180.609.01 PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH I

Presents concepts, principles, and applications of the main natural and social science disciplines that form the basis of environmental health and describes how these disciplines and their practitioners interact in the environmental health paradigm. Topics include the sources, pathways of exposure, and methods of control of the principal physical, chemical, biologic, and sociologic factors that impact human health in ambient, indoor and occupational environments. Familiarizes students with the processes associated with the translation of basic scientific and health data into public health policy and environmental law. Students gain first-hand experience with the multidisciplinary environmental health approach to the solution of current and emerging environmental problems that pose a risk to public health. Consists of lectures, case studies, and class discussions.

Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: • Define the main scientific and sociologic disciplines that form the basis of environmental health and explain how these disciplines and their practitioners interact within the environmental health paradigm. • Describe the sources, pathways of exposure and methods of control of the principal physical, chemical, biologic and psychosocial hazards that impact human health in ambient, indoor and occupational environments. • Explain the processes associated with the translation of scientific and health data into public health policy and environmental law. • Identify and describe important current and emerging environmental problems that pose a risk to public health and describe the multidisciplinary environmental health approach to their solution.