Case Assignment

You are employed by a local health department as manager of environmental health and safety, and one of your big cities is facing increased outbreaks of foodborne illnesses:

1. Describe what secondary and primary drivers you would use to examine and improve food safety.
2. Analyze how you would evaluate the performance and effectiveness of the improvements you have made to food safety in the city.

Assignment Expectations

Use information from your module readings/articles as well as appropriate research to support your selection.

Length: The Case Assignment should be 4-5 pages long (double-spaced).

References: At least three references must be included from academic sources (e.g., peer-reviewed journal articles). Required Reading is included. Quoted materials should not exceed 10% of the total paper (since the focus of these assignments is critical thinking). Use your own words and build on the ideas of others. Materials copied verbatim from external sources must be enclosed in quotation marks. In-text citations are required as well as a list of references at the end of the assignment. (APA format is recommended.)

Organization: Subheadings should be used to organize your paper according to the questions.

Format: APA format is recommended for this assignment.

Required Reading

Barrow, C. J. (2006). Chapter 8: Standards, monitoring, modeling, auditing, and environmental management systems. In Environmental management for sustainable development. London, GBR: Routledge.

Barr, A., Raimbault, C. A., Leroy, P., & Guye, J. N. (2016). Part II: Strategic management. In A. Barr, & C. A. Raimbault (Eds.), Emerging risks: A strategic management guide. Farnham, GB: Routledge. Available in the Trident Online Library [EBSCO]

Begun, L. & Malcolm, J. (2014). Leading public health: A competency framework. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company. Read: Chapter 4: Knowledge for public health leadership (pp. 77-104); and Chapter 5: Invigorate bold(er) pursuit of population health (pp.107-132).

Healey, B. J., & Walker, K. T. (2009). Chapter 15: Economic impacts of prevention. In Introduction to occupational health in public health practice.Hoboken, NJ, USA: Jossey-Bass.

Keene, M., & Pullin, A. S. (2011). Realizing an effectiveness revolution in environmental management. Journal of Environmental Management, 92(9), 2130-2135