Introduction to Public Health - PHCM9516

 
Faculty: Faculty of Medicine
 
 
School:  School of Public Health and Community Medicine
 
 
Course Outline: See Course Outline
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description


This course will introduce students to the discipline of public health. Topics covered include: the core functions of public health; measurement of population health; an introduction to the Australian health care system; principles of communicable and non-communicable disease control; social determinants of health; indigenous health; public health advocacy and evidence based public health.

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