HSH112 - Local and Global Environments for Health

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Nicole Bruges
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: HSHM112
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 2 hour scheduled on-campus seminar per week

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 2 hour online seminar per week

Content

This unit will introduce key concepts around environmental health and will explore the relationships between the natural, built, social, economic, political and digital environments and human health. This unit will also introduce the concepts of sustainable development, ecosystem health and environmental justice. The content of the unit will be framed within a public health and health promotion context, as well as the socio-ecological determinants of health framework.

This unit comprises the study of: knowledge of past, present and emergent environmental health concerns, including infectious disease, biological and chemical exposures, population growth, urbanisation, climate change, consumption and waste; environments for health: the positive influences of the natural/physical, built, social, economic and political environments on human health; the role of the natural/physical, built, social, economic and political environments in human health threats; an appreciation of the different space components of environmental health: individual, neighbourhood, institutional, national, regional, global and intergenerational; human impacts on the environment, including Indigenous cultures, industrialised countries, developing countries; sustainable development and environmental justice; critical reflection on the changing context of environments and health over time.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Identify, analyse, and describe the socio-ecological determinants of health.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication

ULO2

Identify and analyse individuals’ and organisations’ impact on the health and sustainability of local and global environments.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO3

Discuss and critically analyse viewpoints, attitudes and beliefs relating to local and global environmental health, nature and sustainability issues.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO4

Promote environmental health and sustainability to specific audiences using evidence-based and theoretically-informed communications.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Case Study Report A 1200 words 30%
  • Week 5
Assessment 2: Case Study Report B 1600 words 40%
  • Week 9
Assessment 3: Short answer questions 1200 words 30%
  • Week 12

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSH112 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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