Discussion Post: How are environmental hazards related to sociocultural determinants? (Completion time: 60 minutes)
Step 1: Write a 150-300 word paragraph answering the following questions:
Is there a correlation of the degree of susceptibility with the number of environmental hazards in LMIC and HIC?
What are the determinants of social and gender inequalities, and how they can be prevented and mitigated?
How can safe, enabling, and equitable environments for health be guaranteed?
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 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: Explain how the effects of environmental hazards on health are and how they vary between countries, regions, or groups, and how gender, age, and socioeconomic status influence susceptibility to these hazards." in the subject line.
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 link between degree of susceptibility and the number of environmental hazards in LMIC, applying this knowledge to a specific situation, 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.”