Assignment 2: Required Assignment—Potential Public Health Impacts

Public health professionals play various roles including being expert witnesses. This case study presents a situation where you are called upon to provide expertise.  Consider the following scenario:   A major agribusiness is interested in opening a beef confined animal feeding operation (CAFO) in your community. To ensure compliance to procedures, there will be public hearings on the proposal. The local government is very interested in seeing the operation established because it will generate employment and income for the community.  Using the readings for this module, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, explain the health impacts the CAFO can have on the community in a 6–8-page research paper. In your research paper, at a minimum, make sure you address the following: 1.Describe the typical health effects a CAFO can have on a community. Remember to: a.Discuss both natural and man-made health issues that may arise from the CAFO. b.Discuss both short- and long-term effects, individual and community effects, and environmental effects.  2.Explain the legal standards surrounding CAFO as they are in the United States, and explain how the local government agencies would respond to help alleviate or mitigate any health risks. 3.Propose specific efforts the community can make to provide risk reduction, risk control, and risk communication, helping to mitigate any negative effects of the CAFO in the community.  Your paper should be written in proper research paper format with full APA compliance, to include a title page, header, page numbers, abstract, use of Level I and II headings, in-text citations, and a properly formatted references page.  By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.  Assignment 2 Grading Criteria     Assignment Components  Proficient   Maximum Points   Discuss both natural and man-made health issues that may arise from the CAFO. Natural and man-made issues that may arise from the CAFO identified are accurate and represent all common issues. How they arise is discussed. Support from scholarly evidence is used.  36   Discuss both short- and long-term effects, individual and community effects, and environmental effects. Effects discussed are clear, specific, and accurate. Specific examples of short, long, individual, community, and environmental effects are presented and discussed.  36   Explain the legal standards surrounding CAFO as they are in the United States, and explain how the local government agencies would respond to help alleviate or mitigate any health risks. Legal standards identified are accurate and complete. Explanation of how the local government agencies would respond to help alleviate or mitigate any health risks is clear, accurate, and provides specific examples. Evidence from scholarly sources is used to support ideas.  36   Propose specific efforts the community can make to provide risk reduction, risk control, and risk communication, helping to mitigate any negative effects of the CAFO in the community. Efforts proposed are specific, clear, and appropriate for the scenario. They clearly will provide risk reduction, risk control, and risk communication. How they will help mitigate any negative effects is discussed. Evidence from scholarly sources is used to support ideas.  44   Writing Components    Organization:  Write with clear organization appropriate to required format, including introduction, thesis/main idea, transitions, and conclusion, when appropriate.  Introduction has a clear opening, provides background information, and states the topic. The assignment (e.g., report, presentation) is organized around an arguable stated thesis or main idea. Transitions are appropriate and help the flow of ideas. Conclusion summarizes main argument and has a clear ending. Writing generally provides a consistent coherency among ideas.   12   Usage and Mechanics:  Write using proper grammar, spelling, usage, and mechanics to provide smooth readability. Writing follows conventions of spelling and grammar throughout. Writing skills are competent. Good command of language. Bullet points and/or sentence structures are accurate. Capitalization, punctuation, and indentation reasonably well followed. Spelling errors are very few. All errors are infrequent and do not interfere with readability or comprehension.  12   APA Elements:  Include proper attribution, paraphrasing, and quotations of all sources. Using APA format, accurately paraphrased, quoted, and cited throughout the presentation when appropriate or called for. Only a few minor errors present.  12   Audience and Communication:  Write specifically to key audience, using terminology and tone appropriate for the audience. Writing is focused. Tone is adequately formal in keeping with the audience.  12   Total:     200