| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
not available in 2010 (see Timetable) |
| Old unit code |
750.783 |
| Outcomes |
Students are able to describe, interpret and apply a conceptual framework in which to accurately understand and describe the interrelationship between ecological change and disturbance and human health; monitor and analyse available information sources which relate the human disease burden to environmental factors (e.g. pollutants), including the use of data from environmental monitoring and epidemiological studies; employ problem-solving skills to address ecology and health issues relevant to their own experiences and occupational contexts; appraise issues, identify and locate sources of information, and conduct critiques to solve ecology and health-based problems; and predict and intervene in new environmental issues as they emerge within a regional and global context (e.g. global warming, water scarcity). |
| Content |
This unit provides a regional and global perspective on health impacts from environmental disturbance. Topics include historical, current and emerging perspectives of ecological change and disease; health perspectives of indigenous cultures and the environment; health consequences of human population growth, urbanisation and industry; impacts on food supplies; global processes and health including the effects of climate change, biodiversity loss and extinction; environmental change and infectious disease ecology; the future for Australia's ecosystems and human communities.
Lectures are supported by the intensive use of case studies and discussions of recent national and international issues. |
| Assessment |
This comprises an essay (15 per cent), a presentation (15 per cent), a two-hour examination (40 per cent) and a review and analysis of issues (30 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Associate Professor Angus Cook |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Advisable prior study: PUBH8749 Foundations of Public Health and/or PUBH8750 Epidemiology I |
| Approved quota: 30 |
Contact hours—5-day intensive
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- The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change.
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