On-line Assessment Task One Air quality and air pollution This is an assessment task and contributes to your final grade. Use no more than 150 words (about 3 to 4 short paragraphs) to complete this task. Explain, either your response to the task or a reply to another student’s response. Please be respectful of the stated word limits for the on-line tasks. Do not ignore the limit! More is not better. It is thoughtless and unprofessional to write a long stream of disorganised thoughts. The on-line post is a time to demonstrate excellent writing skills, to be succinct, structured and to provide a synthesis of the ideas. If you need to write a lot to think your answer through, please do so in a separate space not on the discussion forum. Remember to post this on-line. On-line—Question 1: Review the “source” of the air pollutants and explain whether the source is modifiable? If so what is the “trade-off” for society for reducing the emission? [50 words] On-line—Question 2: Review the “health effects” of the air pollutants and explain whether these are “causative” or “exacerbate pre-existing” health effects? Identify an alternate agent or factor that may have the same health effect and is not climate related? [50 words] On-line—Question 3: Review the “vulnerable populations” most impacted by the air pollutants. Of these which population has the most influence on social, economic and government policy? Why? [50 words] On-line Assessment Task Two Air quality and air pollution: moving from concept to practice This is an assessment task and contributes to your final grade. Use no more than 200 words (about 3 to 4 short paragraphs) to complete this task. Explain, either your response to the task or a reply to another student’s response. Please be respectful of the stated word limits for the on-line tasks. Do not ignore the limit! More is not better. It is thoughtless and unprofessional to write a long stream of disorganised thoughts. The on-line post is a time to demonstrate excellent writing skills, to be succinct, structured and to provide a synthesis of the ideas. If you need to write a lot to think your answer through, please do so in a separate space not on the discussion forum. Remember to post this on-line. On-line—Question 1: Select one adaptation and one mitigation strategy for air quality and evaluate both according to the following criteria. Is the strategy:- [100 words] (a) Acceptable to the broader community? (b) Feasible to implement? (c) Scientifically valid i.e., demonstrated impact on human health outcomes? On-line—Question 2: Briefly comment on one of the following challenges:- translating “principles into practise”; or moving from a “good idea or concept into application in a real world”; or communicating potential hazards that are expected to occur in the distant future? [100 words On-line Assessment Task Three Air quality and air pollution reflection This is an assessment task and contributes to your final grade. Use no more than 100 words (about 3 short paragraphs) to complete this task. Explain, either your response to the task or a reply to another student’s response. Please be respectful of the stated word limits for the on-line tasks. Do not ignore the limit! More is not better. It is thoughtless and unprofessional to write a long stream of disorganised thoughts. The on-line post is a time to demonstrate excellent writing skills, to be succinct, structured and to provide a synthesis of the ideas. If you need to write a lot to think your answer through, please do so in a separate space not on the discussion forum. Remember to post this on-line. Reflect on what you have read, thought and written during this module. On-line—Question 1 What did you learn from studying this Module? List one to three key points only! [50 words] On-line—Question 2 Do you think this new information will help you as a public health practitioner, clinician or citizen in a practical way to minimise the health impact of climate change on human health? Explain why or why not. [50 words]
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