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HSH102 - Disease Prevention and Control

Year:

2022 unit information

Important Update:

Unit delivery will be in line with the most current COVIDSafe health guidelines. We continue to tailor learning experiences for each unit to achieve the best possible mix of online and on-campus activities that successfully blend our approaches to learning, working and research. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates.

Last updated: 4 March 2022

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Greer Lamaro Haintz
Prerequisite:

Nil 

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

HSH111

Typical study commitment:

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

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities and 1 x 2 hour scheduled face-to-face seminar per week.

Scheduled learning activities - cloud:

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 11 scheduled online 2 hour seminars for off-campus students. All online sessions are recorded.

Content

This unit is core to the Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion, the combined courses with Commerce and Nursing, and for the Public Health major pathway in the Bachelor of Health Sciences. The unit is also offered as an elective to students across the University. Through this unit, students will be introduced to applying theories, models and frameworks used in both public health and health promotion; examine multiple dimensions of disease prevention and control including biological, behavioural, socioeconomic, and environmental factors; as well as relevant ethical, social, legal and advocacy issues.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1 Apply theory and contemporary frameworks to explain the concepts and evolution of public health and health promotion.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO2

Locate sources of information relating to public health and health promotion, and collect and analyse information from these sources to support ideas and arguments.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO3

Identify multiple dimensions of disease prevention and control including biological, behavioural, socioeconomic, and environmental factors.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO4

Examine efficacy of public health emergency plans, pandemic plans and emergency response systems.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking

ULO5

Describe ethical, social, legal and advocacy issues.

GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Written Report

1500 words 40%
  • Week 6
Assessment 2: Written report 1500 words 40%
  • Week 10
Assessment 3: Short answer response 750 words 20%
  • 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

Weekly readings will be provided. It is not necessary to purchase copies of the Recommended Learning Resources. Copies can be found in the library on reserve and as a Deakin eBook using the Talis system, which is linked in the CloudDeakin site.

Unit Fee Information

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