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Culturally Responsive Environmental Health Curriculum (CREHC) – Healthy , Happy El Paso!: Curriculum / Plan de estudios

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Module 1: Introduction to Environmental Health

Module 1: Teaching Environmental Health / Enseñanza de la Salud Ambiental

Pre-work / Trabajo previo:

Teaching Environmental Public Health: An Introduction by PBS & WGBH Educational Foundation

https://kcos.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/envh10.pd.spltk12/teaching-environmental-public-health-an-introduction

 

Date/Fecha: 07/04/2024

Time: 2:00:00 interactive lesson with handouts and activities

Hora: 2:00:00 lección interactiva con folletos y actividades


1. Teaching Environmental Health / Enseñanza de la Salud Ambiental


2. Arsenic


3. Lead Exposure


4. Aluminum


5. Bioaccumulation and toxicity

Module 2: Cultural Perspectives on Environmental Health

Module 2: Cultural Perspectives and Environmental Health / Perspectivas Culturales y Salud Ambiental

Pre-work / Trabajo previo:

From Deserts to Gardens: Indigenous Land Management Techniques Explained | Lyla June by Sustainable Human via YouTube

 https://youtu.be/5u9s8m8uaO4?feature=shared

"El Paso Residents Rally to Protect a Rio Grande Wetland" by Martha Pskowski via the Texas Standard

 https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/el-paso-residents-rally-protect-rio-grande-wetland-rio-bosque/

Soil Microbes and Climate Change by PBS & WGBH Educational Foundation.

 https://kcos.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ean08.sci.ess.earthsys.microbe/soil-microbes-and-global-warming/

 

 

Date/Fecha: XX/XX/XX

Time: 2:00:00 interactive lesson with handouts and activities

Hora: 2:00:00 lección interactiva con folletos y actividades


1. Climate Change Handout & Discussion 

2. FEMA Handout & Discussion

3. Discuss environmental hazards due to climate change and extreme weather events and hazards

4. EPA Sun Safety

Module C: Local Environmental Challenges

Module 3: Local Environmental Challenges / Desafíos Ambientales Locales

Pre-work / Trabajo previo:

Air Pollution & Your Health by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

 https://www.niehs.nih.gov/sites/default/files/health/materials/air_pollution_and_your_health_508.pdf 

Lung Health & Your Environment by the National Institute of Enviromental Health Sciences

 https://www.niehs.nih.gov/sites/default/files/health/materials/lung_health_and_your_environment_508.pdf

"El Paso, Las Cruces rank high in ozone pollution in 2023 report" By Priscilla Totiyapungprasert at El Paso Matters

 https://elpasomatters.org/2023/04/25/el-paso-texas-american-lung-association-ozone-pollution-f-grade-2023/

Pesticides by the National Institute of Environmental Health Science

 https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pesticides

 

Date/Fecha: 07/27/2024

Time: 2:00:00 interactive lesson with handouts and activities

Hora: 2:00:00 lección interactiva con folletos y actividades


1. Air Pollution / Contaminación del aire


2. Water Quality and Pollution


3. Mold Exposures 


4. Toxic Waste Landfills


5. Pesticides


6. Endocrine Disruptors

Trip to Rio Bosque Wetlands - approximately 1.5 hours

Module 4: Health Impacts of Environmental Factors

Module 4: Health Impact of Environment Factors / Impacto en la Salud de los Factores Ambientales

Pre-work / Trabajo previo:

Kiss the Ground Documentary Full Movie Spanish Subtitles - Healthy Soil, Regenerative Agriculture via YouTube

 https://youtu.be/Aywr5n4Fkvw?feature=shared

Chia Seeds and Microgreens by Microgreens World 

 https://microgreensworld.com/chia-microgreens-nutrition/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR21CMqUhEANZYRCo8ouBCiRUtwAayUOcAQpl5vES3Ty6cekzsZn6u3zOUs_aem_4gAtxgU7B2ATMEjNJiybNA#:~:text=Chia%20Microgreens%3A%20Nutritional%20Analysis&text=The%2034.4g%20of%20fiber,of%20the%20required%20daily%20value

How to Grow Chia Sprouts (with water) via YouTube via Plantcept

 https://youtu.be/VYAkOFhZdC4?feature=shared

 

Date/Fecha: 08/03/2024

Time: 2:00:00 interactive lesson with handouts and activities

Hora: 2:00:00 lección interactiva con folletos y actividades


Objective: Understand how the environment affects health.

Climate and Health Youth Education Toolkit from the American Public Health Association

https://apha.org/-/media/files/pdf/topics/climate/climate_and_health_youth_education_toolkit.pdf

**Any chapter numbers below should reference the above link for access**


1. Pollutants

2. Heat and Health

3. Stress and Health
  • Chapter 8: Mental Health and Well-being
    • See link above
  • Appendix of Tools and Resources (Visual Model Diagram)
    • See link above

4. Soil Health, Agriculture, and Nutritional Health

5. Community Health Advocacy

Module 5: Community Health and Advocacy

Module 5: Community Health Advocacy & Data Driven Environmental Health

Objective: Empower students to become community health advocates

https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2017-09/documents/ecohealth_lesson_upper_stu_handout.pdf 

Discuss what environmental justice means to participants, what would that look like in the context of advocacy, community outreach projects.

  • What is something new you learned that your community could benefit from?
  • What is the best way for you to teach it?
  • https://www.nnlm.gov/training/class-catalog/sdoeh-webinar-series
  • Mini-Modules - WE ACT for Environmental Justice

1. Data Driven Environmental Health

Objective: Introduce basic data analysis and interpretation related to environmental health

Discussion

  • EJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool 
    • https://www.epa.gov/ejscreen (Revisit tool) Zip code input –Exploration of health disparities, exposures, and or Green-space interventions topics via along with earth justice
  • EJScreen Mapping Tool
  • Begin major art project (Mural Project).

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