Health & Medical Question
1) How is environmental justice addressed in the National Environmental Policy Act, andhow effective has that part of the law been? Explain the rationale of your answer and
support it with readings and examples taken from the literature.
Sources:
Kepner, W. (2016). EPA and a brief history of environmental law in the
United States. International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), Las
Vegas, NV.
NEPA.gov (2019). National Environmental Policy Act: Welcome.
Retrieved at https://ceq.doe.gov/
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services. (2018). Rivers and Harbors Appropriation
Act of 1899. Digest of federal resources laws of interest to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service. Retrieved
from https://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/riv1899.html
Carruth, R. S., & Goldstein, B. D. (2014). Chapter 1: Overview of U.S.
legal system. In Environmental health law: An introduction (pp. 1–22). San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, Wiley.
National Environmental Policy Act. (n.d.). Welcome. Retrieved
from https://ceq.doe.gov/index.html
Spina, F. (2015). Environmental justice and patterns of State
inspections. Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell), 96(2), 417-429.
doi:10.1111/ssqu.12160
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2017). How citizens can comment
and participate in the National Environmental Policy Act process.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2018). EPA history. Retrieved
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2019). Environmental justice
considerations in the NEPA process. Retrieved
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2 Evaluation Process and Guidelines
Evaluation is defined as the determination of the worth or value of something – such as
educational and social programs, policies, and personnel – judged according to appropriate
criteria. Please comment on the following statement: The evaluation of educational and social
programs aspires to be an institution for democratizing public decisions. Second, please
discuss what are the advantages and disadvantages of standard evaluation guidelines.
Resources:
CDC (1999). Framework for Program Evaluation in Public Health.
MMWR 48:RR-11 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr4811.pdf
CDC (2015). Adolescent and school health-program evaluation. Retrieved
from
http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/evaluation/index.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d). Types of Evaluation.
Retrieved
from https://www.cdc.gov/std/program/pupestd/types%20of%20evaluation.
pdf
Connelly, L. M. (2015). Evaluation research. Medsurg Nursing: Official
Journal of the Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses, 24(1), 60, 34.
Available via Trident Online Library.
First Nation Development Institute (n.d). Successful Evaluation: Creating
SMART Goals and Objectives. Retrieved
fromhttps://firstnations.org/sites/default/files/GrantseekerResources/Evalu
ationTips_SMARTGoalsObjectives.pdf
University of Kansas (2018). The community tool box. Evaluating
Community Programs and Initiatives Chapter 36, Section 1 – A framework
for Program Evaluation: A Gateway to tools Retrieved
from https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-ofcontents/evaluate/evaluation/framework-for-evaluation/main
University of Kansas (2018). The community tool box. Evaluating
Community Programs and Initiatives Chapter 36, Section 5 – Developing
an evaluation plan. Retrieved from https://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-ofcontents/evaluate/evaluation/evaluation-plan/main
