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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

313456 (v.1) Drugs, Policy and Public Health 500

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Area: Faculty of Health Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Lecture: 5 x 4 Hours Daily
Workshop: 5 x 2 Hours Daily
Syllabus: Historical and epidemiological background to alcohol and other drug use and policy in Australia. It covers relevant theoretical models, and provides insights into improving drug policy with both [key drug using / special] populations (e.g. injecting drugusers, prisoners, Indigenous people) and the broader community. The overall aim is to provide participants with a framework to improve the integration of research into drug policy formulation at local and national level.
Field of Education: 061399 Public Health not elsewhere classified
Result Type: Pass/Fail

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