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Auto Repair Shops 1
Auto Repair Shops 1
Case Study C
Case Study C
Assignment:
For this case, assume that your group is part of the Environmental Health staff of a local county
Health Department. Your job is to prepare a plan of action for the Health Director for approval.
What should be your initial steps? The group should discuss briefly and decide upon a formal
action plan that could be presented to the rest of this class. In framing your report, you will need
to consider each of the following issues, questions or concerns.
1. Research the common hazards found in automotive repair and body shops.
2. Who would you consider to be major stakeholders and how would you propose to work with
them to ensure that they are meaningfully involved in addressing the problem?
3. How would you consider using the 10 Essential Services of Environmental Health as a guide
in assessing the problem, in developing policy or plans, and in assuring that the plans or
policies are effectively carried out?
4. What communication strategies or methods would you suggest to ensure that all
stakeholders and the general public are aware of the problem?
5. What are the risks of your strategy and how do suggest minimizing them?
6. How would you evaluate the effectiveness of the outcomes from your plan?
7. What if your plan fails or backfires? What are your back-up options?