******The Zika virus outbreak; Flint, Michigan drinking water crisis; and Hurricane Katrina show the impact environmental health issues can have on vulnerable populations. Families who live in poverty are a vulnerable population in that their communities pose unknown environmental threats. These families, in many cases, already have compromised health due to lack of access to health care and little money to spend on much needed healthy food and medications******

******How can the United States health care system effectively meet the challenges of caring for vulnerable populations whose environment poses health risks?***** Consider air quality, drinking water, hazardous waste, lead poisoning, lack of access to supermarkets, climate change, lack of air conditioning during heat waves and failing/aging infrastructure.

*****What is the role of the APRN as it relates to environmental health and the family?*****

****Your response must have a clear, well formulated thesis; development using citations from the readings and references; and sentence structure, grammar, punctuation****
***Must be peer reviewed sources from the USA in the past 5 years