HSH724 - Healthy Cities and Urban Communities
Unit details
Year: | 2019 unit information |
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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%
Unit Fee Information
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