What population is at risk

Assignment Help Risk Management

Reference no: EM131546640

Question: Environmental Issues

Instructions: Choose one of the assignments below and post your answers or 'editorial' in this forum.

1. Select an article from the mass media (newspaper) that deals with an "environmental" health issue. Analyze and critique the article by answering the following questions:

2. What are the characteristics of the community involved?

3. What appears to be the sources of the problem?

4. What evidence is provided in the article to substantiate the cause?

5. Does the news coverage describe health effects?

6. What population is at risk?

7. Does the coverage provide adequate information for consumers to understand the problem and seek any needed assistance?

8. How would you improve this article for better public awareness?

9. Identify an environmental health problem in your community.

10. Familiarize yourself about this problem by interviewing or talking with experts in the area, reading recent literature and research reports, and searching the Internet for information about the problem.

11. Contact your Senator or Congressperson who has been involved in legislation related to the problem and learn what he or she plans to do about it.

12. Summarize what you have learned and present it in writing as a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

13. Share the letter in this Discussion Forum

Your response should be 50 - 100 words. APA style

Reference no: EM131546640

Questions Cloud

Heart of a smoker have to beat harder : From the information which you learn why would the heart of a smoker have to beat harder? Please respond with refernce in APA format.

How economists are both scientists and policymakers : How economists are both scientists and policymakers and what principles society uses to allocate its scarce resources.

What is the percentage price change of the bond : What is the percentage price change of the bond?

How will you educate sean about his diagnosis : How will you educate Sean about his diagnosis? Provide a brief discussion of the prescribed medications in relation to his condition

What population is at risk : Select an article from the mass media (newspaper) that deals with an "environmental" health issue. Analyze and critique the article by answering the following.

Analyze the future of criminal justice policy : Describe your thesis regarding the future of criminal justice policy making.Analyze the future of criminal justice policy.

One-year zero-coupon bonds and perpetuities : how much of its portfolio should it allocate to one-year zero-coupon bonds and perpetuities, respectively, if these are the only two assets funding the plan?

What is the updated value of bond : Two years into the bond’s life (13 years to maturity), the market rates are cut down by 110 basis points. What is the updated value of the bond?

Discuss health promotion activities for rural populations : Assume you are a community health nurse in a rural community. Describe your own approach to problem solve overuse of the emergency room for minor childhood.

User Account

All Pages