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How to Do the Blog

Blog Activity

Students will create a PM565 Global Health Blog using blogspot.com. You are required to post a minimum of two separate blog entries each equivalent to 5 pages in length. The blog should be in a scholarly paper format on the topics discussed in class and should draw from both course readings and outside literature. In addition, each student is to comment on two peer blogs in a constructive discussion format.

The Topics
The Growing Burden of Non-communicable Diseases: a look at cancer, chronic respiratory disease, diabetes, heart disease, mental health, and injury

Case Study: The Impact of Cervical Cancer Vaccine Equity

The Sources

WEEK 7: February 23: Epidemiological Shifts Anticipated from Global Environmental Change

McMichael AJ, Ranmuthugala G. Global Climate Change and Human Health. IN: Kawachi I, Wamala S, eds. Globalization and Health. New York: Oxford University Press; 2006: 81-97.

Campbell-Lendrum D, Woodruff R. Comparative Risk Assessment of the Burden of Disease from Climate Change. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2006; 114(12): 1935-1941.

Ebi KL, Mills DM, Smith JB, Grambsch A. Climate Change and Human Health Impacts in the United States: An Update on the Results of the U.S. National Assessment. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2006; 114(9): 1318-1324.