Assignment task:
Discuss how the concepts in this course (Concepts of Environmental Health) can be applied to real-world situations and increase your chances of career or life success.
Your journal entry must be at least 225 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
Course Description:
Introduces the major topic areas of environmental health. Examines sources, routes, media, and public health outcomes associated with biological, chemical, and physical agents in the environment and how these agents affect human disease, water and air quality, food safety, and land resources in the community. This course also explores the genetic, physiological, and psychosocial factors that influence environmentally compromised public health outcomes. Students use theories and methods presented in the course to assess current solutions and consider new solutions to environmental threats and public health hazards.