Discussion Post: What is the influence of the environment on human health? (Completion time: 60 minutes)
In this task, you will analyze the influence of the environment on human health and disease.
Step 1: Reflect on the content reviewed in this lesson and create a 150-300 response piece of writing that includes all the following points:
Identify a disease in your community that is linked to environmental health.
To what environmental factors do you attribute this disease?
Identify one physical determinant, one biological determinant, one chemical determinant, and one psycho-social determinant) environmental health in your community.
Step 2: To share your work, click on the button at the bottom of the screen labeled 'Add a new discussion topic.' and include the title "Discussion: What is the influence of the environment on human health?" in the subject line.
All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. See the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library for instructions: APA citation resource (references are excluded from word counts).
Step 3: To complete the activity, you will need to comment on at least one other post made by your peers in a respectful and professional manner. Be sure that your post engages your peers' discussion by including a reflection upon learning, sharing insight into the role of environmental factors in human health, identifying relevant environmental health determinants, or asking insightful questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply back. To post a reply, click on the particular discussion, then click on 'reply'.
OPTIONAL Step 4: Interact (10 minutes)
If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”