Area: | School of Public Health |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
Individual Study: | 1 x 4 Hours Weekly |
Syllabus: | The origins and development of environmental health. Toxicological-identification and evaluation of hazardous substances and wastes, and their associated exposure health risks. Environmental epidemiology - methods and use in risk assessments. Environmental contaminants. Risk assessment, risk management tools. Environmental health impact assessments. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of this unit students will be able to - Explain the importance of environmental health issues within the broader public health field. Describe the background of environmental health and the changing scope of its concerns. Explain how disturbances to the major environmental compartments can produce health impacts. Explain the value of processes such as environmental health impact assessment in predicting, evaluating and managing potential impacts. |
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: | www.fed.gov.au This Commonwealth Government entry point provides easy access to all Commonwealth authorized information and services. www.erin.gov.au The Australian Government environmental information server. www.wa.gov.au The WA Government agencies site. Go here to check out anything and everything you wanted to know about the WA government including the (WA) Health Department. www.environ.wa.gov.au The Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Authority of WA. www.fed.gov.au www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov Information on legislation, local and state governments, constitutional reform and a myriad of other fascinating things. Australian Health Websites: www.phaa.net.au/index.html Public Health Association of Australia Inc odyssey.apana.org.au/~aiehwa/welcome.htm Australian Institute of Environmental Health, Western Australian Division. www.curtin.edu.au www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/health/ohs/ For further references, refer to the OHS program student handbook. |
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: | Supplemental | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | Y | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | | | Y | | 2004 | BPI Intern'l Group S'pore | Semester 1 | | 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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