Area: | School of Public Health |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 6.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | Health promotion - the foundations of health promotion. Methods for health education within the community. Program planning and evaluation. Media strategies. Demographics -spatial organisation and structure of Australian society, current social and environmental issues. Urbanisation in Australia, attempts at decentralization, counter-urbanisation. Contemporary trends in Australia's population distribution, both urban and rural. City growth, land use patterns, socio-economic differentiation and environmental health within Australian cities. Multiculturalism - Exposure to local and global multicultural issues that affect environmental health systems, cross cultural and intra-cultural communication imperatives and sensitivities. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Understand the principles of multicultural issues in relation to environmental health management. Understand the application of health promotion and health education principles to environmental health issues. |
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: | Green L. and Ottoson J., (1999), Community and Population Health, NY, McGraw Hill. |
Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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Field of Education: | 61303 Environmental Health | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | 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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