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Homework

As always, please use the readings and/or other sources in your responses and cite these sources appropriately.

Questions.

Reading materials:

• Levy & Sidel: Chapters 18 & 19

• Closing the Gap: Chapter 6 h

Must complete:

1. Lead exposure has been a long standing public health problem in the U.S., however many improvements have been made to reduce lead poisoning. Compared earlier decades, has lead exposure increased or decreased? What are the differences in lead exposure levels between SES groups? Find one health promotion program/policy aimed at reducing lead exposure. Has this health promotion program/policy been effective? Why?

2. What role do undocumented immigrants play in the U.S. workforce today? (For this answer you can focus on undocumented migrant farmworkers, without H2A visas if you need a starting point.) What would happen if these workers were deported? What does the literature say about the health of undocumented immigrants in the U.S.?

Pick two:

3. What major environmental health problem happened in Flint, Michigan in recent years? Why did it take so long for action to occur? What recommendations have been made to ensure an event like this won't happen again? How do these recommendations align with the Health Impact Pyramid and/or social ecological model?

4. During natural disasters and other emergency preparedness events, what population groups have the most risk of experiencing negative health effects? Why?

5. One key message during the president's election campaign was "bringing jobs back" to the U.S. What did President Trump mean by this and why was it important to campaign on this issue? What are the positive aspectsof bringing jobs back to the U.S.? How about the negative aspects?

Questions.

Reading materials:

Please read:
Levy & Sidel: Chapter 23, 25, 26 (pages 475-479)
Closing the Gap: Chapter 10
Williams, Costa, Odulami, Mohammed (2008)

Must complete:

1. Select a health condition (e.g., diabetes, obesity, heart disease, etc.) and develop a similar diagram as Figure 26-3 on page 476 of your text.

In this diagram, illustrate how at least two variables related to social justice (e.g., poverty, poor housing, stress, etc.) can influence the health condition. Please write at least three sentences describing your diagram. You may choose the health condition that you selected for your paper topics. The diagram doesn't have to "look pretty"-content is most important.

2. On page 2, of the Williams, Costa, Odunlami& Mohammed (2008) article, the story of Dr. Julian Tudor Hart is described. Does Dr. Hart's story support that interventions at the individual-level of the social ecological model can improve health? Why or why not?

3. What is one main takeaway message about social justice that you have learned by taking this course? How can this takeawaymessage be applied in your future work post-graduation?

Select one:

4. How do politics and/or the nature of our U.S. political system influence social justice issues and public health practice at the national, state and local levels?

5. What is one objective that you would add to Healthy People 2030or alter/remove from Healthy People 2020? Why?

Required Texts

1. Levy, Barry S. and Sidel, Victor W (editors). 2013. Social Injustice and Public Health (2ndedition). Oxford University Press.

2. Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2008.