Environmental Health for Masters Students

in Public Health

Feb, 2021
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I. Course description

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 Learning outcomes

Discuss the basic concepts of environmental factors Vs human

health

Explain Basic Environmental Health Problems:

Ethiopian Vs Global contexts

Identify the causes and potential health risks related to

Environmental Health

Understand and describe the issues and difficulties Vs

research in the field of env. health

planning, implementing, monitoring and

evaluating of EH programs

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 Methods of instruction

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 Expected
activities

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 Course
20%Assessment
Home work
assignments

30% Term paper class

Progressive room presentation
assessment:

100%
5% Attendance,
class discipline
and participation

Written Exam: 45%

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 Students’ assessment
Participating to improve the course via Feedback

 In the course of
teaching

 At the end of the

course

Any time after the

course
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 Timin
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Week Ends Block teaching

???
Date

Lecture sessions

Other days • assignment and group work

Term paper presentation • ?

Exam date .. will be announced

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 Course contents of Environmental
Health
1st week-Day 1

Course description and Introduction Unit 1,2,3

Day 2

•4,5 6&7

Day 3

• 8 &9 •10 &11

Day 4)
12 & 13 14 &15
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2nd week

Group Presentation-term paper

Individual assignment submission
3rd week
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Ex a m date
H e htal
 Term paper management

Purpose
 Identifying priority areas

 Developing Skill in Reviewing literature

 Ability in summarizing and synthesis of

vast readings

 Building capacity in communication

 Opportunity for knowing the structure of a

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 Title
oNot too broad
selection

Feasibility

Relevance

Acceptability

1 topic per
group
Own topic is encouraged
There are suggested topics

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 Paper presentation timing

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 Term paper presentation evaluation
 Organization

Ideas flow

Clarity

Objectives coverage

Ability of discussion and conclusions

Confidence

Performance in defending

challenges Use of references

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 Suggested topics

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 Term paper title and presentation handling

Deliverable Only
There must not March-- Term
power point file
be any overlap paper
(no hard copy
in presentation:
needed)
titles

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 Presentation Structure(20 minutes)
• Title Power point presentation format:
• Introduction • Not crowded
• Objectives • Bulleted (no sentence)
• Methods • Font size: > 20
• Results and Discussion • Bullets: < 10 per slides
• Strengths • Pictures: 1-2 per slide; better /slide
• Limitations (Challenges) • Pictures with foot notes (title,
• Conclusions place, date)
• Recommendations • Total slides: 25-35.
• Acknowledgements
• References

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 Groupin
g

 6-7 individuals per each group

Class representative is responsible for consultation

and coordination

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References
Main Text Books:
• Robert H.Friis, PhD. Essentials of Environmental Health. Jones and
Bartlett Publishers, Inc. 2007

• Recommended Text Books

• Salvato JA, PE, Nemerow NL, Agardy FJ. Environmental Engineering. 5th
Edition, John Wiley Sons Inc, 2005.
• William P. Cunningham; Mary Ann Cunningham. Environmental Science:
Inquiry and Application. Sixth Edition, 2011

• Lecture materials
• Lecture power point_pdfs presentations
• Reading materials Environmental health: Soft copies
available
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Recommended References for reading
1. Teka G-E. Human waste disposal - Ethiopia: a practical approach to environmental health. Addis Ababa, united
printers Pvt.Ltd.Co, 1984.
2. Teka G-E. Water supply-Ethiopia: an introduction to environmental health practice. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa
university press, 1977.
3. Teka G-E. Food Hygiene; Principles and methods of food borne diseases control with special emphasis to
Ethiopia. Addis Ababa: Addis Ababa university press, 1997.
4. Cairncross S, and Feachem RG. Environmental health engineering in the tropics: an introductory text.
Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1983.
5. Joseph A Salvato; Nelson L Nemwrow ; Franklin J Agardy. Environmental Engennering 5th edition, New York,
John Wiley & Sons, 2003. Turk J., and Turk A. Environmental science, 4th edition. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders
Company, 1988.
6. Walton Purdom (editor). Environmental Health. 2nd edition. 1980
7. Winbald U, Kilama W. Sanitation with out water. Houndmills: Macmillian Education Ltd., 1985.
8. Howard Frumkin, Editor. Environmental Health: from global to local. John Wiley & sons, InC, 2005.
9. Basset WH, Editor. Clay’s handbook of Environmental Health. Spon Press, 19th Edition, 2004
10. Morgan P. Rural water supply and sanitation. London: Macmillian publishers Ltd., 1990.
11. Tartakow IJ, Vorperian JH. Food borne and waterborne diseases: their epidemiologic characteristics. Westport,
Connecticut, Avir Publishing Company, Inc., 1981.
12. Arnold Pacy, editor. Sanitation in developing countries. Chichester, Jon Wiley & Sons, 1981.
13. Internet sources for respective lecture titles (some are indicated, others are required)

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Sanitation web sites:
WASH web sites:
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/monitoring/africasan/en/
index.html
• WELL fact sheet on sanitation:
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/well/index.htm
• Global School Health Initiative, at www.who.ch/hpr.
• Global Health Survey. http://www.who.int/chp/gshs/
• WASH, Environmental Health Publications - Water for
the World and
WASH,
http://www.ehproject.org/ehkm/eh_pubswash.html
• http//www.healthnetwork.net/ User ideth011; pass
word 35491
• Air pollution:
http://www.airimpacts.org/index.asp?page=publicati
ons
• Climate change web sites: many, just browse
• Food safety: Department of Public Health

http://www.codexalimentarius.net/
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