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Questions:

1. List four limitations with generalizing dose-­response findings from animal studies to health effects in human beings.

2. What factors are important to communicating risk effectively to the public? How does the micromort metric enhance our ability to compare the risk associated with different exposures or behaviors?

3. What is exposure assessment and why is it so important to risk assessment and management? How has the use of objective monitoring improved the science of risk analysis?

4. Reflect on public health issues in your community and select several to consider in light of health communication strategies. Find a health issue or devise a fictional scenario that would be appropriate for each of these categories: prevention, risk, and crisis communication. Consider your target audiences and specific media channels for the issue you have selected. Which types of mass media access would be most relevant to the audiences you are trying to reach? How could you use the three types of research (formative, process, outcome) to monitor the effectiveness of your campaign?

5. Why is it so important to include input from the public when deciding on risk management strategies?

Cell Properties and Function

6. What happens when you try to hold your breath for more than one minute and why is this so? Similarly, what happens when you walk outside in the winter without a coat and why is this so? Are these voluntary or involuntary responses?

7. Hold a heavy object (such as a 5-lb. weight) straight out from your body for as long as you can. Describe what happens and why.

8. Why is it so difficult to regain speech after a stroke? Considering your answer, would you support mandatory helmet laws for motorcyclists or children riding bikes or skateboards?

9. Give a biologic example of the negative feedback loop.

10. Why do we need to understand cell physiology in public health?