupational Health”
o PowerPoint: Chapter 14, “Injuries with a Focus on Unintentional Injuries and Deaths”
Web Resources
• Essentials of Environmental Health Flashcards
http://publichealth.jbpub.com/essential/friis/2e/Login.aspx?
•
o Chapter 12, “Solid and Liquid Wastes”
o Chapter 13, “Occupational Health”
Websites
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2011). Reduce, reuse, recycle. Retrieved from
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/rrr/index.htm
• U.S. Green Building Council. (2011). LEED. Retrieved from
http://www.usgbc.org/leed
• U.S. Green Building Council. (2011). Presentations. Retrieved from
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
Optional Resources
Websites
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Behavioral risk factor surveillance system. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

To prepare for this Discussion, read Chapters 12, 13, and 14 of the course text. Review the PowerPoint presentations and media presentation “Waste Management.”

Review your local news media sources to identify one issue affecting your region in each of the following environmental health areas: occupational health, unintentional injury, and waste management. Consider how federal guidelines (i.e., EPA, OSHA) or laws affect the issue you identified.

Post a brief description of an issue affecting your region (California) in each of the following environmental health areas: occupational health, unintentional injury, and waste management.
Then, describe one key insight or challenge with regard to each of these issues, and connect your observations to this week’s readings.
Finally, summarize how these issues currently affect or have affected the public’s health and/or you.

• Learning Resources

Required Resources
Media
• Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (2010). Waste management. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.
Accessible player
• The following document gives credit for Laureate-produced media in this course: Credits (PDF)
Readings
• Course Text: Essentials of Environmental Health
•
o Chapter 12, “Solid and Liquid Wastes”
o Chapter 13, “Occupational Health”
o Chapter 14, “Injuries with a Focus on Unintentional Injuries and Deaths”
o PowerPoint: Chapter 12, “Solid and Liquid Wastes”
o PowerPoint: Chapter 13, “Occupational Health”
o PowerPoint: Chapter 14, “Injuries with a Focus on Unintentional Injuries and Deaths”
Web Resources
• Essentials of Environmental Health Flashcards
http://publichealth.jbpub.com/essential/friis/2e/Login.aspx?
•
o Chapter 12, “Solid and Liquid Wastes”
o Chapter 13, “Occupational Health”
Websites
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2011). Reduce, reuse, recycle. Retrieved from
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/rrr/index.htm
• U.S. Green Building Council. (2011). LEED. Retrieved from
http://www.usgbc.org/leed
• U.S. Green Building Council. (2011). Presentations. Retrieved from
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
Optional Resources
Websites
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Behavioral risk factor surveillance system. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

To prepare for this Discussion, read Chapters 12, 13, and 14 of the course text. Review the PowerPoint presentations and media presentation “Waste Management.”

Review your local news media sources to identify one issue affecting your region in each of the following environmental health areas: occupational health, unintentional injury, and waste management. Consider how federal guidelines (i.e., EPA, OSHA) or laws affect the issue you identified.

Post a brief description of an issue affecting your region (California) in each of the following environmental health areas: occupational health, unintentional injury, and waste management.

Then, describe one key insight or challenge with regard to each of these issues, and connect your observations to this week’s readings.
Finally, summarize how these issues currently affect or have affected the public’s health and/or you.

Required Resources
Media
• Video: Laureate Education, Inc. (2010). Waste management. Baltimore, MD: Author.

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 2 minutes.
Accessible player
• The following document gives credit for Laureate-produced media in this course: Credits (PDF)
Readings
• Course Text: Essentials of Environmental Health
Chapter 12, “Solid and Liquid Wastes”
o Chapter 13, “Occupational Health”
o Chapter 14, “Injuries with a Focus on Unintentional Injuries and Deaths”
o PowerPoint: Chapter 12, “Solid and Liquid Wastes”
o PowerPoint: Chapter 13, “Occupational Health”
o PowerPoint: Chapter 14, “Injuries with a Focus on Unintentional Injuries and Deaths”
Web Resources
• Essentials of Environmental Health Flashcards
http://publichealth.jbpub.com/essential/friis/2e/Login.aspx?
•
o Chapter 12, “Solid and Liquid Wastes”
o Chapter 13, “Occupational Health”
Websites
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2011). Reduce, reuse, recycle. Retrieved from
http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/conserve/rrr/index.htm
• U.S. Green Building Council. (2011). LEED. Retrieved from
http://www.usgbc.org/leed
• U.S. Green Building Council. (2011). Presentations. Retrieved from
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1720
Optional Resources
Websites
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011). Behavioral risk factor surveillance system. Retrieved from
http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/

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