Environmental Public Health of Urban Communities

Catalog description

Pre -requisites: EPID 6523. This course is targeted to doctoral public health students. Departing from the built environments of local urban communities the most relevant environmental agents and health inequities that affect the well-being of specific populations will be identified and analyzed using the community based participatory research (CBPR) method and system thinking approach. Students will analyze findings of the CBPR to propose recommendations of public health interventions on evidence based methods to prevent, control, manage, or mitigate environmental exposures and health inequities. The final product of the course will be a "Community Environmental Public Health Action Plan" developed through the interaction and discussion of the student's working group with local resid ents, community leaders, and policy makers. The Plan will be presented to the community and other stakeholders for their approval and support. The course framework of action are the low socioeconomic level urban communities.