For this assignment, you will conduct a literature review and identify a community of Native Indian in Navajo land that is disproportionately exposed to uranium due to the abandoned mine. Based on your literature review, you will write a paper that discusses the following themes and topics:
Description of the community at risk: What is the topic for your research paper? (in one sentence describe the disproportionate burden including the exact location, the environmental issue, and the health challenges).What is the geographic area of the community? (e.g. city, neighborhood).What are the environmental conditions that impact the health of the community? (e.g. specifics about air quality, water quality, contaminated soil). Who lives in the community? (e.g. demographic conditions: race, age, socio-economic status, occupation, and educational status)
Health statistic.
What are the health issues affecting the community at risk? How does the health of the impacted community differ from others? Compare the health conditions for the community at risk to the rates of other communities (neighborhood, city, and/or county) and the overall U.S. population. Include the rates of specific disease(s) linked to the identified exposure of concern.
3.Influencing environmental and social factors
Environmental and social factors influencing health
Economics, government policies, cultural practices, geography, access to health care, and other factors.
4.Conclusion
Recommendations
Summary and conclusions of research and analysis
A minimum of 3 recommendations, including at least 1 of which is related to policy
Recommendations aim at prevention of exposure at the source
Note: Can not use direct quote from the article.The reference must be scholarly source from database (PubMed or ScienceDirect). 6 pages not included title and references pages.
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