School Of Biomedical And Health ScienceDynamics of HealthWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 400781.1
Discipline: PUBLIC HEALTH NOT ELSEWHERE CLASSIFIED
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 1
Credit Points: 10
Equivalent Units
400270 - Meanings of Health & Models of Care, 400870 - Population Health and Society
Incompatible Units
400164 - Introduction to Sociology of Health
About this Unit
This unit is being replaced by 400870 Population Health and Society in 2010. This unit introduces students to understandings about the nature of health through history and across cultures as well as to current conceptions regarding the various determinants of health and illness. Types of health issues encountered nationally and globally are considered, and used to provide an introduction to basic concepts of epidemiology.