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Session 11

Chapter 19

Environmental & Public Health Challenges

 

 

http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/twimberley/EnviroHealth2/EnviroHealth/environmental_health.htm

 

Chapter Nineteen Slides

 

Read this session's reading assignments and answer ten of the discussion questions (below) for the chapter and chapter assignment 19. Post questions and your answers to drop box 11 by 5 pm on the last day of the session.

 

Chapter Nineteen

 Environmental and Public Health Challenges

Chapter Discussion Questions

  1. Review global and United States environmental health issues.

  2. List American voter opinions on the environment and governmental interventions.

  3. Become familiar with the operating structure of the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control.

  4. Review public health laws and their role in maintaining the environment.

  5. Explain how groups involved in the environmental movement can help public health agencies in the quest for a healthier environment.

  6. Compare and contrast public health approaches using the microbial, behavioral, and ecological models of disease.

  7. Describe the World Health Organization’s Healthy City initiative.

  8. Explain what is meant by the terms green architecture, green energy, and green transportation.

  9. Define sustainable growth.

  10.  Summarize various strategies from the local level for sustaining the environment.

Suggested Videos

  1. CDC Responds: Update on the State and Local Preparedness Grant Program (2002). Content: Updates on grants management, the new Department of Homeland Security, and other updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public Health Foundation VT-032

  2. Chattanooga: A Community with a Vision (1993). 23 minutes, general audience. Content: This film shows how a tired, old city with a historic past became revitalized into a thriving metropolis with input from the youngest to the oldest citizens. Source: The Video Project. Leonardo’s Children, Inc.

  3. Reinventing the World (2000). Three 50-minute programs. General audience. Content: Programs on creating sustainable cities, food systems, and lifestyles are discussed. Available from Bullfrog Films. ISBN 1-56029-834-0.

  4.  Sustainable Futures (1999). 38 minutes, general audience. Content: This video shows seven different locations in three countries where local community efforts toward sustainability are demonstrated. Source: The Video Project. 

  5. The Candidate (1972). Content: A Democratic environmental and social activist with no political experience runs for office to defeat the senior Republican senator from California. The movie shows how difficult politics is, even when with noble intentions. Starring Robert Redford and Peter Boyle.

  6. The End of Suburbia (2004).  Content: This documentary explores important questions for the 21st century regarding sustainability of suburban life as the demand for fossil fuels exceeds the supply and energy prices skyrocket. More information on http://www.endofsuburbia.com/

Chapter Resources

  1. American Indian Environmental Office (AIEO) http://www.epa.gov/indian/

  2. Center of Excellence for Sustainable Development  http://www.sustainable.doe.gov/

  3. Combined Health Information Database for Public Health Researchers http://chid.nih.gov/

  4. Buffalo’s Green and Gold Development Corporation http://www.greengold.org/

  5. Healthy People 2010 http://www.healthypeople.gov/

  6. Health Policy Guide  http://www.healthpolicycoach.org

  7. Association for Community Health Improvement http://www.healthycommunities.org/

  8. International Healthy Cities Foundation http://www.healthycities.org/

  9. National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (NALGEP) http://www.nalgep.org/

  10. National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) http://www.neha.org/

  11. National Science Foundation http://nsf.gov

  12. National Environmental Services Center http://www.nsfc.wvu.edu/

  13. Public Health Foundation http://www.phf.org

  14. Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) http://congress.nw.dc.us/healthyam

  15. U. S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/

  16. United States Department of Transportation (DOT) http://www.dot.gov/

  17. United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) http://www.epa.gov/

Suggested Professional Journals

  1. American Journal of Public Health

  2. Atlantic Monthly

  3. EPA Journal

  4. Science

  5. Scientific American

  6. The Nation’s Health  

 

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