Section: Module 2: Lesson 2: Major Occupational Agents | Environmental Health | NextGenU.org

  • Learning objectives:
    • Understand the major occupational agents that influence human health.
    • Understand the human, ecological, and safety effects of common occupational agents.
    • Evaluate how environmental medicine can help to prevent and control occupational agents.
    • Understand the definition of aerospace medicine and its relationship with environmental health.
    • Analyze the role of environmental health on travel safety.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute):  380 mins

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    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
    • Read the content under the heading occupational toxicology on pages 8-13.

    • Read the entire Document

    • Read the content under the heading "1. Psychosocial Risk Factors" from pages 3 to 9.

    • Read pages 2-7.

    • This document provides comprehensive information about physical agents. Read the content under the following headlines(Including subheadlines):

      • "1.1 What do you know about noise?"
      • "1.2 Which are the health effects?"
      • "2.1 What do you know about vibration?"
      • "2.2 Which are the health effects?"
      • "3.1 What do you know about radiation?"
      • "3.2 Which are the health effects?"
      • "3.4 What do you know about non-ionizing radiation?"
      • "3.5 Which are the health effects?"
      • "4.1 What do you know about lighting?"
      • "4.2 Which are the health effects?"
      • "5.1 What do you know about cold environment?"
      • "5.2 Which are the health effect?"
      • "B) Hot environment" on page 26
      • "5.6 Which are the health effect?"
      • "6.1 What do you know about the occupational exposure at air pressure?"
      • "6.2 Which are the health effect?"

    • Read the entire Article

    • Read from the content under the heading "Abstract" to the heading "6.3 Systems and Power: The Ethical Importance of Ecological and Social Context."

    • Read pages 4-11

    • Read from the beginning of the page until the heading "Board Certification."

    • Read the entire page

    • Read the entire page and analyze how travel medicine is related to environmental health.

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      Discussion Post: Defend the role of environmental health in prevention and control of occupational agents. (Completion time: 60 minutes) Forum

      In this activity you will discuss the role of environmental health in prevention and control of occupational agents.

      Step 1: Write a 200-300 words paragraph answering the following questions:

      • What activities are oriented to control occupational agents?

      • Who is responsible for implementing these activities?

      • Why is an environmental health approach needed for the detection and control of these agents?

      • All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (references are excluded from word counts).

      Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled 'Add a new discussion topic.' and include the title "Discussion:  Defend the role of environmental medicine in prevention and control of occupational agents" in the subject line.  

      Step 3: To complete the activity, you will also need to comment on at least one other post made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply back. To post a reply, click on the particular discussion, then click on 'reply'.

      OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

      If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”


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      Discussion Post: The role of environmental health in aerospace medicine (Completion time: 60 minutes) Forum

      In this activity, you will discuss the ways that environmental health improves travel safety, and how it relates to aerospace medicine.

      Step 1: Write a 200-300 words paragraph answering the following questions:

      • What environmental risks the study of aerospace medicine is dedicated to?

      • What are the main environmental risks to travelers?

      • How do professionals in aerospace medicine improve health, promote safety, and improve the performance of people who work or travel in unusual environments?

      • All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (references are excluded from word counts).

      Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled 'Add a new discussion topic.' and include the title "Discussion: Discuss how environmental health improves travel safety, and how it relates to aerospace medicine." in the subject line.  

      Step 3: To complete the activity,  you will also need to comment on at least one other post made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply back. To post a reply, click on the particular discussion, then click on 'reply'.

      OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)

      If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”


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      Quiz: Module 2: Lesson 2:

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    • Additional Resources for Optional Learning
    • Read the entire page and watch the video(10 min 10 sec)