ENVIRONMENTS AND HEALTH

ENVIRONMENTS AND HEALTH

Introduction

The discussion handles  various environmental risk factors, mitigation strategies that ensure that environmental threats are eliminated in the environments which infants are exposed to ensure they have good health which contributes their wellbeing. The paper also provides the summary of presentation which is highlighted in the pamphlet, experience with a female parent, demographic information the subjects, experience with the participant, and assess the understanding level of the parent and improvements that should be conducted on the methodology.

Health literacy and patient safety

Lack of understanding and action on medical information, millions of adults require basic lliteracy skills. Many people are illiterate about environmental health concerns in the society. Doctors normally talk to patients in complex terms that the less illiterate cannot understand. The average United States citizen reads at eight grade levels, however, the health care information is usually taught at the college level of education. This gap leads to disconnection which results in confusion, helplessness, and frustrations (Lundgren & McMakin, 2018). ven to individuals who have pursued education up to college level some of the medical terms are complex for them understand According to research one in five America citizens is functionally uneducated and are considered to be at greatest risk

Summary of the teaching/learning interaction

The pamphlet begins with educating the parent and child about factors and various conditions that make young ones to be vulnerable to environmental risks. The teaching enlightens the parent that if young children are exposed to toxins from the environments, their bodies will absorb the toxins which in the future life will lead to various health complications. Therefore it is important to secure the future health of the infants through ensuring that the conditions they are presently exposed to are free of environmental risks. The audience is educated about various forms of risks such as environmental pollution, vectors of infectious sickness and restriction of exposing children to toxic chemicals.

The pamphlet discusses actions which should be taken to ensure children security is highly maintained. The teaching acknowledges various aspects of risk and their influence on mortality rate. The environmental risks education enlightens parents about three major strategies that should be applied to minimize threats to the infant’s life. The first strategy entails the creation of various projects and community initiatives that deal with environmental risk (Marotz, 2014). Alot of harmful insects reside in water bodies such as dams and fish ports. Community initiatives ensure that there are programs to spray chemicals into the water bodies to kill malaria larvae and other organisms that impose a threat to human lives.

The community initiatives also entail the provision of adult and specialized educational training to illiterate parents so that they are acquitted with the knowledge to understand basic health issues. According to the assignment video, a lot of medical mistakes were made since the patients were illiterate and were incapable of understanding doctor directives or read documents before making decisions. The education program will enable such individuals to gain knowledge on handling environmental risks, understanding health issues and make decisions that promote their children’s well-being (Lundgren & McMakin, 2018) The other reason to ensure thathe infants are nurtured in a safe environment involves usage of clean fuels that do not produce toxins or harmful by-products. Parents are also educated on how to balance and regulated the environment to eliminate health risks.

Parent is also educated on various ways of conducting simple health assessments on the young ones to determine their health status to ensure appropriate steps are taken in case there is an emergency. A lot of parents has made wrong decisions due to lack of knowledge to identify the kind of attention their children require.

Demographical information

Parent

Age: 32 years

Gender: Female

Ethnicity: African-American

Educational level: Sixth grade

Child

Age: 6 years

Gender: male

Ethnicity: African-American

Assessment of parent understanding

The parents understanding and  was moderate in a range of scale from  1 to 3 where 1 is high, 2 is moderate and 3 is worse since her education level did not qualify to support in-depth understanding of medical directions taught to promote healthy environment. The parent constantly asked questions which were explained to the level of her understanding to create impact. Due to her low level of education, the training was conducted in easy English and in slow pace to enable her absorbs knowledge being provided about environmental heaith and safety. General questions about the training on health safety and environmental factors which the parent was asked after the session resulted in a 70 percent score of right answers. Areas that the parent asked for clarifications were handled adequately. The parent was able to openly admit to immediate implementation of some of environmental risk mitigation strategies. This indicated that the training was successful and contributed positively towards minimizing the environmental risks and keeping young children safe.  The parent was able to learn various tests and safety issues that pertain to the well-being and health of the enviroment

Your impressions of the experience

The experience was positive since results were constructive because the parent was able to capture most of the content. It was a good experience especially when the parent was concurring that there are some activities and conditions she has exposed the child to which was destructive. The parent was able to make an instant resolution to make adjustments to environmental conditions the child is exposed to ensure good health.

Improvements

There are several improvements that should be made, in the training sessions a lot of physical demonstrations would be incorporated. There are other technical aspects which should be introduced to help the great impact of the strategies deployed to ensure a safe environment is availed for young children. The lead to evidence provided should be more specific with convincing values to assist in instilling change patterns. Various data representation tools like charts and images should be used to increase the understanding of various concepts being taught.

Conclusion

The paper has discussed various experiences which are realized through usage of the designed pamphlet to enlighten a parent about environmental risks, contributing factors, various ways to handle the threats and outcomes which are associated with the designed pamphlet. The pamphlet educates the society about three environmental risks and their mitigation strategies to ensure that the environment which infants are brought up is safe and healthy.

Reference

Lundgren, R. E., & McMakin, A. H. (2018). Risk communication: A handbook for communication of environmental, safety, and health risks. John Wiley & Sons.

Marotz, L. R. (2014). Health, safety, and nutrition for the young child. Nelson Education