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Question: 1) Discuss the significance and the impact that the environment has on human health. Provide examples and discuss how they relate to the practice of public health today.
Your response should be at least 210 words in length.
2) Discuss current strategies of environmental epidemiology focusing specifically on study designs and their relation to the epidemiologic triangle. Make sure your answer includes an overview of at least three environmental epidemiology study designs and highlights the strengths and limitations of each design when used in environmental health practice.
Your response should be at least 210 words in length.
3) Describe the historical background and timeline of the environmental health sciences. Provide examples of major environmental health events that have occurred throughout history and explain how these have shaped and molded how we practice environmental and public health today.
Your response should be at least 210 words in length.
4) Describe the contributions that epidemiology has provided to the environmental health sciences. Include in your answer a brief history of environmental epidemiology and identify specific disease control/identification examples.
Your response should be at least 210 words in length.
Course Textbook: Friis, R. H. (2012). Essentials of environmental health (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.