Week 6: Environmental Health
Week 6: Environmental Health (graded)
Purpose
This week’s graded topics relate to the following Course Outcome (CO).
CO 6: Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors that influence the health of a community and population health problems. (PO 2)
Discussion
Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s MyEnvironment site at http://www.epa.gov/myenvironment (Links to an external site.), and enter your city and state, ZIP code, or location into the location box.
48201 my zip code
state- detroit state
Choose one of the topic areas.
My Health
My Climate
My Air
My Water
Then, click on the boxes under the Map Contents menu to add data into the map on specific topics. Explore the site to learn more about your environment and things that might be impacting the health of its citizens.
Identify something new you learned about your environment and how it could be affecting health by completing this statement, “I didn’t know _____.”
How could you, in the role of a community health nurse, address these concerns?
Optional: For more environmental health information, you can also visit the following resources.
Environmental health tracking: https://ephtracking.cdc.gov/InfoByLocation/ (Links to an external site.)
Air quality: http://www.airnow.gov (Links to an external site.)
Toxic release inventory: https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program (Links to an external site.)
Grading
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Solution Preview
My Health; Low Birth Weight Rate
I did not know that one of the major health concerns in Detroit state is low birth weight rate. It affects the weight of new born babies and some of them may require special healthcare. One of the problems is respiratory problems where the babies lack surfactant which helps in keeping the small air sacs from collapsing.
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