Population Health and the Environment

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You are a health care professional who has researched the effects of environmental factors on population
health. Because of your expertise in this field, you are presenting your findings at a global conference on
environmental health issues. To prepare for this event, you have started to gather research and document the
key issues you plan to present at the conference.
Instructions
Write a 5–6 page paper in which you:
Examine the four principal methods of science and research used in the study of environmental health. Provide
a specific example of how each method is used to increase awareness and understanding of how exposure to
hazards in the environment affects the health status of the community.
Compare three ways scientists and researchers evaluate the level of danger environmental hazards have on
population health. Using these methods, create a detailed outline of how they could be used to determine the
level of risk to a community that has been exposed to an environmental hazard. Support your recommendation.
Analyze the various health risks found in the natural environment. Provide an example of three specific
dangers to the health of humans found in their everyday surroundings. Justify your response.
Evaluate the role of U.S. government agencies in managing the incidence of infectious disease. Determine one
environmental hazard that you think represents a significant challenge for these agencies in preventing a
serious health risk to the population. Provide a specific example to support your analysis.
Use at least three quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an
academic resource.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the
Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any
additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment is:
Determine the impact of natural environmental hazards on population health

Sample Solution

This case study involves a 31-year old woman, Jodie, who exhibits the classic symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). She suffers from intense bouts of anger and feelings of emptiness which have severely impacted the relationships in her life. While she doesn’t know why she acts the way she does, she has come to the realization that she needs help and is currently seeking treatment. This case study will show the development of Jodie’s self has been severely disrupted by biological and environmental factors. It is my suggestion that deficiencies in her childhood have contributed to the disruption of her development which has resulted in borderline personality disorder. More specifically, it is my opinion that Jodie was neglected or abused as a young child which has resulted in a maladaptive schema.

THE CASE

According to the case study prompt for Psychology 310: Psychology of Personality, Jodie is a 31-year old woman who came to me for help in order to get her anger under control. In her last several relationships with men, she has been guilty of hitting and/or throwing things at them. She states she doesn’t know why she acts like this because she ‘really loved all of them.’ During the course of our conversation, I discover she has been married and divorced three times, and in the last year she has had 4 ‘serious’ relationships. She has attempted suicide twice (pill overdoses) in response to ‘bad breakups’ with various boyfriends and husbands. (Stewart, n.d.)

Jodie is also a compulsive shopper and compulsive eater. She has been known to max out her credit cards on shopping binges, and has a habit of binging and purging food. She states she mostly engages in these kinds of behavior when her relationships are ‘getting bad.’ She says when she is in a relationship, it’s very intense and that her whole world looks brighter yet when the relationship begins to crumble, she goes through periods of intense depression and suicidal thoughts. She states she has resorted, more than once, to falsely

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