Environmental Health - The Foundation of Global Health

0:09 have you ever wondered how the 0:10 environment around you might be 0:12 impacting your health i'm going to guess 0:14 yes since you're interested in this 0:16 course and i can tell you that the 0:17 answer to that question is a resounding 0:19 yes 0:20 but what about how the environment might 0:22 be impacting your health is it improving 0:24 it 0:25 or worsening it that's a much more 0:27 difficult question to answer 0:29 the good news is though after completing 0:30 this course you will have a much better 0:32 understanding of the impacts of the 0:34 environment on human health 0:36 for better or for worse 0:39 in this course we're going to run 0:40 through four different topics 0:43 we'll begin with an introduction to 0:45 environmental health sciences or ehs 0:48 and what i'll call the exposure disease 0:50 model 0:51 next we're going to talk about some key 0:53 topics in environmental health science 0:55 as well as 0:56 environmental health policy third we'll 0:59 focus on 1:00 system thinking and environmental health 1:03 and then lastly we'll shift to a key 1:05 environment where many of us will spend 1:07 time the workplace in that first week 1:11 let's get a little more granular what 1:13 we're going to talk about is some of the 1:14 basic terminology that we use 1:16 in environmental health sciences we'll 1:18 talk about the exposure disease model 1:20 we'll talk about some significant 1:22 historical events in environmental 1:24 health 1:25 we'll talk about types of environmental 1:26 health hazards and we'll talk about 1:28 pathways 1:29 and routes of exposure through which we 1:31 might be exposed to environmental health 1:33 hazards 1:34 that's what we're going to talk about 1:37 what you're going to do 1:38 is answer some questions that are mapped 1:40 to the exposure disease model 1:42 and you'll also have a chance to explore 1:44 environmental health in the news 1:46 in your own hometown now in the second 1:50 week we're going to focus on 1:51 environmental health policy i'll give 1:53 you an overview of environmental policy 1:55 we'll also evaluate environmental policy 1:58 impacts on public health 1:59 and then we're going to talk about an 2:01 example of a specific 2:02 environmental policy that's what we'll 2:05 talk about 2:06 what you're going to do is actually 2:07 evaluate the impacts of motor vehicle 2:10 safety policies 2:11 either in your own hometown or in one of 2:13 the 50 u.s states 2:16 now in the third week we're going to 2:17 talk about systems thinking and 2:18 environmental health 2:20 the first thing we'll talk about is just 2:21 what the heck is systems thinking 2:23 and we'll also talk about how you can 2:25 apply systems thinking to environmental 2:27 health hazards that's what we'll talk 2:28 about 2:29 what you're going to do is think about 2:31 ways in which you 2:33 might be exposed to an emerging 2:35 environmental hazard nanoparticles 2:37 and you will also use the environmental 2:39 protection agency's toxic release 2:41 inventory database 2:42 to identify some hazards in your own 2:45 hometown 2:47 finally in the fourth week we're going 2:48 to focus on occupational health we'll 2:51 go through an introduction to 2:52 occupational health we'll talk about 2:54 hazards in the workplace 2:56 we'll talk about some of the outcomes 2:57 that we see in occupational health 2:59 as well as some of the agencies that are 3:01 focused on improving 3:03 occupational health and finally how to 3:05 control occupational hazards 3:07 that's what we'll talk about what we'll 3:09 do you are going to think about 3:11 reasons why workers might not want to 3:13 report the fact that they're 3:14 injured or ill in their workplace to 3:16 their employers 3:17 and you're also going to look at some 3:18 photographs and identify potential ways 3:21 that you could control 3:22 different hazards in a variety of 3:24 workplaces 3:26 so by the end of this course you're 3:28 going to have an understanding of the 3:29 basic concepts of environmental health 3:32 you'll be able to describe environmental 3:34 health policy approaches 3:36 you'll see how systems thinking 3:37 approaches can be applied to even very 3:39 complex 3:40 and challenging environmental health 3:42 issues and you'll be able to understand 3:44 the vital importance of occupational 3:46 health 3:47 within the broader discipline of public 3:49 health 3:50 so with that i hope you enjoy the course 3:52 and i hope that you have a much better 3:54 understanding of environmental health 3:56 after you complete it