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This is the assignment, please read instructions carefully especially the rubric at the bottom of this page. 1 or 2 pages long only. As a public health practitioner, you may be asked to advocate for a certain policy or program at the legislative level.

For this assignment, you will create a legislative fact sheet on the following environmental health topic . Topic is- Control of emissions from vehicles Act.

The problem is air pollution from emissions from vehicles. . Note that your topic must be related to environmental health! In this assignment, you are expected to choose an environmental public health problem and propose a policy or program to address this problem. The expected output is a legislative fact sheet, which will include peer-reviewed citations to provide evidence supporting the proposed policy or program. You are expected to include details on how the proposed policy or program improves the health in diverse populations while recognizing limitations of this policy for certain populations.

Choose your subject - a policy (existing or desired) that impacts environmental public health. Here, like in module 5 we are defining policy broadly. This could be an international treaty, a major piece of federal legislation (e.g., the Clean Air Act), or a local zoning ordinance (and anything in between). It could be a workplace policy, clinical guidelines, or public health recommendations.

The policy itself does not need to be an environmental public health policy specifically, but it should significantly impact environmental public health and that should be the focus of your fact sheet. There are many online resources on how to create a fact sheet. Get creative! Here is one website that describes creating fact sheets for the legislature and here are some real examples of fact sheets.

Guidance on length: In previous years, there's been a word count attached to this assignment, which in my mind is counterproductive, so I've removed it. Instead, just bear in mind that the vast majority of successful projects ran between two and three typed pages (most were just two); incorporating graphics and a large/ very readable font; usually with references in a slightly smaller, more traditional-sized font. Beyond that, just use your judgment/ common sense. If you want to go a little over or under, and you feel strongly that helps not hurts, go for it.