7924 (v.6) Injury Control 288


Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

4.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Rationale for a public health approach to injury prevention. Scientific principles of injury causation magnitude and cost of the injury problem, prevention models. Educational/behavioural, engineering and technological and legislative/regulatory strategies. Effective design and implementation of prevention programs. Evaluating programs. Data sources. Use of data. Limitations of data. Investigation of common types of injury. Practice in the application of principles of prevention. Case studies in injury control.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

60100 Medical Studies (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

3

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y   Y
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2     Y
2004 Bentley Campus Summer Period   Y  
2004 BPI Intern'l Group S'pore Trimester 2A Y    
Area
External
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central
External
refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area