303066 (v.2) Foundations of Public Health 781


Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

3.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 

Lecture:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly
 

Syllabus:

Transdisciplinary grounding in public health theory and practice. Origins and development of public health and the major public health problems of developed and developing countries. An examination of the agents, host factors and environmental conditionsthat are determinants of public health. Criteria for ethical public health practice (regulatory, technical, cognitive, structural and participative interventions of public health). Public health planning, implementation and program evaluation.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 

Field of Education:

61300 Public Health (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

2

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External
2004 Bentley Campus Semester 1 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