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7924 (v.6) Injury Control 288



 

Area:

School of Public Health

Contact Hours:

4.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Tutorial:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly
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 programmes. Evaluating programmes. 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.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2004Bentley CampusSemester 1Y Y
2004Bentley CampusSemester 2  Y
2004Bentley CampusSummer Period 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

 
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