📘 Course Connection:

In PHE 540, students assess the human health risks associated with environmental hazards. This template guides you through the formal Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) process—used to determine if environmental contaminants or illnesses pose a risk to people and ecosystems.

🎯 Purpose of the HHRA Template:

This worksheet is used across two milestones in the course to help you:

• Identify and evaluate potential hazards
• Analyze exposure and dose-response data
• Estimate the magnitude and probability of health effects
• Present findings using both visual and written components

🛠 This tool is part of the Evaluation step in the voluntary agreement process and is crucial for public health decision-making.

🔬 The Four Steps of HHRA:

📋 Template Breakdown:

📌 Milestone One (Module 3)

• Part A: Planning with the 5Ws – Descriptive epidemiology: what, who, where, when, why
• Part B: Annotated Bibliography – Three annotated sources analyzing health determinants (biological, social, and political)

📌 Milestone Two (Module 5)

• Part A: Hazard Identification – Includes toxicokinetics, toxicodynamics, and concept mapping
• Part B: Dose-Response – Adverse health effects at different exposure levels
• Part C: Exposure – Pathways and routes of exposure

📈 Visuals, like graphs and concept maps, are encouraged to support your analysis.

🔎 Resources for Environmental & Epidemiologic Data:

• EPA Envirofacts
• EPA MyEnvironment
• U.S. Census Data