180.602.01
Environment and Health in Low and Middle income Countries

Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Environmental Health and Engineering
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2014 - 2015
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Monday, 3:30 - 5:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Christine Marie George
Subhra Chakraborty
Course Instructor(s)
Pablo Yori
Contact Name
Christine George
Contact Email
cmgeorge@jhsph.edu
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

None

Description
Introduces how environmental health hazards can affect human health in low and middle income settings. Core concepts are exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology, and mitigating exposure. Topics include: heavy metals, water sanitation and hygiene, waterborne and related diseases, energy resources and health, air pollution, and second-hand smoke.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Explain how toxicology, microbiology, and epidemiology can be used to identify environmental exposures and how they can adversely affect human health
  2. Critically review and synthesize scientific publications on environmental health
  3. Identify environmental health hazards in low and middle income countries
  4. Identify and critically analyze mitigation option
  5. Identify a position on a topic related to environmental health and utilize available scientific evidence to organize an oral and written defense of your position
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Consent Contact
cmgeorge@jhsph.edu
Jointly Offered With
International Health