Approximately once a week you will hand in a brief summary and position taken for each of the topics listed below Specific dates will be determined in class.
Your typed paper will be two paragraphs long. The first paragraph Will be a brief summary of the information you read from the website you used to learn about the topic.
The second pagraPh will be your position on the topic including what public health measures should be done next regarding this condition, with reasons to support your choice. Please try to avoid the first several Yahoo/Google listings for variety.
Below are the specific criteria to include:
Type the link to the website you selected. One paragraph summary of the information you read. One paragraph future public health measures on the topic with supporting reasoning.
1) GMO's, high fructose corn syrup, gluten, pesticides, antibiotics in food, conventional fertilizers, organic, cage free, free-range, natural
2) Obesity, Type II Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Cholesterol
3) Mosquito borne illness (e.g., Malaria, Zika); prevention strategies (e.g., spraying, genetically altered mosquitos).
4) Tobacco - morbidity and mortality, public smoking, e-cigarettes
5) Vaccines, Herd immunity, effective vaccination rates for effectiveness
6) Equality between men and women in the developed countries (e.g., pay, education, politics)
7) Women's Health infant mortality, lack of nutrition, maternal mortality, prenatal care, education and literacy, women's rights (e.g., to vote, run for office)
8) Climate Strange, Warming, Ocean Acidification, Rising Tides, Ozone Depletion, Floods, Drought
9) Superbugs (e.g., Staph infection), Antibiotic Resistance
10) Types of Health Care (e.g., Socialized Great Britain, subsidized (Canada, Germany) fee for service (US)
11) Population Growth, Poverty
12) HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, co-morbidity
13) Can you be addicted to the Internet?