HSH724 - Healthy Cities and Urban Communities

Unit details

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Year:2019 unit information
Enrolment modes:Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Trimester 2 Unit Chair:

Fiona Andrews

Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:

Nil

Incompatible with:

Nil

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Campus: 5 x 2 hour campus seminars. Class material posted on CloudDeakin

Scheduled learning activities - cloud (online):

Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 3 scheduled online seminars

Note:

This unit will be offered in T1 from 2020 onwards.

Content

This unit will investigate cities and urban developments as settings for health. It will provide students with an understanding of the key health issues for urban dwellers at the global and local levels, existing approaches to addressing these, along with new and emerging approaches. Topics to be addressed include: the history of urban public health, ecological public health perspectives, urban health inequities, the WHO Healthy Cities program, UN Principles for Healthy and Sustainable Places, new approaches and challengers for developing health urban environments. The unit will take an interdisciplinary learning approach embracing the contributions that both public health and urban planning make to improving the lives of urban dwellers.

Assessment

Assessment task 1: Individual assignment (Poster - 1500 words equivalent, plus 500 word abstract) 40%

Assessment task 2: Individual assignment (Report - 3000 words) 60%

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