Human Health Risks, Health Equity, and Environmental Justice

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Human Health Risks, Health Equity, and Environmental Justice

This course is part of Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health Specialization

Instructor: Richard Neitzel

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

24 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

2 weeks to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Explore environmental justice.
Explore the steps involved in risk assessment, as well as how risk assessment can incorporate and address environmental justice issues.

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There are 4 modules in this course

The fourth and final course of the Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health specialization will cover two topics. The first is environmental justice – that is, avoiding an inequitable distribution of environmental health threats in our population, and ensuring a healthy and safe environment and health equity for all. The second is risk assessment and management, a framework that can be utilized to assess and quantify human health risks, and to identify appropriate approaches to mitigating those risks and promoting better health. We will explore the steps involved in risk assessment, as well as how risk assessment can incorporate and address environmental justice issues.

Welcome to Week 1! We start this week with an orientation to the course and our learning community. Then, we start our course by defining and discussing environmental justice, and exploring environmental justice issues in the U.S and around the world. Let’s find out more about environmental justice in the Week 1 module.

What's included

6 videos6 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

6 videos Total 50 minutes

Human Health Risks, Health Equity, and Environmental Justice 3 minutes
Introduction to Environmental Justice 11 minutes
Key Concepts in Environmental Justice 8 minutes
Environmental Justice in America 14 minutes
EPA's Environmental Justice Agenda 4 minutes
Environmental Justice Around the World 10 minutes

6 readings Total 115 minutes

Course Syllabus 10 minutes
Community Engagement 5 minutes
Help Us Learn More About You! 5 minutes
Changes in Transportation-Related Air Pollution Exposures by Race-Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status 5 minutes
Concepts for Studying Urban Environmental Justice 45 minutes
A Case Study of Environmental Injustice: The Failure in Flint 45 minutes

1 assignment Total 90 minutes

Week 1 Quiz 90 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 50 minutes

Introduce Yourself 5 minutes
Environmental Justice Around the World 45 minutes

Certain groups of people and communities are more susceptible and vulnerable to environmental health hazards than others. This means that equity and justice must be two main goals in developing policy approaches that address environmental injustices. Let’s find out about this in the Week 2 module.

What's included

4 videos1 reading1 assignment1 discussion prompt

4 videos Total 38 minutes

Susceptible Populations 5 minutes
Vulnerable Populations 5 minutes
Children and Environmental Health 12 minutes
Policy Approaches to Minimize Environmental Injustice 17 minutes

1 reading Total 45 minutes

Childhood Lead Poisoning: A Perpetual Environmental Justice Issue? 45 minutes

1 assignment Total 90 minutes

Week 2 Quiz 90 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 90 minutes

Use EJ Atlas to Explore Global Environmental Justice 90 minutes

To evaluate potential environmental injustices, we can employ a four-step risk assessment process. What does this process entail, and how can it be applied in a real-life scenario? Let’s We’ll explore this in the Week 3 module.

What's included

8 videos2 assignments

8 videos Total 75 minutes

Introduction to Risk Assessment 8 minutes
Risk Assessment Framework 9 minutes
Risk Assessment 1: Hazard Identification 8 minutes
Risk Assessment 2: Dose-Response 11 minutes
Risk Assessment 3: Exposure Assessment 9 minutes
Risk Assessment 4: Risk Characterization 14 minutes
Ann Arbor Example: 1, 4 Dioxane 9 minutes
1, 4 Dioxane Risk Assessment 9 minutes

2 assignments Total 120 minutes

Risk Assessment Practice Quiz 30 minutes
Week 3 Quiz 90 minutes

After employing a risk assessment, we can employ risk management to address and mitigate environmental injustices. What does the process of risk management involve, and how does it relate to risk assessment? Let’s find out the answers to these questions, and more, in Week 4, our last module.

What's included

5 videos3 readings1 assignment1 peer review

5 videos Total 36 minutes

The Next Step: Risk Management 8 minutes
Cumulative Risk Assessment 13 minutes
Risk Management and Drinking Water Contaminants 7 minutes
Risk Assessment and Environmental Justice 5 minutes
Recap on Human Health Risks, Health Equity, and Environmental Justice 2 minutes

3 readings Total 35 minutes

The Role of Cumulative Risk Assessment in Decisions about Environmental Justice 30 minutes
Optional: Risk Assessment Example: 1,4, Dioxane 0 minutes
Post-Course Survey 5 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Risk Management Practice Quiz 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 180 minutes

Required: Environmental Justice Brief Peer-Review Assignment 180 minutes

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Richard Neitzel

University of Michigan

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Reviewed on Apr 25, 2023

It's an amazing experience, I have learned a lot of valuable and practical knowledge in Health Equity and Environmental Justice!

Reviewed on Oct 30, 2023

THANK YOU FOR LEARNING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND SAFETY ASCEPTS

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