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BACH5306 Health Risk Management (International Perspectives)

 

 

Unit Coordinator:

Dr. Carol O’Donnell

Old code

2559C/2559CX

Work load

  6  Credit points (   about 100 hours over 1 semester )

Semester of offer

 FORMTEXT  1 & 2 

Mode of Offer

 

 

Off campus or on campus:  PG subject outline, book of relevant UG lectures and unlimited continuing email or face to face problem solving discussion, undertaken on the basis of early and continuing written effort by the student.

Classes

See above

Technology

See above.  Students must be able to access and use the internet and email effectively.

 

 Unit Description

The unit aims to provide students with an understanding of the requirements of basic health risk management in the context of international agreements, principles adopted by the World Health Organisation (WHO), International Labour Organisation (ILO) Conventions, and other relevant standards.  Students develop a program for controlling risks to health which have been identified in a particular regional environment, in the light of relevant international and national requirements.

Objectives

·        Identify the economic, environmental, political and social factors which contributed to health and illness in the selected region

  • Understand the basic principles of health risk management as required by relevant Australian and international standards
  • Develop a program to control a health risk arising in the region under study

Assessment

 

Assignment:
Marks:
Due Date:
Method:
Presentation:
Assignment 1 (2000 wds) 30% Week  8 Written Individual
Assignment 2 (2000 wds 70% Weeks 13 Written Individual

 

 

Information on how to submit assignments is available from the School of Behavioural & Community Health web site at www.fhs.usyd.edu.au/bach/course/resource.htm

 

Special features

Provision of relevant and related UG lecture series.

 

Learning Resources are available from The Well: www.fhs.usyd.edu.au/well

School of Behavioural & Community Health: www.fhs.usyd.edu.au/bach/course/resource.htm

 

Textbook

No compulsory text.  Effective use of the Internet is expected, based on information provided in subject outline. 

When complete, send this form as an e-mail attachment to I.Hughes@fhs.usyd.edu.au

 

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