Assessment Task 2: Environmental health risk assessment and intervention simulationEnvironmental...

Question

Assessment Task 2: Environmental health risk assessment and intervention simulationEnvironmental health risk assessmentEnvironmental health risk assessment typically involves1) issue identification;2) hazard assessment;3) exposure assessment;4) risk characterisation; and5) risk management (for example, see Western Australian health risk assessment guidelines http://ww2.health.wa.gov.au/~/media/Files/Corporate/general%20documents/Environmental%20health/ Health%20risk%20assesment/Health-Risk-Assessment.pdf)10% (excluding the reference list), written environmental health risk assessment report
Purpose: Apply knowledge through conducting an environmental health assessment and developing an intervention plans.InstructionsThis assessment involves students assuming the role of an Environmental Health Officer working for the City of Melbourne. Students will conduct an environmental health risk assessment involving the quantification of hazards associated with overcrowding and poorly constructed inner-city apartments. Students will provide the findings of the assessment, their recommendations for intervention, and an appropriate communication plan to alert stakeholders about their findings.Specifically, students’ written report should cover the following:1. Issue identification: Identify at least 2 likely health hazards associated with overcrowding and poor living conditions in Melbourne’s inner-city apartments (e.g. infection risk, exposure to noise, air pollution, extreme temperatures, fire risk etc.). Describe how the hazards arise, by citing academic literature and/or reputable newspaper/media articles.2. Hazard and exposure assessment: Assess the likely health impacts of the identified hazards, citing academic literature and/or official statistical resources (ABS, WHO etc) as appropriate.Discuss the mechanisms through which those hazards impact health, and whether particular sub-populations are particularly exposed to the hazards (e.g. low socio-economic groups, youth, older adults, migrants etc.).3. Risk characterisation: Make an overall assessment of the level of health risk from environmental hazards, considering the likelihood and severity of health impacts at the population level. (For ideas, see p. 28 and pp. 33-35 of the ‘Environmental Health Standing Committee 2012’ reference listed below and available on LEO).4. Risk management plan: Outline recommendations for intervention by the City of Melbourne and/or other stakeholders (e.g. state government, building inspectors, property developers, apartment residents, landlords etc.), and how your findings and recommendations will be communicated to the public and/or stakeholders.Students should give their report a title that reflects its content, and include an introduction which briefly describes the issue of poor living conditions in inner-city apartments, and outlines the main findings. Finish with a conclusion or summary. Students are encouraged to include images, figures and tables, where these will support the explanation and analysis.In your report, you are welcome to cite literature from other countries/cities about high density housing, but remember to relate this information to Melbourne, as this is the focus on this assessment

pubh630-at2-instructions-rubricfinal-2019-5awcfkmo.pdf

Soumi · Accepted Answer

Running Head: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT	1
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT	2
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT FOR OVERCROWDED AND POORLY CONSTRUCTED INNER-CITY APARTMENTS OF MELBOURNE
Table of Contents
Introduction	3
Environmental Health Risk Assessment of Poorly Constructed and Overcrowded Intercity Apartment Focusing on Melbourne	3
Issue Identification	4
Air Pollution	4
Risk of Infection	5
Fire Risk	5
Hazard and exposure assessment	6
House accidents	7
Radon	7
Risk Characterisations	7
Air pollution	8
Infectious disease	8
Temperature	8
Housing, Neighbourhoods and Mental Health	9
High Rise Flats	9
Risk Management Plan	9
Conclusion	10
References	12
Introduction
There are many reasons for which health is affected dramatically, such as physical, and environmental or social well-being; all of these considerations are interconnected in many different ways. According to Forouzanfar et al. (2016), environmental factors include the following types of factors, such as natural environment, food production, and physical environment, quality of water and air, and social inequalities, which affect human health. The World Health Organization showed a definition of health in 1946 that health is a social issue as a biological issue. 
The relations between our housing crisis and dealing with the health of the nation are increasing. The WHO estimates that 10 percent of the annual budget is used in Melbourne, due to diseases and injuries caused by poor housing (WHO, 2018). A secure home is the foundation of a city, on which the person and the family build a better future life. For this reason, people get access to the services they need the most, and they gain more independence.
Environmental Health Risk Assessment of Poorly Constructed and Overcrowded Intercity Apartment Focusing on Melbourne 
Numerous wellbeing risks can be connected to the poor housing framework. The inner-city apartment is quite crowded, causing physical, psychological, social and environmental conditions are getting worse. They would all be able to be interlinked with one another. The earth incorporates different pieces of the common habitat, for example, water quality, air quality, nourishment productivity, home and traffic, and other physical condition segments. The social aspects of Melbourne include much social equality and income work, which affect health very much (Australian Government, 2019).
There has been a lot of research on the relationship between physical and mental health, and in these research, it has been found that the quality of the housing becomes apparent when the relationship between poor health and poor housing comes in time. As mentioned by Maragkidou et al. (2017), the quality of poor housing is associated with many difficulties such as poor nutrition and lack of personal freedom. An ordinary person spends most of his time in his home, and due to the weak housing system, long-lasting health problems can occur. 
The most impact is in children and women, and these diseases can lead everyone to disability. There can be a person's death, even if they are not treated correctly with any health condition. Similarly, congestion is considered the root cause of many such health hazards. Due to the overcrowding, any infection or disease spreads very quickly uncontrolled and that has become very difficult to control.
Issue Identification
There is very close connection between housing and health. The structure of a healthy home should be beautiful and wonderful. A healthy home should be free of dangers. Also sleeping in a healthy home, and, there should be enough facilities for preparing food. There should be an atmosphere for comfortable relaxation inside the house. Along with this, the house should have a quiet atmosphere. Therefore, as suggested by Clay (2016), there should also be social exchange facilities with friends, family and others. The local environment is also important in determining factors such as fear of crime, access to local services and facilities and promoting social interaction. These are some issues that have been identified for poor housing and poor health.
Air Pollution
Air pollution is becoming a major issue in Melbourne. There are several reasons, which are affecting its effect very much. It becomes more dangerous when there is more crowd in the area and the situation of living there is bad. The effects of air pollution are more dangerous for healthy people. Due to poor housing system, air pollution is affecting healthy people. Air pollution can be caused by combustion fuel in many sources such as homes, automobiles, animal waste and waste management (Cunningham & Fox Koob, 2019). As the population of the inner city starts to be crowded, due to its poor condition of living there, different waste management system leads to leakage, which produces very harmful gases, due to which air pollution increases. Apart from this, there is a decrease in air ventilation. Similarly, the increased concentration of carbon dioxide from any of the fumes has developed and especially in this case can increase the risks in the lungs.
Risk of Infection
The other substantial health hazard is the name of the ‘Infection’. These always cause viral or other infectious diseases due to full houses. This increases the risk of being infected. The condition of housing will only improve or work in the contagious. If homes were remained clean, infectious would never spread. Due to congested areas and inadequate housing, the chances of the disease increase. One of the main reasons is poor ventilation and the presence of infectious agents such as smoke on poor health. One of the most infectious diseases, their condition is tuberculosis. It is easily spread as a result of sneezing of a Tuberculosis patient (Clay, 2017).
Fire Risk
The risk of fire is directly related to the quality of a neighbourhood, and it is also linked to the quality of housing in the area. The risk of fire in the crowded city is the highest. Ventilation always leaves smoke coming out of the house. Due to the poor housing system, ventilation facility is not available in the house of the people. For this reason, as informed by Bernardini, D’Orazio and Quagliarini (2016), the smoke remains inside the house in the event of a fire, which causes the smoke to enter the lungs of the people — thereby causing very serious harm to the people. In these areas,

Assessment Task 2: Environmental health risk assessment and intervention simulationEnvironmental health risk assessmentEnvironmental health risk assessment typically involves1) issue identification;2)...

Answer To: Assessment Task 2: Environmental health risk assessment and intervention simulationEnvironmental...

Answer To This Question Is Available To Download

Related Questions & Answers

Submit New Assignment