School Of Health SciencesContemporary Issues in Public HealthWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 401194.3
Discipline: PUBLIC HEALTH
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Fundamentals of public health, social determinates of health and the Australian health care system; and the fundamentals of epidemiology.
Prerequisite
400285 Public Health AND 300872 Epidemiology
About this Unit
This unit focuses on contemporary issues in public health. These priority concerns include chronic and age-related disease, communicable disease, mental health, sexual and reproductive health, child and maternal health, indigenous health, migrant health and environmental health. You will bring together your knowledge in public health, epidemiology, sociology and economics to identify and evaluate social and environmental factors that affect these health issues. By evaluating effectiveness of current public policy you will make recommendations for policy and program development to improve outcomes for contemporary health issues. These topics will be explored in national and international contexts.
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