Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth
Andrew woke up with a guinea worm coming out of his foot as a result of drinking unsafe water a year previously.

Anjali awoke with a cough because smoke from kilns filled her dilapidated home.

Tyler stayed home from school because he had a stomachache from eating bad beef.

What are the links between the environments in which these young people live and their health problems?

The stories, most set in poor communities, draw attention to the effects of air, water, food, climate, urbanization, and other human impacts on health. A comprehensive teaching guide provides a context from which readers can explore problems and solutions in environmental health.
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Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth
Andrew woke up with a guinea worm coming out of his foot as a result of drinking unsafe water a year previously.

Anjali awoke with a cough because smoke from kilns filled her dilapidated home.

Tyler stayed home from school because he had a stomachache from eating bad beef.

What are the links between the environments in which these young people live and their health problems?

The stories, most set in poor communities, draw attention to the effects of air, water, food, climate, urbanization, and other human impacts on health. A comprehensive teaching guide provides a context from which readers can explore problems and solutions in environmental health.
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Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth

Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth

Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth

Environmental Health Narratives: A Reader for Youth

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Overview

Andrew woke up with a guinea worm coming out of his foot as a result of drinking unsafe water a year previously.

Anjali awoke with a cough because smoke from kilns filled her dilapidated home.

Tyler stayed home from school because he had a stomachache from eating bad beef.

What are the links between the environments in which these young people live and their health problems?

The stories, most set in poor communities, draw attention to the effects of air, water, food, climate, urbanization, and other human impacts on health. A comprehensive teaching guide provides a context from which readers can explore problems and solutions in environmental health.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826351678
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 08/15/2012
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 400
File size: 3 MB
Age Range: 9 - 11 Years

About the Author

Emily Mendenhall is an assistant professor of global health at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.

Adam Koon works in global health program management and research. Lately he has been working on guinea worm and polio eradication campaigns in South Sudan and India.
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