PUBLIC HEALTH 320 MIDTERM|2023/24 UPDATE|GRADED A+

WHAT IS ACADEMIC INTEGRITY? A commitment, even in the face of adversity, to five fundamental values. From these values flow principles of behavior that enable academic communities to translate ideals into action. Environmental Health Types of careers - Safety Professional (Safety Engineers) - Industrial Hygienist - Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) Safety Professional Duties Accident and injury prevention Emphasis in training, motivation, behavior modification Safety Professional requirements - Associate Safety Professional (ASP) » Safety Fundamentals exam » Interim certification toward CSP - Certified Safety Professional (CSP) - CSP certification adds $10 K Industrial Hygienist duties/skills Characterizing workplace contaminant sources, ventilation systems • Occupational and environmental exposure assessment/modeling • Exposure measurement techniques, multi-media exposure • Aerosol science • Air quality management • Control of indoor air quality Registered Environmental Health Specialist duties AKA: The "Health Inspector" or "Sanitarian" -Water quality and safety at public swimming pools, spas, beaches, lakes, water parks - Food inspection -Recreational Health -Handling hazardous materials REHS requirements - Four-year college degree - Minimum of required 30 semester units of science courses in biology, chemistry, physics, environmental health/science, etc - Training Health Professions resources available - services offered? Health professions advising w/ Dr. Mouttapa Exposure to: -Volunteer opportunities -Scholarship opportunities Assistance in: -the professional school application process. -Faculty directly review applications, personal statements, and letters of recommendation (for errors) -Committee/Letter packets are uploaded to application services by our office In addition to grades, experience is absolutely necessary. You must make time to: -Shadow the health profession you will apply to. -Volunteer in hospital or clinical settings. -Being involved in some capacity in the community. -Any other evidence of leadership. In text citation apa (Author, year) example: (Monahan & Smith, 2002) Multiple Authors in-text citations Two Authors - always list both Authors (Smith & Brown, 2009) Three to Five Authors - list all authors first time, then use et al. (Smith, Brown, Watts, & Johnson, 2008) (Smith et al., 2008) Six or More Authors - list first author then et al. (Smith et al., 2012) APA citation Title of article - only things capitalized: 1st word of title, 1st word after a colon, and proper nouns Only things Italicized: Title of Periodical and volume number Industrial Hygiene requirements -BA/BS with 60 semester units in undergraduate or graduate level courses in science, math, engineering and science based technology, with at least 15 of those hours at the upper (junior, senior or graduate) level. -Four years broad based professional Industrial Hygiene experience. -College courses in IH fundamentals, measurements, controls and toxicology.