PHP 0320 EXAM 2 (COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND
ADVOCACY)
How does the eco-social perspective relate to the Flint water crisis? - Answer -
Neighborhoods and cities
How do factors affecting the health of a community/population relate to the Flint water
crisis? - Answer -Community organizing:
-bringing people together to combat health problem, engaging communities to act
-politics, psychology of risk, social values affect potential for organizing
Describe Flint, Michigan before the water crisis. - Answer --200,000 residents
-primarily supported by car manufacturing and general motors
-decline in economy due to loss of automotive jobs and disinvestment in city (2010
Census revealed majority was Black, over a quarter was under 18, high rates of
poverty)
Advocacy - Answer -Act or process of supporting cause/proposal
Describe the different stages of advocacy. - Answer -Information stage --> Collecting
and analyzing data/evidence that describes health issue or problem
Strategy stage --> Devising plan to address determinants or causes of issue
Action stage --> Implementing strategies, activities, programs
Who were the advocates in the Flint water crisis? - Answer --residents
-local activists
-lawyers (filed lawsuits and represented residents)
-pediatricians
-media (communicated info)
How does where you live impact your health (besides water)? - Answer --living <300m
from major highways is associated with childhood asthma, impaired lung function, heart
morbidity/mortality, premature death
-industrial sources have air pollution (more likely Black and Hispanic communities)
-hog farms have waste pits concentrated near high poverty and non-white populations
(large scale farming more likely to be near low income b/c it produces economic
revenue)
Describe the legionnaires disease outbreak. - Answer --severe pneumonia caused by
water-borne bacteria
-killed 13 people and sickened 87
ADVOCACY)
How does the eco-social perspective relate to the Flint water crisis? - Answer -
Neighborhoods and cities
How do factors affecting the health of a community/population relate to the Flint water
crisis? - Answer -Community organizing:
-bringing people together to combat health problem, engaging communities to act
-politics, psychology of risk, social values affect potential for organizing
Describe Flint, Michigan before the water crisis. - Answer --200,000 residents
-primarily supported by car manufacturing and general motors
-decline in economy due to loss of automotive jobs and disinvestment in city (2010
Census revealed majority was Black, over a quarter was under 18, high rates of
poverty)
Advocacy - Answer -Act or process of supporting cause/proposal
Describe the different stages of advocacy. - Answer -Information stage --> Collecting
and analyzing data/evidence that describes health issue or problem
Strategy stage --> Devising plan to address determinants or causes of issue
Action stage --> Implementing strategies, activities, programs
Who were the advocates in the Flint water crisis? - Answer --residents
-local activists
-lawyers (filed lawsuits and represented residents)
-pediatricians
-media (communicated info)
How does where you live impact your health (besides water)? - Answer --living <300m
from major highways is associated with childhood asthma, impaired lung function, heart
morbidity/mortality, premature death
-industrial sources have air pollution (more likely Black and Hispanic communities)
-hog farms have waste pits concentrated near high poverty and non-white populations
(large scale farming more likely to be near low income b/c it produces economic
revenue)
Describe the legionnaires disease outbreak. - Answer --severe pneumonia caused by
water-borne bacteria
-killed 13 people and sickened 87
