Critical Evaluation and Comparative Analysis of Environmental Health Journal Articles

Consider these news headlines:

“Water crisis in local town has led to increases in GI-related diseases.”
“Mesothelioma cases continue to increase in adults who attended public schools in this county.”
“Outbreak of Listeria continues in ice cream manufacturing despite installing increased protocols.”

These news headlines seem quite ordinary in today’s world. However, although advances in public health have dramatically improved living conditions and safety in communities, ongoing challenges remain in preserving, maintaining, and ensuring the public’s safety. Not surprisingly, as advances continue, the relationship between environmental conditions and human health are perhaps more than ever deserving of more attention and critical analysis.

Thoroughly evaluate the journal article that your instructor provided and complete a scholarly critique of the content. Your response must include the following:

Describe the public health significance of the study. Discuss whether the impact is local or global and what important public health gap might be filled by this article. Be specific.

Critique the methodology. Support your analysis of how effective this methodology was and what might have been done differently to be more effective.

Interpret the results in your own words and explain whether you agree or disagree with the author’s interpretation. Be specific.

Appraise whether the findings are actionable and if so, describe at least one action.

Please find below the citation for the Module 1 article: 

Locate another journal article on the same topic as the journal article that your Instructor provided in Week 1. In your posting:

• Provide the full APA reference for your journal article. 
• Compare and contrast the articles by explaining whether the findings support each other or are in contradiction. Be specific.
• Explain whether your opinions about the topic have changed in any way as a result of reviewing the second article and your peers’ opinions. Be specific

Required Readings

• Falta, D. A. (2022). Maxwell’s understanding environmental health: How we live in the world (3rd ed.). Jones & Bartlett Learning, L.L.C.
  
  • Chapter 1, “Environmental Hazards to Human Health” (pp. 1–3)
  • Chapter 2, “The Science of Environmental Health”
    
    • Section 2.1, “Pollution on Our Planet” (pp. 9–16)
    • Section 2.2, “Toxicology: The Science of Poisons” (pp. 17–23)
    • Section 2.3, “Exposure Assessment” (pp. 24–36)
  • Chapter 6, “Producing Manufactured Goods”
    
    • Section 6.2, “Toxic Metals” (pp. 152–158)
      
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2023). National Center for Environmental Health.Links to an external site. https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/
  
• National Environmental Health Association.Links to an external site. (n.d.). https://www.neha.org/
  
• National Institutes of Health. (n.d.). National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.Links to an external site. https://www.niehs.nih.gov/
  
• United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2023). Environmental justice.Links to an external site. https://www.epa.gov/environmentaljustice
  
• Walden Academic Skills. (2020, February 24). Critical reading for evaluationLinks to an external site.. The Savvy Student. https://waldenacademicskills.wordpress.com/2020/02/24/critical-reading-for-evaluation/

Journal Article (Already Completed) February 28^TH 2024

Please find below the citation for the Module 1 article: 

Lynch, H. N., Kozal, J. S., Russell, A. J., Thompson, W. J., Divis, H. R., Freid, R. D., … & Mundt, K. A. (2022). Systematic review of the scientific evidence on ethylene oxide as a human carcinogen. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 364, 110031. 

*********** Wk 2 Discussion 

Locate another journal article on the same topic as the journal article that your Instructor provided in Week 1. In your posting:

• Provide the full APA reference for your journal article. 
• Compare and contrast the articles by explaining whether the findings support each other or are in contradiction. Be specific.
• Explain whether your opinions about the topic have changed in any way as a result of reviewing the second article and your peers’ opinions. Be specific.