PUBH2001 (v.1) Introduction to Epidemiology
| Area: | School of Public Health |
|---|---|
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| TUITION PATTERNS: | The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline. |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Equivalent(s): |
311440 (v.1)
Epidemiology 286
or any previous version
|
| Anti Requisite(s): |
13121 (v.4)
Epidemiology 282
or any previous version
AND 303091 (v.3) Epidemiology 186 or any previous version AND 8703 (v.7) Epidemiology 382 or any previous version |
| Prerequisite(s): |
EPID1000 (v.1)
Foundations of Biostatistics and Epidemiology
or any previous version
OR CMHL1001 (v.1) Evidence Informed Health Practice or any previous version AND Admission into B-HLTHSC (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Sciences) or any previous version OR Admission into B-HLSFENV (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health, Safety and Environment) or any previous version OR Admission into BB-HPRHSF (v.2) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Science (Health and Safety) or any previous version OR Admission into B-FOODSCT (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Food Science and Technology) or any previous version OR Admission into B-NUTR (v.2) Bachelor of Science (Nutrition and Food Science) or any previous version OR Admission into B-HLPROM (v.1) Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion) or any previous version OR Admission into BB-HPRNTR (v.2) Bachelor of Science (Nutrition), Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion) or any previous version |
| UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: | The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline. |
| Syllabus: | Evolution of epidemiology. Dynamic interaction between agent, host, and environment. Concepts of health and disease. The natural history of disease. Estimating health and disease in populations. Demography. Concepts of risk factors and causes. Validity and reliability of data. Epidemiological study designs, their strengths and limitations, inference and causation, bias and confounding, issues of reliability and validity, properties of rates and ratios, age standardisation procedures and application of epidemiological knowledge, principles and techniques to investigate public health issues. |
| Field of Education: | 061399 Public Health not elsewhere classified |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2018 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2018 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2018 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2019 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2019 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
| 2019 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | ||||
| 2019 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y |
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