Section: Module 4: Lesson 2: Risk Management | Environmental Health | NextGenU.org

  • Learning objectives:

    • Understand how to create goals, objectives, and strategies for environmental health interventions and the role of the precautionary principle on them.
    • Understand evaluation strategies for environmental health interventions.
    • Analyze the components and activities of an environmental health intervention.
    • Understand the importance of collaboration with key stakeholders to conduct an environmental health intervention.
    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute):   569 mins

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    • Required Learning Resources and Activities
    • Read the content under the heading "Abstract" and "Results."

    • Read from the content under the heading "Executive Summary."

    • Read the entire article.

    • Read the entire article.

    • Read the entire page.

    • Read the entire page.

    • Read the entire page.

    • Step 1: Keeping the case study provided above in your mind, develop a 300 to 500 word paper that addresses the following questions. 

      • What is the role of biomarkers in exposure assessment? 
      • What approaches for assessment, prevention, and control of Arsenic exposure can be applied in this case?
      • What is the role of toxicology in environmental and occupational health?
      • Develop a table stating the strengths and limitations of the available toxicological assessment methods (blood, urine analysis, and hair or nail testing)?
      • 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: Self-Analysis and Enhancement

      Before you submit, engage in an introspective self-analysis by systematically reviewing each component of your work. Reflect on what aspects of your work were executed well and what could be enhanced. Proceed to refine these elements in your work. 

      Step 3: Submit your assignment by clicking “add a new discussion topic” below, completing the fields, and clicking “post to forum”.

      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: How are environmental hazards related to sociocultural determinants? (Completion time: 60 minutes) Forum

      Step 1: Write a 150-300 word paragraph answering the following questions:

      • Is there a correlation of the degree of susceptibility with the number of environmental hazards in LMIC and HIC?

      • What are the determinants of social and gender inequalities, and how they can be prevented and mitigated?

      • How can safe, enabling, and equitable environments for health be guaranteed? 

      • 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: Explain how the effects of environmental hazards on health are and how they vary between countries, regions, or groups, and how gender, age, and socioeconomic status influence susceptibility to these hazards." in the subject line.  

      Step 3: To complete the activity, you will  need to comment on at least one other post made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' discussion by including a reflection upon learning, sharing insight into the link between degree of susceptibility and the number of environmental hazards in LMIC, applying this knowledge to a specific situation, or asking insightful questions. 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.”


    • Step 1: Write a 250-400 words paragraph answering the following questions:

      • What environmental insults are present in your region or community?

      • Describe the types of injuries that environmental insults cause to the human body?

      • 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: How are the concepts of environmental insult related to regional environmental risks" in the subject line.  

      Step 3: To complete the activity, you will need to comment on at least one other post made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' discussion by including a reflection upon learning, sharing your knowledge about an specific environmental insult, providing examples of the injuries caused by specific environmental insults, or asking insightful questions. 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.”


    • In this activity, you will propose a model for the development of lung cancer in the context of the environmental insult case study provided above.

      Step 1: Review the case study provided above and the material regarding environmental insults provided in the course. An example of a model is provided here.

      Step 2: Create an environmental insult model with the information provided above, it should look like the model presented above. Include a brief discussion that contains the following aspects:

      • A rationale for the proposed model

      • The process used to develop the model

      • Instructions for testing the model 

      • 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 3: Prepare your work in a document and submit your assignment ensuring it meets the assignment's requirements by clicking “add a new discussion topic” below and completing the fields. Make sure to upload the document that contains your work, do NOT paste your work in the Description box.

      Step 4: Self-Analysis and Enhancement
      Before you submit, engage in an introspective self-analysis by systematically reviewing each component of your work. Reflect on what aspects of your work were executed well and what could be enhanced. Proceed to refine these elements in your work. 

      Step 5: Submit your assignment by clicking “add a new discussion topic” below, completing the fields, and clicking “post to forum”.

      OPTIONAL Step 6: 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.”


    • In this activity, you will evaluate the applicability of the precautionary principle. 

      Step 1: Read this systematic review from the Cochrane Library on Household interventions for preventing domestic lead exposure in children.

      Step 2: Write a 150-300 word paragraph that addresses all of the following points:

      • What is the role of the precautionary principle in this intervention?

      • Does the precautionary principle limit the management strategies available for this environmental health issue? Why?

      • Provide  an example of a management strategy for lead exposure in children that would violate the precautionary principle.

      • 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 3: Self-Analysis and Enhancement
      Before you submit, engage in an introspective self-analysis by systematically reviewing each component of your work. Reflect on what aspects of your work were executed well and what could be enhanced. Proceed to refine these elements in your work. 

      Step 4: Submit your assignment by clicking “add a new discussion topic” below, completing the fields, and clicking “post to forum”.

      OPTIONAL Step 5: 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.”


    • Read the text about the role of toxicology in environmental and occupational health, then answer the questions.

      This case study was adapted from Arsenic Poisoning: Overview and Case Study which is linked below.

      https://journals.lww.com/joem/fulltext/2018/12000/arsenic_exposure,_assessment,_toxicity,_diagnosis,.16.aspx 

    • Read the texts about uranium and its negative effects. Read the question after each text and choose the correct answer.

      This case study was adapted from Mining and Environmental Health Disparities in Native American Communities which is linked below.

      https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40572-017-0140-5#Sec6

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