Postgraduate - UnitMPH2007 - Chronic disease: Epidemiology and prevention

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2012 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Alfred Hospital First semester 2012 (Day) Alfred Hospital First semester 2012 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	Dr R Hall

Synopsis

Epidemiology and control of chronic diseases. Overview of important chronic diseases in Australia in 2011, and strategies for their prevention and control. Measurement of disease and burden of disease; concept of risk factors and risk factors for important chronic diseases; the effect of social and economic factors on the epidemiology of chronic diseases; impact of chronic diseases on society and the economy; smoking, nutrition and physical activity as risk factors for important chronic diseases; cardiovascular diseases and their prevention; oral diseases and their prevention; injuries and their prevention; respiratory diseases and their prevention; cancers and their prevention; screening as a public health tool; health promotion as a public health tool; use of evidence in public health programmes to prevent chronic diseases.

Outcomes

On completion of this unit, the successful student will:

be able to describe the epidemiology and burden of chronic diseases in Australia
understand the causal pathways leading to important chronic diseases
be able to describe strategies for the public health control of chronic diseases
understand the role of public health evidence in the control of chronic diseases