PUBH2001 (v.1) Introduction to Epidemiology
| Area: | School of Public Health |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Equivalent(s): |
311440 (v.1)
Epidemiology 286
or any previous version
|
| Anti Requisite(s): |
13121 (v.4)
Epidemiology 282
or any previous version
AND 303091 (v.3) Epidemiology 186 or any previous version AND 8703 (v.7) Epidemiology 382 or any previous version |
| Prerequisite(s): |
303168 (v.3)
Epidemiology and Biostatistics 180
or any previous version
OR 313390 (v.2) Evidence Informed Health Practice 100 or any previous version OR 314512 (v.1) Evidence Informed Health Practice 130 or any previous version OR CMHL1001 (v.1) Evidence Informed Health Practice or any previous version AND Admission into 155699 (v.5) Bachelor of Science (Food Science and Technology) or any previous version OR Admission into 305717 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Health and Safety) or any previous version OR Admission into 168999 (v.7) Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version OR Admission into 311344 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Health, Safety and Environment) or any previous version OR Admission into 155410 (v.3) Bachelor of Science (Health and Safety) or any previous version OR Admission into 155599 (v.7) Bachelor of Science - Health Sciences or any previous version OR Admission into 156799 (v.6) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion) or any previous version OR Admission into 305655 (v.4) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version OR Admission into B-FOODSCT (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Food Science and Technology) or any previous version OR Admission into BB-HPRHSF (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Health and Safety) or any previous version OR Admission into B-NUTR (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version OR Admission into B-HLSFENV (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health, Safety and Environment) or any previous version OR Admission into B-HLTHSC (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Sciences) or any previous version OR Admission into B-HLPROM (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion) or any previous version OR Admission into BB-HPRNTR (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Nutrition) or any previous version |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Syllabus: | Evolution of epidemiology. Dynamic interaction between agent, host, and environment. Concepts of health and disease. The natural history of disease. Estimating health and disease in populations. Demography. Concepts of risk factors and causes. Validity and reliability of data. Epidemiological study designs, their strengths and limitations, inference and causation, bias and confounding, issues of reliability and validity, properties of rates and ratios, age standardisation procedures and application of epidemiological knowledge, principles and techniques to investigate public health issues. |
| Field of Education: | 061399 Public Health not elsewhere classified |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2015 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2015 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
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Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
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