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10658 (v.4) Control of Infectious Disease 682
Area: | School of Public Health |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 3 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 13150 (v.3) Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases 681 or any previous version
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Syllabus: | Public health strategies for the control of infectious diseases, outbreak investigation and management, immunisation, public health legislation. Policy development for infectious disease control programs. Application of control principles to specific infectious diseases. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Discuss historical control measures and assess their effectiveness. Describe the control of disease in terms of primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention, and in terms of reducing the components of the epidemic model. Apply the principles of control to specific diseases. Understand the impediments to the success of preventive programs. Discuss with understanding the issues to be considered for the development of infectious disease control programs. Understand the processes of global disease control. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Giesecke J., (2002), Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology, (2nd ed.), London, Edward Arnold. Garrett L., (1994), The Coming Plague, NY, Penguin. McMichael T., (2002), Human Frontiers, Environments and Disease, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. Thomas J.C. and Weber D.J., (2001), Epidemiologic Methods for the Study of Infectious Diseases, Oxford University Press. Detels R., Holland W.W., McEwen J. and Omenn G.S., (1997), Textbook of Public Health, 3rd ed., Oxford, Oxford University Press. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Assignments 60%, Examination 40%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 61300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping) | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Fully Online | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | 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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