Question
Environmental Health
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.
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 e
Air quality: http://www.airnow.gov
Toxic release inventory:
https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program
Note: Please use this zip code: 02126
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