BHE314 - Environmental Health and Safety

Module 2 - SLP

Food Safety; Pests and Vectors; Air Quality

Air pollution is an environmental health problem in many cities throughout the world. Residents in an urban community through which a major freeway transportation route runs are suffering from a number of health effects. You are involved in planning and implementing a program that will address reduction in exposure of the community, particularly young children in an elementary school, to air pollution and thereby reduce the impact of air pollution on the children.

Write a 2-3 page paper in which you do the following:

1. Describe the common health problems associated with indoor and outdoor air pollution that result from vehicle emissions near major roadways in urban settings.

2. Describe why children are more vulnerable to the effects of these air pollutants.

3. Describe how you, as a public health professional, would plan and implement a program that will reduce the exposure of air pollution to children in this elementary school community as well as reduce the impact of air pollution on the health of the children. In your response, include preventive steps that can be taken by the community to reduce the exposure of children to air pollutants.

Please be sure to support your opinion with evidence from the literature.

Assignment Expectations:

Use information from the modular background readings as well as any good quality resource you can find.

LENGTH: 2-3 pages typed and double-spaced, in addition to a cover page.

The following items will be assessed in particular:

Precision: The question of the assignment is specifically addressed in the paper. Health effects of air pollution are presented, partcularly air pollution from vehicles. The vulnerability of children to air pollution health effects is described. The paper describes the role of the health professional in planning and implementing a program that will reduce the exposure of this elementary school community to air pollution as well as reduce the impact of air pollution on their health, particularly the health of children.

Clarity: The paper reads clearly and is well structured.

Breadth: The paper presents appropriate breadth by presenting several health effects. Also, it has a good description of how to plan and implement a program to reduce exposure of the community, particularly children, to air pollution and to reduce the impact of air pollution in the community.

Write a 2-3 page paper in which you do the following:

1. Describe the common health problems associated with indoor and outdoor air pollution that result from vehicle emissions near major roadways in urban settings.

2. Describe why children are more vulnerable to the effects of these air pollutants.

3. Describe how you, as a public health professional, would plan and implement a program that will reduce the exposure of air pollution to children in this elementary school community as well as reduce the impact of air pollution on the health of the children. In your response, include preventive steps that can be taken by the community to reduce the exposure of children to air pollutants.