MPH2060

Prevention: Policies and strategies ( 6 points, SCA Band 3, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: Dr A Tonkin

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: Examine theory behind individual & community based approaches to disease prevention. Outlines importance of preventive health programs, explores the different approaches to preventive medicine & how preventive activities can effect certain key areas of health.

Objectives: On completion of this unit students will be able to: 1. demonstrate an understanding of the major opportunities for preventative health activities within the developed and under-developed communities; 2. describe the particular challenges for prevention activities within specific sections of the Australian community; 3. identify the advantages and disadvantages of the population approach and the individual approach to disease prevention; 4. describe the role of screening and screening tests in preventive medicine; 5. describe the role of behaviour modification in disease prevention; 6. describe the characteristics of various successful and unsuccessful health promotion strategies; 7. demonstrate an understanding of the role of preventive activities in certain key areas including dental health, psychiatric illness, and the prevention of congenital disease; 8. demonstrate an understanding of the essential elements of community wide health promotion activities and health policy developments.

Assessment: Written assignments + Examination