Course: BLD 159 Intro to Brownfield Remediation, Land Re-use, and Public Health

Assignment: Environmental Health

Environmental Health

Environmental Health

This assignment is based on the Environmental Health Objectives, issues and the use of the HealthyPeople.gov webisite as a tool in research and education of Environmental Health issues.  It is important that you have read and viewed the video on Environmental Health, which is found in the reading module titled Environmental Health, before completing this assignment.  Please answer the following questions in short answer format (2-3 sentences) in a document.

1. What are the six themes of Environmental Health?
2. In your own words, explain how these themes can be related to brownfields impacts on communities.

Go to the Objectives tab and look at the 24 Environmental Health (EH) objective categories and answer the following scenario question:
1. For each of the 24 objective categories, suggest some redevelopment options that can help meet the goals. For example, under EH-13, Reduce indoor allergen levels, an approach could be to include health education programs to eradicate or minimize cockroach infestations through natural methods, such as cleaning clutter, wiping surfaces, or cautious use of Boric Acid.  Each student can address one or two of the objective categories.

Please answer this question by using the Environmental Health data sets found by click the link on page 2 of the reading module in this unit titled Environmental Health Objective.
1. What data sets did you look at?
2. Summarize what you looked at and report as to whether or not we are making progress.

Once you have completed the assignment go to the Dropbox Folder in the Content Menu and click on "Dropbox: Unit 10 Environmental Health Objectives and Data Sets” to learn how to submit the assignment.