Human biology 4: development and disease II
3 hours per week * Second semester * Peninsula * Prerequisites: EDN1345 and EDN1355
The subject continues the consideration of factors in the environment that impact on the health of individuals and human populations. The emphasis in this subject is on external influences, both abiotic and biotic, on human health. Topics to be covered include concepts of ecology, health hazards associated with chemical and physical factors in the environment, the immune system, epidemiology of AIDS, psychoimmunology, the nature of infectious diseases, communicable childhood diseases, public health and infection control, and childhood vaccination.
Assessment
Written: 45% * Examinations: 55%