Global Health Issues

 

In this module we will be considering the many issues related to environmental health. We will be looking specifically at issues of global water scarcity, desertification, and sanitation. Students will utilize the theory of Structural Violence to analyze the social, cultural, economic, political and historical issues that underlie global water scarcity. Foucault’s theory of Biopower and Merton’s Theory of the Unintended Consequences of Purposive Social Action are both useful in understanding the significant criticism of Community-led Sanitation programs (CLTS). The work of Yacouba Sawadago, a farmer from Burkina Faso, in the fight against desertification, serves to call into question Western ethnocentric ideas about who is capable of making a significant difference in environmental health problems.

Module Learning Objectives

By the completion of this module, the student should be able to do the following:

• Analyze the structural issues that have contributed to global water scarcity and describe the major global health impacts of this problem.
• Describe current local efforts to fight desertification in Africa and reflect on how this changes perceptions about who is responsible for or capable of making a significant difference in issues of environmental health.
• Describe Community-led Total Sanitation programs (CLTS) and discuss the significant criticism of this model. 

Required Learning Activities

Narrated Power Point:

No toilet, no bride

Reading:

Women in northern India said “no toliet, no bride” and it worked

Deforestation leading to more infectious diseases in humans

Three million people are cooking over open fires with deadly consequences

How solar ovens are changing lives in the Dominican Republic

Fed up with no sewers Pakistan’s slum residents go DIY

Time to acknowledge the dirty truth behind community-led sanitation

Videos:

Blue Gold: World Water Wars  Click on this link to get to the video (89 min)

Assignment and Grading Rubric

Reaction and Reflection: Environmental Health

Students will complete a written assignment that asks them to engage with the assigned readings, videos, and film, note their immediate reactions to the materials and reflect on their reactions and the ideas presented in the assigned materials. Students should record their reactions and reflections on the Reaction & Reflection worksheet and upload it to the dropbox by the due date.

Reaction and Reflection: Environmental Health, assignment instructions

Environmental Health Reaction & Reflection worksheet

Reaction & Reflection: Environmental Health

Related Learning Resources	Question	Student Response
Videos: The man who stopped the desert What Yacouba did next Zia Planting Pits	What is your reaction to the work of Yacouba Sawadogo?
How does this change your perception, if at all, about who is responsible for or capable of making a significant difference in the issues of climate change?
Film: Blue Gold- World Water Wars	What is your reaction to the film Blue Gold-World Water Wars?
What are the structural issues- history, politics, economics, culture- that have contributed to this problem?
What are the major global health impacts of global water scarcity?
Narrated Power Point: No toilet, no bride Article: Time to acknowledge the dirty truth behind community-led sanitation	Community-led Total Sanitation programs (CLTS) are one approach to managing sanitation issues in the developing world. There is significant criticism of this model. What do you think about this approach?
Do you support this approach? Why or why not?

Dr. Ruth Staus©2020

Dr. Ruth Staus
©
2020

Reaction & Re
flection:
Environmental
Health

Related Learning Resources

Questio
n

Student R
esponse

Videos:

The man who stopped the
desert

What Yacouba did next

Zia Pla
nting Pits

What is your reaction to the work of

Yacouba Sawadogo?

How does this change your perception,
if at all, about who is responsible for or
capable of making a signifi
cant
difference in the issues of climate
change?

Film: Blue Gold
–

World Water
Wars

What is your reaction to the film Blue
Gold
–
World Water Wars?

What are the structural issues
–

histo
ry,
politics, economics, culture
–

that have
contributed to this problem?

What are the major global health
impacts of global water scarcity?

Narrated Power Point: No toilet,
no bride

Artic
le: Time to ackno
wledge
the dirty truth behind
community
–
led sanitation

Community
–
led Total Sanitation
programs (CLTS) are o
ne approach to
managing sanitation issues in the
developing world. There is significant
criticism of this model.

What do you think about this
approach?

Do you support this approach?

Why or
why not?

Dr. Ruth Staus©2020

Reaction & Reflection: Environmental Health
Related Learning Resources Question Student Response
Videos:

The man who stopped the
desert

What Yacouba did next

Zia Planting Pits
What is your reaction to the work of
Yacouba Sawadogo?

How does this change your perception,
if at all, about who is responsible for or
capable of making a significant
difference in the issues of climate
change?

Film: Blue Gold- World Water
Wars
What is your reaction to the film Blue
Gold-World Water Wars?

What are the structural issues- history,
politics, economics, culture- that have
contributed to this problem?

What are the major global health
impacts of global water scarcity?

Narrated Power Point: No toilet,
no bride

Article: Time to acknowledge
the dirty truth behind
community-led sanitation
Community-led Total Sanitation
programs (CLTS) are one approach to
managing sanitation issues in the
developing world. There is significant
criticism of this model.

What do you think about this
approach?

Do you support this approach? Why or
why not?

HSCI 309 Global Health Issues

Reaction & Reflection Assignment #2

Environmental Health

In this assignment, students will be considering issues related to environmental health, particularly global water scarcity, desertification, and sanitation.

Students will utilize Galtung’s theory of Structural Violence to analyze the social, cultural, economic, political and historical issues that underlie global water scarcity. Foucault’s theory of Biopower and Merton’s Theory of the Unintended Consequences of Purposive Social Action are both useful in understanding the significant criticism of Community-led Sanitation programs (CLTS).

The work of Yacouba Sawadago, a farmer from Burkina Faso, in the fight against desertification, serves to call into question Western ethnocentric ideas about who is capable of making a significant difference in environmental health problems.

Assignment process:

1)Students will complete the required learning activities that are available in D2L.

2) After completing all of the readings, students will answer each of the questions using the Reaction and Reflection #2 questions template. The template is a Word document set up so students can type their answers in and then upload that document to the dropbox.

3)Reaction portion of the question: After completing the readings students will quickly write their immediate reactions to the ideas presented in the articles. **There are no “right” or “wrong” answers here. The point is for students to record their immediate, honest reactions to what they are reading*** Student’s reflections will not be “graded” as they are personal, the students receives the points for completing the reaction portion of the assignment.

4)Reflection portion of the question: Students will take some time to think about their immediate reactions and reflect on “where do my beliefs or understandings regarding this issue come from?”

Students will be required to demonstrate evidence of critical analysis as evidenced by the ability to relate their reactions to the assigned readings to critical social theories including Galtung’s Structural Violence, Foucault’s Biopower, and Merton’s Unintended consequences of purposive social action. Students need to respond with a 2-3 paragraph answer (total, divided between the reaction which is usually shorter and the reflection where the student includes analysis) to each of the questions.

5)The assignment template will be uploaded to the course dropbox in D2L by the due date indicated on the course schedule.

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Environmental Health

Introduction

 

 In this module we will be considering the many issues related to environmental health. We will be looking specifically at issues of global water scarcity, desertification, and sanitation. Students will utilize the theory of Structural Violence to analyze the social, cultural, economic, political and historical issues that underlie global water scarcity. Foucault’s theory of Biopower and Merton’s Theory of the Unintended Consequences of Purposive Social Action are both useful in understanding the significant criticism of Community-led Sanitation programs (CLTS). The work of Yacouba Sawadago, a farmer from Burkina Faso, in the fight against desertification, serves to call into question Western ethnocentric ideas about who is capable of making a significant difference in environmental health problems.

Module Learning Objectives

By the completion of this module, the student should be able to do the following:

Analyze the structural issues that have contributed to global water scarcity and describe the major global health impacts of this problem.
Describe current local efforts to fight desertification in Africa and reflect on how this changes perceptions about who is responsible for or capable of making a significant difference in issues of environmental health.
Describe Community-led Total Sanitation programs (CLTS) and discuss the significant criticism of this model. 

Required Learning Activities

Narrated Power Point:

No toilet, no bride

Reading:

Women in northern India said “no toliet, no bride” and it worked

Deforestation leading to more infectious diseases in humans

Three million people are cooking over open fires with deadly consequences

How solar ovens are changing lives in the Dominican Republic

Fed up with no sewers Pakistan’s slum residents go DIY

Time to acknowledge the dirty truth behind community-led sanitation

Videos:

Week 10 Environmental Health.html

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Environmental Health

Introduction

 

 In this module we will be considering the many issues related to environmental health. We will be looking specifically at issues of global water scarcity, desertification, and sanitation. Students will utilize the theory of Structural Violence to analyze the social, cultural, economic, political and historical issues that underlie global water scarcity. Foucault’s theory of Biopower and Merton’s Theory of the Unintended Consequences of Purposive Social Action are both useful in understanding the significant criticism of Community-led Sanitation programs (CLTS). The work of Yacouba Sawadago, a farmer from Burkina Faso, in the fight against desertification, serves to call into question Western ethnocentric ideas about who is capable of making a significant difference in environmental health problems.

Module Learning Objectives

By the completion of this module, the student should be able to do the following:

Analyze the structural issues that have contributed to global water scarcity and describe the major global health impacts of this problem.
Describe current local efforts to fight desertification in Africa and reflect on how this changes perceptions about who is responsible for or capable of making a significant difference in issues of environmental health.
Describe Community-led Total Sanitation programs (CLTS) and discuss the significant criticism of this model. 

Required Learning Activities

Narrated Power Point:

No toilet, no bride

Reading:

Women in northern India said “no toliet, no bride” and it worked

Deforestation leading to more infectious diseases in humans

Three million people are cooking over open fires with deadly consequences

How solar ovens are changing lives in the Dominican Republic

Fed up with no sewers Pakistan’s slum residents go DIY

Time to acknowledge the dirty truth behind community-led sanitation

Videos: