University of Michigan
Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health Specialization
University of Michigan

Impacts of the Environment on Global Public Health Specialization

Learn how environmental factors affect health. Explore environmental health science (EHS) and assess the effectiveness of environmental policies.

Richard Neitzel

Instructor: Richard Neitzel

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4.8

(173 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Explore how many public health outcomes are directly influenced by human contact with the environment.

  • Gain an introductory foundation to the environmental health sciences (EHS) discipline.

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

  • Explore environmental health policies that can be used to address and reduce the impacts of environmental health hazards.

  • Use systems thinking to understand and analyze environmental health issues.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Health Systems
Category: Environment Health And Safety
Category: Environmental Regulations
Category: Environmental Science
Category: Risk Analysis
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Health Assessment
Category: Health Policy
Category: Health Disparities
Category: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
Category: Environmental Issue
Category: Environmental Policy
Category: Pollution Prevention
Category: Public Health

What you'll learn

  • Explore environmental hazards and how they impact your health.

  • Explore urban and global health, and the influence of the built environment on human health.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Chronic Diseases
Category: Environment Health And Safety
Category: Environmental Regulations
Category: Environmental Science
Category: Hazard Communication (HazCom)
Category: Sanitation
Category: environment
Category: Water Resources
Category: Demography
Category: Community Health
Category: Environmental Policy
Category: Radiation Protection
Category: Environmental Issue
Category: Pollution Prevention
Category: Public Health

What you'll learn

  • Understand climate change, and how it impacts every human and ecosystem on the planet.

  • Evaluate the causes and impacts of climate change.Explore different sustainability frameworks.

  • Evaluate the causes and impacts of climate change.Explore different sustainability frameworks.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Health Assessment
Category: Environment
Category: Mitigation
Category: Public Policies
Category: Policy Analysis
Category: Environmental Policy
Category: Environmental Issue
Category: Environmental Regulations
Category: Pollution Prevention
Category: Environmental Science
Category: Public Health
Category: Energy and Utilities

What you'll learn

  • Explore environmental justice.

  • Explore the steps involved in risk assessment, as well as how risk assessment can incorporate and address environmental justice issues.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Risk Management
Category: Mitigation
Category: Health Disparities
Category: Community Health
Category: Environmental Issue
Category: Environmental Policy
Category: Health Equity
Category: Vulnerability
Category: Social Justice
Category: Pollution Prevention
Category: Public Health
Category: Risk Analysis

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Richard Neitzel
University of Michigan
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