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309590 (v.1) Managing Health Risks 592


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. **
 
Clinical Practice: 1 x 4 Hours Weekly
 
Syllabus: Not available until 2006. This unit covers the assessment, management and reporting of public health risks, and the origins and development of environmental health and environmental health impact assessments. Students will be expected to engage in work-based activities which develop their understanding of toxicological-identification and evaluation of hazardous substances and wastes, environmental epidemiology - methods and use in risk assessments, environmental contaminant assessment and management. They should also understandthe integrated and holistic methods for environmental audits and the nature of ecologically sustainable development.
 
** 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: 061399 Public Health not elsewhere classified
Funding Cluster: 06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Pass/Fail

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