Environmental Health Agencies and Policy – HLTH 662
CG • Section 8WK • 07/01/2018 to 12/31/2199 • Modified 02/28/2024
Course Description
This course provides an overview of the agencies that administer various health and environmental programs to prevent or control hazards in communities, and how the legal and regulatory frameworks are developed to protect public health. Students will examine the history, politics, economics, roles of scientific evidence, and the ethics of environmental health policy; and strategies and influences that shape environmental health laws and regulations.
For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.
Rationale
The student will be exposed to the interrelatedness of the environment and human health issues, as well as the environmental policies created to help improve overall environmental health. This course will be helpful for those wishing to serve in the environmental health context, as well as those interested in increasing their awareness of global and local environmental health and policy challenges. Proper management of the environment is essential, both in densely populated urban areas and in lesser economically developed countries. This course will give the student the basic knowledge and tools to address these fundamental principles of environmental health policies.
Course Assignment
After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.
Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student is required to provide a thread in response to the provided prompt for each discussion. Each thread must be at least 400 words. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to the threads of at least 2 classmates’ threads. Each reply must be at least 200 words. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E & F).
The student will review the major points of an article. This is an individual assignment involving the review of the major points of a case study or article. The student is expected to provide suggestions to address the problem in the case study or article. (CLO: A, B, C & F).
The student is required to respond to a topic provided by the course instructor. The essay should be 200–250 words in current AMA format. (CLO: A, B, & C).
Topic Submission Assignment
The student will select a specific topic of the Research Paper. The topic selection will be submitted to the instructor for approval.
Outline Assignment
The student will create a detailed outline for the Final Submission of the Research Paper.
References Assignment
The student will research at least 10 scholarly resources that are no more than 5 years old. The student will cite the resources in current AMA format.
Final Assignment
The student will write a 10–12-page research-based paper (excluding the abstract, reference and cover page) in current AMA format that focuses on an approved topic. The paper must include at least 10 references in addition to the course textbooks and the Bible. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E & F).
This quiz covers information from Module 1 – Module 4. It will be open-book/open-notes, contain 10 short answer questions each requiring a response of 150-200 words, and have a 1-hour time limit. (CLO: B, C, D, E & F).
This quiz covers information from Module 5 – Module 8. It will be open-book/open-notes, contain 10 short answer questions each requiring a response of 150-200 words, and have a 1-hour time limit. (CLO: B, C, D, E & F).
